Gobio. INDIAN CYPRINID&. - 363 
closed. The colours above are dark olive green or blue, below white; the 
pectorals and ventrals are of equal size; the caudal is more divided than that 
of Cyp. boga, Buch. Intestines and stomach form a canal of great length. 
The fin rays are, 
Doe GEO Aas, Calg: 
There are forty-three scales along the lateral line, and about fifteen from the 
base of the ventrals to the dorsum. 
XI.—GoBIo RICNORHYNCcHUS, J. M. 
16 Wate a, Ile 
This species I am inclined to think is identical with that which is figured 
in Hardwicke’s Illustrations under the name of Cyprinus falcata, although if 
the figure is to be depended on, (and it is large enough for any purpose) the 
dorsal would seem to contain thirteen, and the anal eight rays. In Assam I 
was familiar with a fish which I have since lost from my collection, called 
Nepura by the fishermen, which I considered to be the one figured by Hard- 
wicke. In this opinion I was farther confirmed by a sketch of the same fish 
which Mr. Griffith had made. Still as a specimen of the Assam fish is 
wanting, and no description of Hardwicke’s figure that I am aware of pub- 
lished, I think it safer to keep the two apart until they are proved to be 
the same. In the latter case the best of the three names proposed may be 
selected, or the one applied to Hardwicke’s figure by Mr. Gray retained. 
Should it prove to be a Godvo rather than a Labeo, either ricnorhynchus or 
malacostomus, as proposed in the synopsis, would be equally applicable to it, as 
the only species in the group with a wrinkled snout and soft pendulous lips. 
The contents of the abdomen were removed from the only specimen I have 
seen, and in deciding as to whether it be a Labeo or a Gobio, perfect speci- 
mens ought to be examined. 
