FAMILY, V— CYPRINID^. 549 



4. Cirrhina reba, Plate CXXX, fig. 3. 



Cyprinws reba, Ham. Buch. Fish. Ganges, pp. 280, 386 ; McClelland, Ind. Cyp. pp. 276, 354. 



GoUo isurus and limnopMlus, McClell. Ind. Cyp. pp. 279, 358, pi. 55, f. 3; Cuv. and Val. xvi, 

 pp. 431, 464. 



Chondrostoma Oa/>igeticum, Cuv. and Val. xvii, p. 399 ; Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 76. 



Cirrhina Dussumieri and reba, Cuv. and Val. xvi, pp. 291, 292, pi. 480. 



Cirrhina Bengalensis, Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv, Beng. en Hind. p. 136. 



Mrigala Bengalensis, Bleeker, Pro. Cyp. p. 226. 



Cirrhinichthys Dussumieri, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. Cyp. p. 28. 



Gobio bangon, limnophilus and Dussumieri, Jerdon, M. J. L. and S. 1849, p. 308. 



Cirrhina rewah, Steind. Sitz. Ak. Wiss. Wien, Ivi. p. 



Crossochilus reba, Giinther, Catal. vii, pp. 72, 74. 



Eelemose and Chittahri, Tel. ; Chetchua-porah, Ooriah ; Batta, Bengali ; Beivah, Hind. ; Soonnee, Punj. 

 and Sind. ; Lasseem, Assam. 



B. iii, D. 10-11 (f:f ) , P. 16, V. 9, A. 8 (|), C. 19, L. 1. 35-38, L. tr. 7/9. 



Length of head 6 to 65:, of caudal 4i to 5i, height of body 4 to 4| in the total length. Eyes — diameter 

 4 in the length of head, 1 to li diameters from the end of snout, and nearly 2 apart. Dorsal profile slightly 

 more convex than that of the abdomen. The greatest width of the head equals its length excluding the snout. 

 Snout slightly projecting, more distinctly in the immature. Upper lip fringed in the young, sometimes entire 

 in the adult. A thin cartilaginous layer covering inside of lower jaw. Pores on snout present or absent. 

 * Barbels— a, short rostral pair, which may be absent: none on the maxilla. Teeth — pharyngeal, 5, 4, 1/1, 4, 5. 

 Fins — dorsal commences slightly nearer the snout than the base of the caudal fin, and anterior to the ventral, 

 upper margin of the fin concave. Pectoral neai-ly as long as head. Caudal with deep, sharp, lobes. Lateral. 

 line — five to six rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral fin. Scales — hexagonal. Colours — 

 silvery, scales generally darkest at their edges, forming bluish longitudinal bands above the lateral-line. The 

 young have sometimes a leaden-coloured band along the side. 



Gobio angra, McClelland, Ind. Cyp. pp. 227, 354, I believe to be this species for reasons given at p. 541. 



Gobio angraoides, Jerdon, from the Malabar coast of India, is perhaps only a variety of this species; it 

 has however 44 rows of scales along the lateral-line, whilst the upper lip is scarcely fringed. Having obtained 

 several specimens in South Canara I have come to the conclusion that it can only be considered a variety. 



That Cypriiius bangon (H. B.) McClelland, is C. reba, is I think unquestionable. H. B. observes in his 

 MSS. list, Goiakpur district, " the Bhangan of Rangpur is here called Biildi." In the Kangpur list the 

 description is nearly the same as part of G. reba, in the Fishes of the Ganges. In his Bhagalpur list he observes 

 the Banghi Bewa is the Bhangan of Rangpur. 



Habitat. — Throughout India, attaining a foot in length. 



5. Cirrhina fulungee, Plate CXXXII, fig. 1. 



Chondrostoma fuluvgee, Sykes, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii, p. 358 ; Bleeker, Beng. p. 25. 



Gymnostomus fulungee, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 76. 



B. iii, D. 10 (f), P. 15, V. 9, A. 7 (|), C. 19, L. h 48, L. tr. 8/9. 



Length of head 6j, of caudal 4f, height of body 5j in the total length. Eyes — diameter 1/3 of the 

 length of head, 2/3 of a diameter from the end of snout, and 1 apart. Dorsal and abdominal profiles about 

 equally and slightly convex : the greatest width of the head equals its length excluding the snout. Snout 

 slightly overhanging the mouth. The upper lip scarcely fimbriated, the two not continuous : the lower 

 is reflected from off the mandible, which is transverse, sharp, having a tubercle above the symphysis, but no 

 cartilaginous covering. Barbels — a very short rostral pair : none on the maxilla. Fins — the dorsal nearly as 

 high as the body, its upper edge concave, it commences midway between the end of the snout and the postci'ior 

 end of the base of the anal fin. Pectoral almost as long as the head, ventral of equal length. Caudal deeply 

 forked. Lateral-line — 6^ rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral fin. Colours — brownish along 

 the back, divided by a light bluish band from a silvery abdomen : dorsal and caudal stained with gray. 



Habitat . — Poona and the Deccan. 



Genus, 13 — Semiplotus, Bleehir. 



Abdomen rounded. Snout thick and prominent. Mouth wide, transverse, inferior, ivith a hnob at the 

 symphysis. No barbels. Pharyngeal teeth plough-shaped, 4, 3, 2/2, 3, 4. Dorsal fin long, its last undivided ray, 

 strong, osseous, and either serrated or entire. Anal rather short. Scales large : no tiled row at the base of the anal 

 fin. Lateral-line pyassing to the centre of the base of the caudal fin. Gill-ral-ers short. 



Geographical distribution. — Assam and Chittagong Hill ranges, as well as Burma. 



SYNOPSIS OF SPECIES. 



A.- — Dorsal ray serrated. 



