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14. Labeo rohita. 



Cvprinus roliita, Ham. Biich. Fish. Gang. p. 301, pi. 36. fig. 85. 

 CiiTliinus rohita, J/' Vlell. Iml. Fish. pp. 26(3, 321, tab. 41. tig. 2 (bad). 

 Rohita buchanani, Cuv. Sf Val. xvi. p. 251 ; Bleek. Vvrh. Bat. Gen. 

 x.w. 18o3, Hind. 4- Beny. p. 133. 



D. 15-16. A. 7. L. lat. 40-41. L. transv. 6/9. 



Mouth of moderate width. Lips moderately thick, fringed, with 

 a very distinct inner fold above and below. Snout obtuse, depressed, 

 not swollen, moderately projecting beyond the lower jaw, without 

 lateral lobe. Four minute barbels, the upper of which are some- 

 times absent. Eye of moderate size, situated before the middle of 

 the length of the head. There are six longitudinal series of scales 

 between the lateral line and the ventral fin. Upper margin of the 

 dor.sal fin slightly concave. Body moderately compressed, its depth 

 being two-sevenths of the total length (without caudal). Coloration 

 uniform ; young specimens sometimes with a more or less distinct 

 blackish sjjot on the middle of the end of the tail. 



Fresh waters of the East-Indian continent. 



a. Thirty-four inches long : stuflcd. India. From the Collection 

 of the Zoological Society. 



h. Adult : stuffed. Loodianah. From the Collection of the East- 

 India Company. 



c. Half-grown : skin. Loodianah. From the Collection of the East- 



India Company. 



d. Half-grown : stuffed. River Gogra. Pm-chased of Mr, Warwick. 

 e-g. Half-grown : stuffed. River Rapti, near Gorackpoor. Pur- 

 chased of Mr. Warwick. 



h. Half-grown. Calcutta. Presented by Thomas Moore, Esq. 

 /. Young. River Hooghly. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 

 k-m. Young. Bengal. Presente;d by G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. 



Rohita duvaucelii, Cuv. & Val. xvi. p. 262, is perhaps identical 

 with L. rohita. 



15. Labeo rouxii. 



Bohita roiuxii, Cur. 4- Val. xvi. p. 270. 



D. 15. A. 7. L. lat. 46. 

 Barbels four, extremely minute. Coloration imiform, dark lines 

 along the series of scales. {Val.). 

 Bombay. 



16. Labeo kontius. 



Cvprinus koutius, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. <§• Sc. xv. 1849, p. 302. 

 Labeo kontius, Batj, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 289. 

 D. 15. A. 7. V. 10. L. lat. 38. L. transv. 9'5 + .v. 

 The length of the head is one-seventh, the height of the body one- 

 fourth of the total length (with the caudal). Eye in the hinder half 

 .if the head. Snout with tubercles and a lateral fleshy prolongation. 



