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Show 708 SURGEON F DAY ON NEW INDIAN FISHES. [Nov. 4, Hab. Very common in South Canara. It is the only species of Barbus I have met with in India in which both pairs of barbels are on the maxilla. BARBUS (BARBODES) LITHOPIDOS, sp. nov. B.iii. D.|. P.15. V. 10. A.|. C.19. L.1.38. L.tr.ff. Length of head -%T, of caudal -2, height of body nearly \ of the total length. Eyes, diameter \ of length of head, 1\ diameter from end of snout, and 2 apart. Interorbital space somewhat convex. Dorsal and abdominal profiles but slightly and evenly convex. Upper jaw a little the longer; mouth somewhat narrow and horseshoe- shaped ; the posterior extremity of the maxilla reaches two-thirds of the distance to below the anterior edge of the orbit. Barbels thin, and about as long as the orbit. Fins: upper edge of the dorsal fin deeply concave, the few anterior rays being much elevated and as high as the depth of the body below them ; the fin commences midway between the snout and the base of the caudal fin, which is deeply forked. The last undivided dorsal ray is weak and articulated. Ventral arises under the middle of the dorsal; the pectoral does not extend so far as the ventral; the anal, when laid flat, reaches the base of the caudal. Lateral, line: 3| to 4 rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral fin. Colours slaty, as are all the fins, more especially the caudal, the outer rays of which are whitish. Hab. South Canara. TINCA VULGARIS, Cuv. Some years since a few of these fish were introduced into the waters of the Neilgherry hills by Mr. Maclvor. I obtained a few specimens of the young; and all had their caudal fins forked, as shown in Cuv. & Val. xvi. pl. 484. I mention this, as it has been stated (Fish. B. M ) of this fish that it has "all the fins rounded," and of Cyprinus perenurus, Pall., that, "having the caudal fin forked, it cannot be referred to Tinca" (vii. p. 265). CHELA BOOPIS, sp. nov. B.iii. D. -I. P.15. V. 8. A. £.. C.19. L. 1. 37. L. tr. % Length of head ^, of caudal and pectoral each -jj-, height of body •L of the total length. Eyes, diameter \ of length of head, \ of a diameter from end of snout and | a diameter apart. Cleft of mouth reaching to below the anterior edge of the orbit. Suborbital ring of bones broad, nearly covering the cheek, the third being slightly wider than the preorbital. The median edge anterior to the pectorals is not supported by the dilated bones of the forearm, whilst that portion is smooth. Fins: dorsal situated at the commencement of the last third of the body from the snout to the base of the caudal fin; it extends to over the commencement of the anal; dorsal and anal highest anteriorly ; caudal deeply lobed, |