The studies on the osteology of caudal skeleton and the ray counts showed that the species of Puntius studied fall into two groups. one containing 11 species and the other with one species. The major group with I I species ...

The osteology of twelve species of Puntius based on a study of 3·43 specimens from each species is discribed. Study material ranging in size from 30 mm to 90 mm in standard length included cleared and stained specimens ...

The numbers of gill rakers, 12 meristic characters and 20 morphometric ratios were studied in 11 species of Sri Lankan cyprinids by using digested stained specimens and preserved specimens. The statistical analysis ...