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the gill- opening, and generally a band along the side. Throughout India 

 to Burma, attaining 6 inches in length. 



Genus — Oreinus, McClelland. 



Schizothorax, Sect. A., Heckel; Schizopyge, sp. Heckel. 



Snout rounded. Mouth inferior and transverse : mandibles short, broad, 

 and flat, loosely joined together at the symphysis : margin of the lower jaw 

 having a thick horny covering, thickest internally, and a thick fringed lower 

 Up, which has a free posterior edge forming a sucker. Barbels four. 

 Pharyngeal teeth pointed, hooked, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Dorsal fin rather short, 

 ivith a strong, osseous, serrated ray , and arising opposite the ventrals : anal 

 short. Scales very small, the vent and base of the anal fin in a sheath, 

 covered by enlarged tiled scales. Lateral line passing to the centre of the 

 base of the caudal fin. 



lJf.8. Oreinus progastus, McClelland. Adoee, Assam. D. 12, A. 7. 



14-9. Oreinus sinuatus, Heckel. Gool-goolli, and Saul, Panj. 

 D. 10-12, A. 7-8, L. 1. 105. Silvery and spotted : sometimes a few 

 of these latter are red, and it is termed a " trout." by some Europeans. 

 Found in the Himalayas and rivers along their bases, attaining 2 feet 

 or more in length. 



Genus — Schizothorax, Heckel. 



JRacoma, sp. McClelland : Schizopyge, sp. Heckel : Opistocheilus, pt. 

 Bleeker. 



Snout conically rounded, and laterally somewhat compressed. Mouth 

 arched and antero -inferior : mandible neither broad, fattened, nor with a 

 sharp) margin, its edge sometimes having a thin, deciduous, horny covering. 

 Barbels four. Pharyngeal teeth pointed, hooked, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Dorsal 

 fin rather short, with a strong, serrated osseous ray, and arising opposite 

 the ventrals : anal short. Scales very small, the vent and base of the anal 

 fin in a sheath covered by an enlarged tiled row. Lateral line passing 

 to the centre of the base of the caudal fin. 



150. Schizothorax Hodgsonii, Gunther. Din-na-wah, N. W. Prov- 

 inces. D. 11, A. 7, L. 1. 155. Himalayas and head of the Ganges, 

 attaining at least 18 inches in length. 



Genus — Labeo, Cuv. 



Bohita, pt., Cuv. and Val. : Tylognathus, Heckel : Hypselobarbus, 

 Diplocheilus, Diplocheilichthys, Lobocheilus, Rohitichthys, Morulius, 

 Schismatorhynchus et Gobionichthys, Bleeker. 



Body elliptical, or moderately elongated. Snout rounded, gene- 

 rally projecting beyond the mouth, and covered with tubercles, and some- 

 times having a lateral lobe or projection : mouth sometimes anterior, but 

 mostly inferior, transverse and demi-oval. Lips thick, covering the jaws, 

 one or both having an inner transverse fold : a soft horny covering, with 

 a sharp margin on the inner edge of one or both lips. Barbels small, 

 Jour or two ; if only one pair they belong to the maxilla, should there be 

 a second they are on the snout. Pharyngeal teeth hooked, and in three 

 rows, 5, 4, 2/2, 4, 5. Dorsal fin elongated or of moderate length, destitute 

 of any osseous ray, and arising anterior to the commencement of the 



