2C8 TET/EOSTET. PHTSOSTOMT. 



at the side of the tail is present, and some have a second blotch at 

 the commencement of the lateral line. Instead of a maxillary 

 barbel there exists a fleshy flap inside the groove. 



Hub. Assam, Bengal, and Orissa. Also Mandalay in Upper, 

 and Sittoung in Lower Burma. 



306. (17.) Labeo bata. 



Cyprinus bata, Ham. Such. Fish. Ganges, pp. 283, 386. 

 Labeo bata, Day, Fish. India, p. 542, pi. cxxix, fig. 5 (see synon.). 

 Dunyuda-porah, Ooriah ; Dommarci-batta, Beng. ; Gootellah, Hind.; 

 Bango, N.W. Prov. ; Chirri, Cutch ; Royddi and Tambte, Marathi. 



B. iii. D. 11-12(2-3/9-10). P. 18. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 37-40. L. tr. 7/6-7. 



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

 to 4j in the length of head, 1| to lj diameters from the end of 

 snout, 2 to 2L apart. The dorsal profile more convex than that of 

 the abdomon. The width of the mouth 3^ in the length of the 

 head, and in the adult about three times the depth of the cleft ; 

 snout slightly in advance of the jaws in theyoung, but hardly so in 

 the adult, in which it is often covered with pores. Lips thin, con- 

 tinuous, the lower reflected from off the mandible, and with a 

 shallow groove along its hind edge. No horny covering inside 

 jaws. Barbels a very short maxillary pair. Teeth pharyngeal, 

 plough-shaped or molariform, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Fins the dorsal as 

 high as the head is long, and with a concave upper edge ; it com- 

 mences slightly nearer the end of the snout than the base of the 

 caudal fin. Pectoral about as long as the head and reaching the 

 ventral, which is rather shorter. Scales 51 rows between lateral 

 line and base of ventral fin. Colour varying wilh the age of the 

 fish ; generally silvery, darkest along the back, and with the lower 

 fins stained orange; fine black dots on all the fins. In specimens 

 about four inches long there are three or four small black spots 

 on the fifth and sixth scales of the lateral line, which gradually 

 and almosb entirely fade as age advances. 



Hub. From the Kistna and Godavari rivers through Orissa, 

 Lower Bengal, and Assam. This fish (which attains nearly two 

 feet in length) is extensively used for stocking tauks. 



307. (18.) Labeo microphthalmus. 



Labeo microphthalmus, Day, Fish. India, p. 542, pi. cxxxii, fig. 4 

 (see synon.) 



B. iii. D. 13 (3/10). P. 18. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 41-43. L. tr. 8/9. 



Length of head 6 in the total lergtb. Eyes diameter 5^ in 

 length of head, 2 diameters from end of snout, and ^\ apart. 

 Dorsal profile more convex than that of the abdomen. Sr.out 



