9. DANOILA. 37 



4. Cirrhina anisura. 



Gobio anisurus, M' Clell. Ind. Cijpr. p. 3G0, tab. 40. fig:. 2. 

 Cirrhina anisiuva, Stemclachner, Sitz(jsh. Ah. Wiss. Wicn, 1867, Ivi. 

 p. 



D. 13. A. 7. L. lat. 43-44. L. transv. ^. 



Barbels none. The length of the head is nearly equal to the 

 lieight of the body, and contained four times and one-third in the 

 total length (mthout caudal) ; the diameter of the eye is one-fourth 

 of the length of the head, and much less than that of the snout. 



Bengal. 



5. Cirrhina dyochilus. 



The Goreah of the A.ssame.se. 



Labeo (Cyprinus) dvocheihis, M' Clell. Ind. Cijpr. pp. 268, 330, tab. 

 37. fig. -1. 



D. 13. A. 7. L. lat. 42. L. transv. 8/8. 



Barbels none, or quite rudimental. Lower lip distinct ; snoiit 

 with pores. The origin of the dorsal fin is nearer to the end of the 

 snout than to the root of the caudal, and opposite to the tenth scale 

 of the lateral hne. There are five longitudinal series of scales 

 between the lateral line and the ventral fin. Coloration uniform 

 silvery. 



Assam. 



a. Four and a half inches long. Cachar. Presented by Lieut.-Col. 

 Playfair. 



9. DANGILA*. 



Dangila, sp., Cuv. ^ Vol., Bleelier. 



Cyrene, sp., Heckel, in Russegger'' s Heisen, ii. 3. p. 284. 



Scales of small, moderate, or large size. Dorsal fin without 

 osseous ray, with from twenty-six to thii'ty-three rays, commencing 

 in advance of the veutrals. Snout more or less depressed, obtusely 

 rovmded or subtruucated ; mouth transverse, inferior or subinferior. 

 Lower jaw with a continuous thin free lip, covering the edge of the 

 mandible, which is rather sharp ; a small tubercle on the inner side 

 of the symphysis of the mandible. Upper lip fringed. Barbels 

 small, four. Lateral line nmning along the middle of the tail. Anal 

 fin short. Pharyngeal teeth 5 . 4 or 3 . 2 — 2 . 3 or 4 . 5. 



Snout frequently with horny tubercles, which are periodically 

 lost, leaving their bases as shallow round depressions (pores). 



East-Indian archipelago. 



1. Dangila oceUata. 



Cyvenc ocellata, IIccLel, in liti.ssegger' s Jieiscn, i. p. 1025. 

 Dangila microlepis, lileek. Xat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. iii. p. o9o. 



* 1. Dangila berdmorei, Blyth, Joum. Ak. Sor. Bevg. 1860, p. 162.— Sitang 

 River (Teniiiisseriin). 



