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14. Labeo rohita. 



Cyprinus rohita, Ham. Buck. FUh. Gang. p. 301, pi. 36. fig. 85. 

 Cirrhinus rohita, M'Ckll. Ind. Fish. pp. 266, 321, tab. 41. fig. 2 (bad). 

 Rohita buchanani, C'uv. Sr Val. xvi. p. 251 ; Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. 

 XXV. 1853, Hind. ^ Beng. p. 133. 



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



Mouth of moderate width. Lips moderately thick, Mnged, 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 

 dorsal 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 loss distinct 

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



Fresh waters of the East-Indian continent. 



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

 of the Zoological Society. 



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

 India Company. 



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



India Company. 



d. Half-grown: stufied. River Gogra. Purchased of Mr. "Warwick, 

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

 chased of Mr. "Warwick. 



h. Half-grown. Calcutta, i resented by Thomas Moore, Esq. 

 i. Young. River Hooghly. From Dr. Bleeker's CoUection. 

 k-m. Young. Bengal. Presented by G. R. "Waterhouse, Esq. 



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

 with L. rohita. 



15. Labeo rouxii. 

 Bohita rouxii, Cuv. Sf Val. xvi. p. 270. 



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

 Barbels four, extremely minute. Coloration uniform, dark lines 

 along the series of scales. ( Val.). 

 Bombay. 



16. Labeo kontius. 

 Cyprinus kontius, Terdm, Madr. Journ. Lit. 8f Sc. xv. 1849, p. 302. 

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

 D. 15. A. 7. V. 10. L. lat. 38. L. transv. 9/5 -|-.r. 

 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 

 of the head. Snout with tuberclos ^nd a lateral fleshy prolongation. 



