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the gill-opening', and gcneially a band along the side. ThronghouL Indiii 

 to Burma^ attaining 6 inches in length. 



Genus — Oreinus, McClelland. 



Schizothorax, Sect. A., Heckel; Schizopi/ge, sp. Heckel. 



Snout ruunded. Moulh inferior and Irunsverse : mandiLles short, hroad, 

 and flat, loosely joined together at the symphysis : margin of the lower jaw 

 having a thick horny covering, thickest internally, and a thick fringed lower 

 lip, which has a free posterior edge forming a sucker. Barbels four. 

 Pharyngeal teeth jmnted, hooked, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Dorsal fin rather short, 

 with a strong, osseous, serrated ray, and arising opposite the ventrals : anal 

 short. Scales very small, the vent and base of the anal fin in a sheath, 

 covered by enlarged tiled scales. Lateral line passing to the centre of the 

 base of the caudal Jin. 



148. Oreinus progastus, McC\ii\\i\n(\. Adoee, Assam. D. 12, A. 7. 



H9. Oreinus sinuatus, Heckel. Gool-goolli, and Saul, I'anj. 

 D. 10-12, A. 7-8, L. 1. 105. Silvery and spotted: sometimes a few 

 of these latter are red, and it is termed a " tront." by some Enropeans. 

 Found in the Himalayas and rivers along their bases, attaining 2 feet 



or more in length. 



Genus — Scuizothosax, Heckel. 



Baconia, sp. !RIcClellaud : Schizopyge, sp. Heckel : Opistocheilus, pt. 

 Bleeker. 



Snout conically rounded, and laterally somewhat compressed. Mouth 

 arched and aulero-inferior : viandible neither broad, flattened, nor with a 

 sharp margin, its edge sometimes having a thin, deciduous, horny covering. 

 Barbels four. Pharyngeal teeth pointed, hooked, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Dorsal 

 fin rather short, unlh a strung, serrated osseous ray, and arising opposite 

 the ventrals : anal short. Scales very small, the vent and base of the anal 

 fin in a sheath covered by an enlarged tiled roio. Lateral line passing 

 to the centre of the base of the caudal Jin. 



150. Schizothorax llodgsouii, Giintlier. Din-na-wah, N. W. Prov- 

 inces. D. 11, A. 7, L. 1. 155. Himalayas and head of the Ganges, 

 attaining at least 18 inches in length. 



Genus — Labmo, Cuv. 



liohita, pt., Cuv. and Val. : Tylognathus, Heckel : Hypselobarbns, 

 Diplocheilus, Diplocheilichthys, Lobocheilus, Uuhitichthys, Alorulius, 

 Schismatorhynchus et Gobionichthys, Bleeker. 



Body elliptical, or moderately elongated. Snout rounded, gene- 

 rally projecting beyond the mouth, and covered with tubercles, and some- 

 times having a lateral lobe or projection : moulh sometimes anterior, but 

 mostly inferior, transverse and demi-oval. Lips thick, covering the jaws, 

 one or both having an inner transverse fold : a soft horny covering, with 

 a sharp margin on the inner edge of one or both lips. Barbels small, 

 four or two ; if only one pair they belong to the maxilla, should there he 

 a second they are on the snout. Pharyngeal teeth hooked, and in three 

 rows, 5, 4, 2/2, 4, 5. Dorsal fin elongaled or of moderate length, destitute 

 of any osseous ray, and arising anterior to the commencement oj the 



