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10. Labeo fimbriatus. 



Cyprinus fimbriatus, Block, xii. p. oO, pi. 409. 

 PRohita fimbriata, Cuv. ^- Val. xvi. p. 271. 



D. 19-20. A. 7. L. lat. 47-48. L. transv. 10/9. 



Mouth broad, transverse ; lips rather broad, fringed, continuous, 

 with an inner fold, as well developed above as below. A deep 

 transverse groove across the chin. Snout obtuse, rather thick, 

 covered with minute {wres, without lateral lobe i^Morulius, Blkr. ). 

 Barbels four, very small, the upper half the size of the lower, which 

 is two-thirds the length of the diameter of the eye. Head small, 

 thick, its length being not much more than one-fifth of the total 

 (without caudal) ; interorbital space convex, broad, its width being 

 equal to the distance of the hind margin of the eye from the end of 

 the snout. Eye of moderate size, one-fifth of the length of the head, 

 situated nearer to the end of the snout than to that of the opercle. 

 The height of the body is contained thrice and one-fifth in the 

 total length (without caudal). Dorsal fin not elevated, with the 

 upper margin slightly concave, the length of its longest ray being 

 equal to that of the head ; its origin is opposite to the fourteenth 

 scale of the lateral line. Anal fin very narrow, extending to the 

 root of the caudal, which is deeply forked, tlie length of its middle 

 rays being one-third of that of the outer longest. Pectoral and 

 ventral fins of equal length, the former extending to the fourteenth 

 scale of the lateral line. There are seven longitudinal series of scales 

 between the lateral line and the ventral fin. Coloration uniform, 

 fins blackish. 



Madras. 



a, h. Thirteen inches long. Presented by Capt. Mitchell. 



Prof. Peters has, at my request, examined the typical specimen ; 

 it agrees with our example in all essential characters. 



11. Labeo leschenaulti. 



Rohita leschenaulti, Cuv. 8f Val. xvi. p. 261. 



D. 18-19. A. 7. L. lat. 43-44. L. transv. 9/8. 



Mouth of moderate width. Lips moderately thick, frinp-ed, with 

 a very distinct inner fold above and below. Snout obtuse, depi-esscd, 

 not much swollen, moderately projecting beyond the lower jaw, 

 without lateral lobe, with very small, scarcely conspicuous-' pores. 

 Four small barbels, the upper of which are half the size of the 

 lower, which are two-thirds as long as the eye. Eye of moderate 

 size, situated befoi-e the middle of the length of the head. There are 

 five and a half longitudinal series of scales between the lateral line 

 and the ventral fin. Upper margin of the dorsal fin slightly concave. 

 Body moderately compressed, its depth being nearly one-third of the 

 total length (without caudal). Coloration uniform, fins blackish. 



East-Indian continent. 

 a. Adult. Kotamurdoor Tank, South Arcot. Presented bv (';ipt. 

 Mitchell. 



