CTPEINID^E. CYPRINIXJE. 265 



specimens obtained from the Coleroon river, each scale had a red 

 centre. 



Hah. Eivers along the base of the Nilgiris, and the Cauvery and 

 Coleroon in all their branches down to the coast. Grows to two 

 feet in length. 



301, (12.) Labeo caBruleus. 

 Labeo cseruleus, Day, Fish. India, p. 540, pi. cxxix, fig. 3. 



B. iii. D. 14 (2/12). P. 18. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 40. L. tr. 6/11. 



Length of head 4f in the total length. Eyes 4 diameters in the 

 length of head, 1 diameter from the end of snout, and 2 apart. Mouth 

 narrow, its width equalling two sevenths of the length of the head. 

 Snout overhanging the mouth ; no lateral lobe. Lips continuous, 

 and having a distinct inner fold in their entire circumference ; both 

 lips fringed. A horny inner covering to either lip. Barbels a, 

 short pair to the maxilla. Fins dorsal arises anteriorly to the 

 ventral, and slightly nearer to the end of the snout than to the 

 base of the caudal fin, in front it is two thirds as high as the body, 

 its upper edge concave. Pectoral as long as the head excluding the 

 snout, it docs not reach the vantral nor the latter the anal. Anal 

 when laid flat reaches the base of the* caudal, which is deeply 

 forked. Scales 6 rows between lateral line and base of ventral 

 fin. Colour bluish, with a yellowish tinge on the sides and be- 

 neath. Outer half of anal nearly black, and a blackish lunule on 

 the caudal. 



Hub. Biver at the base of the Sind Hills. 



302. (13.) Labeo diplostomus. 



Varicorhinus diplostomus, Heckel, Fisch. Caschmir, p. 07, pi. xi. 

 Labeo diplostomus, Day, Fish. India, p. 540, pi. cxxix, fag. 2 (see 



synon.). 



Nepura, Assam ; Kul-ka-batta, Beng. ; Gid and Giddah, Punj. ; 

 Muhaylee, Hind. (Hurdwar), and Gaywah, Saharanpur. 



B. iii. D. 12-13 (2-3/9-10). P. 17. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 41-44. L. tr. 8/9. 



Length of head 5 to Q\ in the total length. Eyes situated 

 either in or (in the voung) rather before the middle of the length 

 of the head, diameter 5 to 6^ in the total length of head, and 2^- 

 to 3 diameters apart. Dorsarprofile more convex than that of the 

 abdomen. Mouth rather narrow; snout overhanging the jaws, 

 generally with a groove across it, and covered with pores ; no 

 lateral lobe. Lips thick and continuous, but the fold across the 

 lower jaw is interruped. A cartilaginous layer on inside of both 

 lips. Gill -rakers closely set, about one third as long as the eye. 

 a small maxillary pair. Tetth pharyngeal, plough-shaped, 



