66 INDIAN FRESH-WATER EISHES. 



Eye in the centre, or slightly behind the centre of 

 the head. Lips not fringed. 



Colour silvery, with some red marks on the scales. 



20. Labeo nashii. 



Hab. Base of the Coorg Hills. 4 inches. 



Char. No barbels. Scales 41, transverse loi. 



A black band from the eye to the centre of the 

 caudal fin. A mark across the dorsal fin and the 

 extremity of the caudal. 



21. Labae striolatus. 



Hab. Deccan and Central Provinces. 7 inches. 

 Char. Scales 58 to 62. One pair of barbels. 



GENUS CIEEHINA. 



This genus contains some large and handsome fish, 

 which are of considerable importance as food. 



They are long in shape, elegantly formed, and of a 

 brilliant golden, bronze, or silvery appearance, fully 

 deserving the Sanscrit ajDpellation of mirga (the deer), 

 which has been appropriated as the scientific name of 

 one species. 



Char. The lips are thin and clean, neither of them 

 being fringed ; there is a small knob on the centre of 

 the lower jaw, at the junction of the two mandibular 

 bones, by which the fishes of this genus may generally 

 be distinguished. 



They have either one or two pairs of barbels, or 

 none ; when there is only one pair, they are on the 

 snout, the pair at the corners of the mouth being 

 absent. In this respect they differ from the Labeos. 



