FAMILY, V— CYPRINID^. 547 



B. iii, D. 26(Jj), V. 9, A. ;(|), L. 1. 31, L. tr. 6/? 



Length of head 5, of caudal 4, height of body 4 in the total length. Ei/es — diameter 2/5 of length of 

 head, 3/4 of a diameter from end of snout. Pores on front of snout large. A distinct tubercle above 

 symphysis. Lower lip ratlier thick, not fringed. Barbels — I'ostrals equal the length of the orbit. Fins — 

 dorsal arises iu the commencement of the second third of the total length. The pectoral does not quite reach 

 the ventral. Caudal deeply forked. Scales — three and a half rows exist between the lateral-line and the base 

 of the ventral fin. Colours — uniform in spirit. 



Habitat. — Tenasserim Provinces of British Burma. Type in the Calcutta Museum. 



Genus, 12 — Cieehina, Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Bangana, pt. Ham. Buch. : Damjila, sp. Cuv. and Val. : Gyrene, sp. Heckel. : Mrigala, sp. Bleaker : 

 CrossocMlus, pt. Giinther. 



Abdomen rounded. Snout depressed and obtusely rounded, with the soft coverings extremely thin. Mouth 

 broad, transverse. Upper lip fringed or entire, and not continuous with the loioer lip. Loiver jaw rather sharp, 

 tvithout any or with a thin lip, generally destitute of any horny covering, but having a small tubercle above the 

 mandibular symphysis. Barbels small, four, two, or none. Pharyngeal teeth 5, 4, 2 or 3/2 or 3, 4, 5 or 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. 

 Dorsal fin rather short, or of moderate length, without any osseous ray, and commencing in advance of the ventrals. 

 Anal fin short, without a row of tiled scales. Scales of large, small, or moderate size. Lateral-line continuous, 

 passing to the centre of the base of the caudal fin. Gill-rakers short. 



Geographical distribution. — Fresh waters of Beloochistan,* Sind, through Burma, and extending through 

 the East Indian Archipelago. 



SYNOPSIS OF SPECIES. 



1. Cirrhina eirrhosa, J). 17-19, L. 1. 42-44. Four barbels. Upper lip entire. Southern India. 



2. Cirrhina mrigala, D. 15-16. L. 1. 40-45. Two barbels. Upper lip entire. Cutch, Sind, Punjab, 

 Bengal and Burma. 



3. Cirrhina latia, D. 10-11 . L. 1. 38-40. Four barbels. Upper lip fringed. Sind, India generally. 



4. Cirrhina reba, D. 10-11. L. 1. 35-38. One pair of short rostral barbels. Upper lijD indistinctly 

 fringed or entire. Throughout India. 



6. Cirrhina fulungee, D. 10, L. 1. 48. Two barbels. Poona and the Deccan. 



1. Cirrhina eirrhosa, Plate CXXXI, fig. 3. 



Cyprinus cirrhosus, Bloch, xii, p. .52, t. 411 ; Bloch, Schn. p. 450. 



Dangila Leschenaultii, Cuv. and Val. xvi, p. 235, pi. 471. 



Cirrhina Blochii, Cuv. and Val. xvi, p. 290. 



Cirrhinus Ctivierii, Jerdon, M. J. L. and Sc. 1849, p. 304. 



Cirrhi?ia Leschenaultii, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 36. 



Ven-candi, Tam. ; Aruzu, Tel. 



B. iii, D. 17-19 (ri:W, P- 19, V. 9, A. 8 (|), C. 19, L. 1. 42-44, L. tr. 8/9, Vert. 21/17. 



Length of head 5j to 6, of caudal .5, height of body 4|- to 5 in the total length. Eyes — diameter 3t in 

 the length of the head, 1 diameter from end of snout, and 1| apart. Dorsal profile more convex than that of 

 the abdomen. The greatest width of the head equals its length excluding the snout. Width of mouth equals 

 1/3 of the length of the head. Usually some fine pores on the snout, which does not project beyond the jaws. 

 Barbels — the maxillary are about 1/3 as long as the eye, the rostral pair are rather longer. Teeth — 

 pharyngeal teeth plough-shaped and with the sides of the outer ones roughened, 5, 4, 3/3, 4, 5. Fins — the dorsal 

 as high as the body, it arises considerably in advance of the ventrals, and midway between the snout and the 

 posterior portion of the base of the anal fin, its upper margin concave : in some large specimens the first 

 few rays are very elongated. Caudal deeply forked or lunated. Scales — 5i^ to 6^ rows between lateral-line 

 and the base of the ventral fin. Colours — silvery, every scale having a red centre, except along the abdomen 

 where they are of a dull yellowish-white. Dorsal and caudal stained with gray, also the outer end of the anal 

 and pectoral. 



Habitat. — Godavery, Kistna and Cauvery rivers, and generally in southern India. Grows to I5 feet in 

 length. Is a very active fish and fair eating, but bony. 



2. Cirrhina mrigala, Plate CXXIX, fig. 4. 



Cyprinus mrigala, Ham. Buch. Gang. Fish. pp. 279, 386, pi. 6, f. 79; McClelland, Ind. Cyp. 

 pp. 276, 350. 



Cirrhina ruhripinrds and plumbea, Cuv. and Val. xvi, pp. 288, 289, pi. 479. 



• I have examples of a species of this genus from GwaiUir, which I purpose naming after its donor, Colonel Miles, Cirrhina 

 Milesi. It was found in the Hubb river. 



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