258 TELEOSTEI. PHYSOSTOMI. 



D. 11, L. 1. 38, L. tr. 8/9. One pair of 



maxillary barbels; a deep groove 



across snout 21. L. nukta, p. 270. 



1). 11, L.I. 40-42, L. tr. 8/8. 2 barbels. . 22. L. niffripmnit, p. 271. 



D. 12-13, L. 1. 43, L. tr. 8/9. 2 barbels. . 23. L. simlensis, p. 271. 



1). 11, L. 1. 38, L. tr. 7/8. 2 barbels 24. L. atiza, p. 272. 



D. 11, L. 1. 38, L. tr. 6/6. 2 barbels .... 25. L. kawrus, p. 272. 



290. (1.) Labeo nandina. 



Cyprinus nandina, Ham. Bucli. Fish. Ganges, pp. 300, 388, pi. viii, 



tig. 84. 

 Labeo nandina, Day, Fish. India, p. 535, pi. cxxvi, figs. 1 & 2 



(variety macronotus) (see synou.). 



Nandin, Beng. ; Nya-ohn-don, Nya-net-pyah, Nya-yin-pounsa, and 

 Nya-thyn, Burmese. 



B. iii. D. 24-26 (2-3/22-24). P. 15. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 42-44. L. tr. 6-7/8. 



Length of head 4| to 5, of caudal fin 4| to 4|, height of body 4 

 in the total length. Eyes diameter 4| to 5 in length of head, 1^ 

 diameters from end of snout, and 2J- apart. Dorsal profile rather 

 concave above the eyes ; interorbital space flat ; the width of the 

 mouth one third of the length of the head. Snout obtuse, slightly 

 projecting beyond the jaws, no lateral lobe ; a few fine pores on snout. 

 Lips thick and fringed, with a distinct inner fold above and below. 

 Barbels four, short. Phis the dorsal commences midway be- 

 tween the snout and the end of the base of the anal fin ; its 

 upper edge is somewhat convex. Caudal deeply forked. Scales 

 five rows between the lateral line and base of ventral fin. Colour 

 dark greenish above, becoming lighter on the sides and beneath ; 

 a few cloudy blotches along the sides ; the centre of many of the 

 scales reddish. 



Hub. Bengal, Assam, and Burma. I have obtained this species 

 as high up the Irrawaddy as Mandalay. Said to attain 3 feet in 

 length, and 30 or 40 pounds in weight. 



291. (2.) Labeo fimbriatus. 



Cyprinus fimbriatus, Block, Ich. xii, p. 50, pi. 409 ; Bl. Schn. Syst. 



Ich. p. 441. 

 Labeo tinibriatus, Day, Fish. India, p. 536, pi. cxxvi, fig. 3 (see 



synon.). 



S/iaal, Tain. ; Ruchu and. Gandumenu, Tel. ; Bahrum, Ooriah ; Tambra, 

 Marathi. 



B. iii. D. 19-22 (3-4/15-18). P. 17. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. 



L. 1. 44-47. L. tr. 9-10/8. 



Length of head 6^ to 6| in the total length. Eyes diameter 

 3| to 4| in length of head, 1| to H diameters from end of snout, 

 and 2 apart. Dorsal profile more convex than that of the abdomen. 

 The mouth slightly overhung by the snout, which is obtuse, rather 

 swollen, aud studded with minute pores, but destitute of u lateral 



