CYPRINID.E. CYPRiyiyJE. 261 



B. iii. D. 15-16 (3/12-13). P. 19. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. 

 L. J. 44. L. tr. 9/13. 



Length of head 4^ in the total length. Eyes diameter 3 to 

 4 in the length of head, about 1 diameter from end of snout, and 

 2 apart. Snout not swollen, destitute of a lateral lobe, and not 

 overhanging the upper jaw. A deep groove across the chin, with 

 a distinct labial fold. Lower lip very finely fringed. Pores on the 

 snout. Barbels a very short maxillary pair concealed in the 

 labial fold. Fins upper edge of dorsal fin concave, the fin com- 

 mences midway between the end of the snout and the posterior 

 extremity of the base of the anal fin ; it is two thirds as high as the 

 body below it, and the length of its base equals its greatest height. 

 Pectoral as long as the head excluding the snout ; ventral inserted 

 below the fifth dorsal ray. Anal laid flat does not reach the caudal, 

 which is forked. Lateral line 7 to 8 rows of scales between it 

 and the base of the ventral fin. Colour of a deep leaden silvery 

 along the upper half of the body, white shot with gold beneath. 

 A black mark behind the gill-openings, and in the young another 

 on the side of the tail. 



Hah. Irrawaddy river, and also Moulmein. 



295. (6.) Labeo gonius, 



Cyprinus gonius, Ham. Buck. Fishes of Ganges, pp. 292, 387. 

 Labeo gonius, Day, Fish. India, p. 537, pi. cxxvii, fig. 1 (see 

 synon.). 



Mosoo, Tel. ; Cursua, Ooriah ; EurcM and Goni, Beng. ; Cursa and 

 Colloose, Hind. ; Cowrie and Bahtoor, Assam ; Cir-re-oh, Sind ; Nga-dane 

 and Nya-hoo, Burmese ; Nga-pay, Tenasseiim. 



B. iii. D. 15-17 (2-3/13-14). P. 17. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). 

 C. 19. L.I. 71-84. L. tr. 16/17. 



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

 to 5 in the length of the head, 1| diameters from the end of snout, 

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

 Mouth rather narrow, its width equalling 3J in the length of the 

 head ; no lateral lobe, but numerous pores on the snout. Lips 

 thick, and with a distinct inner fold in their entire circumference, 

 both fringed. Barbels rostral and maxillary present but short. 

 Teeth pharyngeal, plough- shaped, 5, 4, 2/2, 4, 5. Fins the 

 dorsal commences much nearer the snout than the base of the 

 caudal fin ; it is two thirds as high as the body, and its upper edge 

 is concave. Pectoral nearly or quite as long as the head. Ventral 

 commences under the middle of the dorsal. Caudal deeply forked. 

 Scales from 9 to 13 rows between the lateral line and the base 

 of the ventral fin. Colour greenish along the back, becoming 

 lighter on the sides ; scales darkest at their margins, many having 

 red lunules on them. 



This fish is extensively used for the purpose of stocking tankf. 



