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Show 230 MR. F. DAY ON THE FISHES OF AFGHANISTAN. [Apr. 6, except Labeo ceeruleus, which has not been obtained elsewhere. Scaphiodon watsoni may perhaps be found somewhere along these hills; anyhow it has been taken in the Salt range of the Punjab. Having passed the night under a rock in the vicinity of the origin of this river, we continued our ascent the next morning until we attained to about 3500 feet above the level of the sea; here another river, the Nuzarani-ni, was arrived at, of which the appearance was as sudden as that of the Sita stream, while its waters were quite as saline. At its origin I obtained Scaphiodon watsoni, Day, and S. irregularis, Day, a form which I did not obtain elsewhere, but which I now find extends along these hills towards Quetta. This being the highest point of the hills, or Durra ahlu, we stayed there the night, and descended next day along the course of the river, which soon became enlarged and then disappeared into the ground. I took Mas-tacembelus armatus, Lacep., Labeo dyocheilus, M'Clelland, L. sin-densis, Day, Cirrhina latia, Ham. Buch., Barbus tor, Ham. Buch., Chela bacaila, Ham. Buch., and Wallago attu, Bloch. The fishes, obtained from the lower portion of the river, were altogether forms restricted to Sind and India ; while it seems to me probable that the Opsarius referred to by M'Clelland as having been obtained by Griffith in the river in the Bolan Pass was a Chela, as this genus is included among his Opsarii; it was probably Chela bacaila, which I found in this Nuzarani-ni river, or else Barilius vagra, Ham. Buch., which I took in the Garj and Nulli-ni streams. The next river I came to after leaving Ghul Mohammad was the Garj, reached in a ten-miles journey. Here it emerges from the hills, and is of considerable size. I obtained here Labeo diplostomus, Heckel, L. dyocheilus, M'Clelland, Cirrhina reba, Ham. Buch., C. mrigala, Ham. Buch., C. latia, Ham. Buch., Barbus tor, Ham. Buch., Chela bacaila, Ham. Buch., Nemacheilus botia, Ham. Buch., and a small Amblyceps. The last hill-river examined was the Nulli-ni, which ceases in the early months of the year about three miles from Kota Meer Mohammad. Although rising in the hills, it has more water than some of the rivers that come from a greater distance. Its bed is full of weeds, so that to use a net is very difficult. In some few pools a few fine Mahaseers (Barbus tor) were observed. The fish obtained were Mastacembelus armatus, Lacep., Ambassis nama, Ham. Buch., Ophiocephalus striatus, Bloch, O. aurantiacus, Ham. Buch., Ha-plocheilus panchax, Ham. Buch., Labeo rohita, Ham. Buch., L. cal-basu, H. B., L. diplostomus, Heckel, Cirrhina reba, H. B., Barbus sarana, H. B., B. tor, H. B., B. ticto, H. B., Barilius vagra, H. B., Danio devario, H. B., Chela bacaila, H. B. If the foregoing fishes are tabulated, excluding the rare local forms, the following results are arrived at:-Ambassis nama, Ophiocephalus striatus and O. aurantiacus, Haplocheilus panchax, Labeo rohita and L. calbasu, Cirrhina reba and C. mrigala, Barbus sarana and B. ticto, Barilius vagra, Danio devario, Chela bacaila, Nemacheilus botia, and Wallago attu are all fishes of the plains of India which have extended a longer or shorter distance up the hill-streams, but are un- |