22 Loach, Khyber range A very small
and slender
stream,
from species, light brown,
Sir-i-Chushme
speckled and barred with
spring,
temper, brown, attracted
75
degrees, from immediately by scraping up
limestone
rocks. the bed of the outlet of the
spring.
23 Cyprinid, Orei- Same place, but Back brown,
with some
noides,
occurs down to iridescent hues, sides
Khyber
ghat yellowish brown, dark spots
stream.
confined to back and sides,
small
but distinct; fins
tinged
with reddish.
Peritoneum
loaded with
black
pigment. Intestines in
short
loops across abdomen of
intermediate
size, as to
length
and diameter. Air
bladder
small; very common.
Swarm
in deepish pools under
limestone
rocks, takes bait,
i.e.
offal and worms with
great
avidity. Like many
other
species, it is asserted
to
be the English trout: it
rises
to the surface.
24 Loach, Same place com- Shape subcylindrical,
pale
mon,
greenish-brown, with very
broad
bars of brown, fins
spotted
with black,
otherwise
fuscescent; at root
of
tail a deep black bar.
Head
depressed, in old
specimens
broad, closely
spotted
with black, snout
attenuated,
apex with cirrhi;
upper
jaw in the centre with
a
bony process not unlike an
incisor
tooth