93. CHELA. 335 



wards the abdomen in a slightly oblique direction. Origin of the 

 anal fin below the anterior dorsal rays. Pectoral fin long, much 

 longer than the head, extending somewhat beyond the origin of the 

 ventral. 



Pharyngeal teeth 5.3.2—2.3.5. The middle of the hind 

 margin of the gill-membrane is in advance of the prseopercular 

 angle. Thorax not compressed into an edge. 



Nilgherries, 



a-d. Fine typical specimens. Bow any River. Presented by F. 

 Day, Esq. 



8. Chela lanbuca. 



Cj-prinu8 laubuca, Buck. Ham. Fish. Gang. p. 260. 

 Perilampus guttatus, M^Clcll. Ind. Cypi; p. 394, tab. 45. fig, 4, 

 Lfiiiciscus laubuca, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv. Beng. 8f Hind. p. 138. 



D. 10. A. 22-24. V. 7. L. lat. 37. L. transv. ^. 



The height of the body is contained twice and four-fifths in the 

 total length (without caudal), the length of the head four times and 

 one-louxth. Snout as long as the eye, which is two-sevenths of the 

 length of the head; mouth oblique, rather narrow, the maxillary 

 scarcely extending to the vertical from the front margin of the orbit. 

 Lower jaw a little projecting beyond the upper, without eymphysial 

 hook. Suborbital ring rather broad, the third suborbital covering 

 the cheek nearly entirely. Lateral line slightly curved downwards. 

 Origin of the anal fin in advance of that of the dorsal. Pectoral fin 

 extremely long, much longer than the head, extending to the anal. 

 The scales of the nape do not advance beyond the operculum. 



Pharyngeal teeth 5.3. 1—1 or 2 . 3 . 5. The middle of the hind 

 margin of the gill-membrane is below the posterior part of the orbit. 



Bengal. 



a. River Hooghly. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection, 



9. Chela acinaces. 



? Chela balookee, Sykes, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1841, p.'3e0. 

 Leuciscus acinaces, Cuv. <§- Val. xvii. p. 347, pi. 509. 



D. 9. A. 13. 



Scales of moderate size. Thelieight of the body is somewhat less 

 than the length of the head, which is one-fourth of the total (with- 

 out caudal). The diameter of the eye is two-fifths of the length of 

 the head ; suborbital ring broad. Origin of tile dorsal fin a little in 

 front of tha,t of the anal Pectoral nearly as long as the head 

 Pharyngeal teeth in three series. ( Val.) 



Mysore. Three inches long. 



10. Chela anomalurus. 



Oxygaster anomalurus, v. Hass. Algem. Kond-en Letferb, 1823, ii. 



p. 133. 

 Leuciscus oxygaster, Cuv. <§• Val. xvii. p. 349 ; Bleek, Nat. Tydschr 



Ned. Ind. v. p. 453. 



