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D. LAMTA. 



B. Hi. ; D. 11; p. 15; V. 9; A. 7; C. 17. 



Snout very variable, smooth, or covered witli pores, with sometimes a deep trans- 

 verse depression, sometimes with a spinate gland on cither side. Greenish, with a 

 hluish-frreen hand along the centre of the body, extending along the middle of the tail. 

 Generally a dark spot behind the gill opening. Belly yellowish-green. Fins yellowish, 

 tipped with black. 



Tcnasserim. 



Labeo, Cuvier. 



Body moderately elongated. Mouth generally semioval and inferior. Lips 

 thick, continuous at the gape, and one or both with an inner transverse fold. A soft 

 and movable horny eoveiing with a sharp margin on the inner side of one or both lips. 

 Snout rounded, projecting, tubercular, sometimes laterally lobed. Phaiyngeal teeth in 

 3 rows. 



L. NAxmxA, llam. Buch. 



Nga-ong-dong. Nga-ni-pya. 



B. iii. ; D. 2 1-26 ; P. 15 ; V. 9 ; A. 7 ; G. 19. 



Snout slightly projecting with a few fine pores on it. Lips thick and fringed, and 

 a distinct inner fold above and below. Barbels 4, short. Ventral inserted below the 

 ninth <lorsal ray. Caudal deeply I'orlicd. Dark greenish above, paler below. A few 

 cloudy blotches on the side. Some of the scales with red centres. 



Burma. (The Irrawaddy, JIaulmain, etc.) 



L. CALBAsu, Ham. Buch. 



Nga-nek-pya. Ngfi-nu-than. Nga-ong-dong. 



B. iii. ; D. 16-18 ; P. 19 ; Y. 9 ; A. 7 ; C. 19. 



Snout obtuse and depressed, without lateral lobe, but with pores. Lips thick, 

 fringed, and each with an inner fold. Barbels 4. Ventral commences below the 

 fourth or fifth dorsal ray. Blackish. When caught in clear streams, many of the scales 

 have a scarlet centre. Fins black, tip of caudal sometimes white above. Grows to 3 

 feet, and is good eating. 



Burma. 



L. Stoliczk.e, Steindachnor. 



B. iii.; 11. l.rlO; P. 19; V. 9 ; A. 7 ; C. 19. 



A deep groove across the chin, with a distinct labial fold. Upper lip very finely 

 fringed. Pores on the snout. A yery sliort pair' of maxillary barbels concealed in 

 the labial fold. Deep leaden-silvery above, Avhite shot with gold below. 



Irrawaddy Eiver and Maulmain. 



L. GONirs, Ham. Buch. 



Nga-dion, Xga-hoo (Nga-pay, Tenasserim). 



B. iii. ; D. 16-18 ; P. 17 ; V. 9 ; A. 7 ; C. 19. 



Snout with numerous pores. Lips thick, with a distinct inner fold for their entire 

 circumference, both of which are fringed. A cartilaginous covering to inner side of 

 both jaws. Barbels short, both maxillary and rostral. Ventral commences under the 

 middle of the dorsal.' Caudal deeply forked. Greenish above, lighter below. Scales 

 dark-edged and many with red crescentic spots. Grows to nearly 5 feet in length. 

 Burma. 



L. EourrA, Ilam. Bu<h. 



Nga-myit-chyn, Nga-myit-tsan-nee. 



B. iii.; D. 15-16; P. 17 ; V. 9 ; A. 7 ; C. 19. 



' In the figure cxivii. i. 1, the ventral is a little in advance of tliis. 



