Labeo. INDIAN CYPRINID&. 327 
Buchanan observes that the colours of the back and belly are regularly 
indented into each other on the sides, there is also a dark spot at the end of 
the tail. The snout projects a little in front of the mouth, is thick and 
perforated with mucous pores, or what Buchanan names, callous points. In 
the Gang. Fishes this species is placed with the Bangons or Gudgeons, to 
which perhaps it belongs. 
IX.—Cyprinus Joauius, Buch. 
Op. Cit. p. 316. 
Cyp. jauyali, id. Coll. 
This species has four cirri, with a dark spot at the end of the tail, 
and a similar distribution of obscure bars on the sides with the two preceding 
species, though it is placed by Buchanan in his fifth division. It grows to 
about three inches in length, and is common in the ponds and ditches in the 
north-eastern parts of Bengal; it isa brownish green colour above, and silvery 
beneath, the two colours uniting alternately in bars on the sides. The fin 
rays are, 
D1 P=? Vio; Als C=] 
The form of the mouth appears to be nearly the same as in the two last 
described. 
Sus-Gen.—LABEO. 
The Labeos agree in structure and habits with the Cirrhins, but have 
no cirri. 
I.—Cyprinus curcuivus, Buch. 
ty AO), 1 Be 
Kurchi of the Bengal fishermen, and Courie of the Assamese. 
This species differs from C. gonius, Buch. in being destitute of cirri, 
and in having somewhat smaller pectorals; its length, exclusive of the caudal, 
