68 CYPRINID^. 



21. Labeo falcatus. 



Cyprinu3 (Eangana) falcata, Gray, Ind. Zool. (scales too small). 

 Gobio malacostomus, 31'Clell. Ind. Cypr. p. 280. 



D. 13. A. 8. L. lat. 43. L. transv. 7|/8. 



Mouth broad ; lips thick, continuous, with an inner fold in their 

 entire circumference, more developed on the lower lip than on the 

 upper. Snout obtuse, long, much projecting beyond the lower jaw, 

 with a distinct lateral lobe. Two barbels only, very small, hidden 

 in a lateral groove. Eye small, considerably smaller than a scale, 

 situated far behind the middle of the length of the head. There are 

 four and" a half or five longitudinal scries of scales between the 

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

 concave, the anterior rays being produced ; caudal fiji deeply forked, 

 the length of the middle rays being one-third of that of the outer 

 longest, which are not much longer than the head. Body rather 

 elongate; head small, broad, depressed. Coloration uniform. 



Peninsula of India. 

 a. Adult: stuff'ed. " Terrya Ghat." From the Collection of the 



East-India Company. 

 h. Adult : stuffed. Presented by T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



22. Labeo paug^sia. 



Cyprinus pangusia, Ham. Buck. p. 285. 



Gobio pangusia, il/' Clell. Ind. Cypr. pp. 279, 362, tab. 42. fig. 1 (copied 

 from Hamilton's MS. drawing). 



D. 13. A. 7. L. lat. 39. L. transv. 7|/7. 



Mouth rather narrow. Lips moderately thick, not fringed, with 

 a distinct inner fold in their entire circumference. Snout rather 

 prodiiced, obtuse in front, projecting beyond the lower jaw, with a 

 distinct lobe on each side ; maxiUary barbel small, hidden in a deep 

 lateral groove. Eye of moderate size, situated behind the middle 

 of the length of the head. There are four and a half longitudinal 

 series of scales between the lateral line and the ventral fin. Upper 

 margin of the dorsal fin concave, the anterior rays being the longest ; 

 the length of the middle caiidal rays two-fifths of that of the outer 

 ones. Body and tail compressed and elongate, the greatest depth 

 of the body being one-fourth of the total length (without caudal). 

 Snout with numerous pores in front. 



Kiver Kosi, Cachar. 



a-b. Stuffed, 7 inches long. River Song(?). From Griffith's Col- 

 lection. 

 c-d. Half-grown. Cachar. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Playfair. 



23. Labeo pleurotaenia. 



Lobocheilos pleurotfenia, Meek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. ix. p. 267. 

 Diplocheilichthys pleurotfenia, Bleek. Prodr. Cypr. p. 14-3 ; or Atl. 

 Ichfhynl. Cypr. p. S-^, tab. 9. fig. 1. 



