264 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIOXS. 



Snout scarcely swoUon, but projecting beyond the jaws. Lips tliici;, fringed, 

 and with a distinct inner tohl above and lieiow. A short and thin pair of maxilhiry 

 barbels, and sometimes a rostral pair. Ventral inserted below the third or fourth 

 dorsal ray. Caudal deeply forked. Bluish or brownish above, silvery on the sides 

 and belly. Scales sometimes red-spotted. Fins sometimes black. 



Grows to 3 feet, and is excellent eating. 



Burma. 



L. AXGKA, Ham. Buch. 



Nga-loo. 



B. iii. ; D. 1213 ; P. 16 ; Y. 9 ; A. 7 ; C. 19. 



Snout overhanging the jaws, with lateral lobes, and studded with pores. Lips 

 continuous, fimbriated, and with a deep groove across the chin. A short pair of 

 maxillary barbels, or in Burmese examples, in place thereof, is a fleshy flap inside the 

 groove. Ventral inserted beneath the first third of the dorsal. Caudal deeply forked. 

 Brownish above, with a black blotch at the base of the tail. 



The Irrawaddy aud Sittoung Elvers. 



L. BOGA, Ham. Buch. 



Kyouk-nya-loo. 



B. iii. ; D. 1M3 ; P. 16; V. 9 ; A. 7 ; C. 19. 



Snout projecting, but no lateral lobes, sometimes covered with large pores. Lips 

 rather thick, the lower being reflected from off the mandible and roughened inside, 

 and with a thin layer of cartilage inside. Orange, with fins reddish, aud sometimes a 

 dark shoulder spot. Grows to a foot. 



OsiEOCHixrs, Giinther. 



Mouth directed downwards. Lips thickened, continuous, the lower being reflected 

 from off the mandible, leaving it uncovered, as a sharp and hard transverse pi'ominence. 



0. CHALrBEATUs, Cuv. ct Val. 



Nga-leh. 



B iii.; D. 20; P. 18; V. 9; A. 7 ; C. 19. 



Snout overhanging, without lateral lobes. Barbels 4. The maxillary pair half 

 as long as the orbit, the rostral ones shorter. Grey above, lighter below, with narrow 

 dark lines along the body. Fins black. 



The Irrawaddy and Salween Rivers. 



0. Neilli, Day. 



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



Snout rounded and smooth, scarcely overhangs. The rostral barbels do not 

 reach the orbit, the maxillary extend to beneath its centre. Colour greyish-yellow, 

 darker above, each scale darker at its base. A dull spot at the base of the tail and 

 an ill-defined one near the commencement of the lateral line. Fins yellowish 

 orange. Grows to 6 inches. 



The Sittoung and Beeling Rivers. 



0. CEPHALus, Cuv. et Val. 



B. iii. ; D. 16; P. 20 ; Y. 9; A. 9; C. 19. 



Snout swollen, projecting, and with many pores. The mandible has a transverse 

 free edge, with thick lips, both the upper aud lower fringed. One short pair of 

 maxillary barbels. Greenish, the scales darker at their base. Grows to 1 foot. 



Pegu. 



Daj-'gila, Cuvier et Valenciennes. 



Snout moderately depressed and obtusely rounded. Mouth transverse, inferior. 

 Lower jaw sharp, covered with a thin lip and with a symphysial tubercle. One 

 maxillary and mandibular pair of small barbels. 



