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Show 556 SURGEON F. D A Y O N INDIAN FISHES. [NOV. 25, the caudal, it is in advance of the ventral; its last undivided ray is osseous, not enlarged, and entire. Caudal deeply forked. Lateral line, 3-^ rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral fin. Colours. Silvery, fins stained darker. A fine specimen exists in the Calcutta Museum; it was with an Oreinus from Cashmere. BARBUS (BARBODES) INNOMINATUS, sp. n. Leuciscus binotatus, Blvth, J. A. S. of B. 1858, p. 290, not C. & V. (Kuhl). B.iii. D. 3/9. V. 9. A. 2/5. C. 17. L. 1. 24. L. tr. |. Length of head f-, of caudal nearly f of the total length. Height of body f of total length. Eyes. Diameter -f- of length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, 1 diameter apart. Barbels four, the rostral nearly reach the orbit, the maxillary are shorter. Fins. Third dorsal ray semiosseous, smooth ; the fin commences midway between the snout and the base of the caudal fin, which latter is forked in its posterior two-thirds. Scales. Three rows between the lateral line and the base of tbe ventral fin. Colours. A black spot at the base of the caudal fin, none now apparent at the base of the dorsal fin. Two specimens in the Calcutta Museum, to lft;- inch in length, from Ceylon, presented by Dr. Kelaart. BARBUS (BARBODES) MACROCEPHALUS, M'Clelland, Ind. Cyp. pp. 270, 335, t. 35. f. 2. B.iii. D. 3/9. P.15. V. 9. A. 2/5. C.19. L. 1. 26. L. tr. f. Length of head -i of the total length. Height of head \ of the total length. Eyes. Diameter \ of length of head, 1^ diameter from end of snout, 1 diameter apart. Snout obtuse ; mouth anterior. Rostral barbel extends to under the anterior third of the orbit ; the maxillary to beyond the posterior margin of the orbit. Fins. Dorsal arises midway between snout and base of caudal fin. Osseous ray strong, smooth, and as long as the head. Pectoral reaches the ventral, which latter does not extend to the anal. Caudal forked. Scales. Two and a half rows between lateral line and base of ventral fin. The above description is from an old stuffed specimen, 8 inches long, probably presented by Dr. M'Clelland. I can ouly account for the statement of the head being two-fifths of the length of the body, as a misprint for one-fifth. The drawing shows it could not |
