64 INDIAN FRESH-WATER FISHES. 



10. Labeo kontius. 

 Hab. Madras. 2 feet. 



Char. Scales 39. Dorsal rays 3+12. 

 Lower lip fringed, snout with lateral lobes. Eye 

 behind the centre of the head. 



11. Labeo morala. 

 Hab. Bengal. 



This fish is only known from the figure and descrip- 

 tion given by Ham. Buchanan. 



It has four barbels, lower lip indented on the edge, 

 about 13 rays in the dorsal fin, and (according to the 

 figure) about 32 scales along the lateral line. There 

 is a black spot on the tail, and the darker colour of the 

 back is extended down the side in very faint bars. 



B. Species without Rostral Barbels. 



The following three species are very similar to one 

 another, they have 12 or 13 rays in the dorsal fin, 

 43 scales along the lateral line, five or six rows 

 between the lateral line and the ventral fin. 



They can best be recognised apart by the position 

 of the eye. 



.12. Labeo falcatus. 



Hab. Bengal and Assam. Attains 3 feet in length. 

 Char. The eye is situated far behind the centre of 

 the head. 



13. Labeo ricnorhynchus. 

 Hab. Base of the Himalayas, Bengal. 

 Char. The eye occupies the centre, or slightly 

 behind the centre of the head. The lower lipis fringed. 



