cclxxxiii 



193. Scmip/n/n.i mnJr.i/ii.i, Day. 1). 2 I, A. 0, L. I. O;?-!^!, L. tr. 

 7y7i. Last uiuliviileil dorsal ray osseous ami serratud. Hills al)ovc 

 Akyal). 



194.. Semiplotw.1 McCldlnndi, Blocker. 1). 28, A. 0, L. 1. 27, L. 

 tr. G/5. Last uiulivided dorsal ray osseous and entire. Assam. 



Genus — Catla, Guv. ^- Val. 



Gihelion, Ileckel : Ili/pselobarbus , Bleckcr. 



Head broad: moid with very thin integuments : upper lip absent : tlie 

 loicer moderately thick, having a continuous free posterior margin. The 

 lower jaw with a moveable articulation at the symphysis, hut deslitxite of 

 any prominent tubercle. Eyes with free orbital margins. Barbels absent. 

 Pharyngeal teeth plough-shaped, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, h. Dorsal fin v>ith rather 

 an elongated base, destitute of osseous ray, and commencing somewhat in. 

 advance of the ventral: anal short : caudal forked. Scales of moderate 

 size, no tiled ones along the base of the anal fin. Lateral line complete, 

 continued to the centre of the base of the caudal fin. Gill-rakers long, 

 rather strong, and moderately wide apart in the adult, but fine and closely 

 set in the immature. 



195. Catla Burhanani, Cuv. and Val. Bo-assa, Hind., and Cutla, 

 Tanj. : Tay-lee, Sind : Cntla, l?eng. : Dar-kur, Ooriali : Nqa-ihainq, Biirin. 

 1). 17-13, A. 8, L. 1. 40-13, L. tr. 7i/'J. Tlirou<.linnt tl'io frcsli- 

 wators of India and Burma, so f;ir as tlio iVgu Rivor : is not found in 

 the southern and western portions of Madras. It attains several feet in 

 length, and is excellent eating. 



Genus — Moza, Ileckel. 



Thynnichthys, pt., Bleeker : Amblypharyngodon, pt., Bleekcr : Bra- 

 chy gramma, pt. Day. 



Pseudobranchia present. IJead compressed, intrgnments over snout 

 thin: upper lip absent ; only a short labial fold on the side of the mandi- 

 ble. Mouth rather wide, antero-lateral, rnith the lower jaio somewhat 

 prominent. Eyes in the middle of the depth of the head, and tcithout any 

 adipose membrane. Barbels absent. Pharyngeal teeth molar-form, close 

 together, 5, 3 or 4, 2 or 3/2 or 3, 4 or 3, 5 : or 5 or 3, 2 or 3 or 4, 2 

 or 1/1 or 2, 4 or 3 or 2, 3 or 5. Dorsal fm short, without osseous ray, 

 commencing nearly opposite the ventrals : anal short. Scales small. 

 Lateral line complete, running to the centre of the base of the caudal fin 

 (Thynnichthys) : or incomplete (Ambtyphnryngodon). Intestinal tract 

 narrow, with numerous convolutions. Gill-rakers very short or absent. 



196. Mola harengula, Cuv. and Val. Kala-tala and Ahku-chappah , 

 Tel. D. 9, A. 8, L. r. 120, L. tr. 22/25. Lateral line complete. Found 

 in the Godaveri and Kistna Rivers, attaining upwards of a foot in 

 length. 



197. Mola Buehanani, Blyth. Talla-maya, Tel. : Morara, Ooriali : 

 Moah, Assam : Mukni, Panj. : Nga-beh-byoo and Nqa-zen-zap, Burm. D. 

 10, A. 7, L. 1. 55-7,5, L. tr. 25/28. L.-iteral line" incomplete. Fresh- 

 waters of India and Burma, to four inches in lengtli. 



198. Mola meleitinus, Cuv. & Val. Wnmboo, Mai. : Oolaree, Tam. : 

 Kali-korafi, Iliud. : Baraga, Can. : Muckni, Panj. D, 9-10, A. 7-8, L. 1. 



