CYPRINIDJE. CTPEININJE. 253 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



D. 11-12, A. 7, L. 1. 150. Snout elongate. 



Lower lip with a free posterior edge 1. S. progastus, p. 253. 



D. 12, A. 7. Lower labial fold interrupted. ... 2. S. esocinus, p. 254. 



286. (1.) ScMzotiiorax progastus. (Fig. 90.) 



Oreinus progastus, McClell, As. Res, xix, pt. 2 ; 2nd, Cyp. pp. 274, 



343, pi. 40, fig. 4. 

 Schizotkorax progastus, Uay, Fish. India, p. 532, pi. cxxii, fig. 7 



(see synon.). 



Dinnawah, N. W. Prov. ; Adoee and Loh-one, Assamese. 



B. iii. D. 11-12 (3/5-9). P. 19. V. 11. A. 2/5. C. 19. 



L. 1. 150-160. 



Length of head 5| to 5| in the total length. Eyes from 4| 

 to 6 diameters in the length of the head and situated in its middle. 

 Snout pointed. Depth of cleft of mouth equals the width of the 

 gape. Upper jaw projecting ; lip thick and fleshy, having a free 

 posterior edge in its whole circumference, upper lip elevated in the 

 centre, lower with a central lobe and a lateral one on either side. 

 Lips internally covered with a thin, deciduous, cartilaginous layer. 

 Barbels four, the rostral about as long as the orbit, the maxillary 

 pair rather shorter. Fins dorsal commences midway between 



Fig. 90. Schizothorax progastus. 



end of snout and root of caudal fin, its osseous ray strong, coarsely 

 serrated, and as long as the head behind the angle of the mouth. 

 The pectoral does not reach the ventral, nor the latter the anal. 

 Anal when laid flat nearly reaches the base of the caudal, which is 

 deeply forked. Scales in tile-like rows but little developed, the 

 largest not being half as broad 'as the orbit. About 18 rows 

 between the lateral line and base of ventral fin. Colour uniform 

 silvery, sometimes having a few fine spots; fins with darkish 

 edges. 



Ifab. Himalayas, from the head-waters of the Ganges to Sadiya 

 in Upper Assam. Common at Hardwar, where the Ganges de- 

 bouches into the plains. It attains at least 20 inches in length. 



