270 TELEOSTEI. P1IYSOSTOMI. 



Kimla-mcen, and Coal-rtn'iiza-candee, Tarn. ; Arisa, Tel. ; Kata-battali, 

 Ooriah; liangum-batta, Beng. ; Month, Punj.; Kyouk-nya-loo,]$\\.rm. 



B. iii. D. 11-13(2-3/9-10). P. 16. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. 

 L. 1.37-39. L. tr. 6|-7/7. Vert, 17-15. 



Length of head 5| to 5^ in the total length. Eyes somewhat 

 before the middle of the head, 3f- to 4 diameters in length of head. 

 Dorsal profile rather more convex than that of the abdomen. Mouth 

 rather narrow, its width equalling one third of the length of the 

 head. Snout projecting moderately beyond the jaws, no lateral lobe. 

 Lips rather thick. A thin layer of cartilage to inner surface of 

 lower lip. Snout occasionally covered with large pores. Barbels 

 a minute maxillary pair. Teeth pharyngeal, 5, 4, 3/3, 4, 5, plough- 

 shaped. Fins origin of dorsal commences nearer the snout than 

 the base of the caudal, upper margin concave ; caudal deeply forked, 

 lobes of equal length. Scales 5 rows between lateral line and base 

 of ventral fin. Colour orange, with the fins of a reddish tinge ; 

 sometimes a dark spot on the shoulder. 



Hob. [Rivers of Gangetic Provinces, Madras, and Burma ; said 

 to attain a foot in length. PL cxxviii, fig. 3, ' Fishes of India,' is 

 from a Uurmese specimen, and PI. cxxxi, fig. 4, is from an example 

 from the Jumna. 



310. (21.) Labeo nukta. 

 Cyprinus nukta, Sykes, Tr. Z. S. ii, p. 355. 

 Labeo nukta, -Day, Fish. India, p. 543, pi. cxxviii, n'g. 5 (see synoa.). 



NaTita and Nanktashendva, Marathi. 



B. iii. B. 11 (2/9). P. 15. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. 



L.I. 37-38. L. tr. 6/9. 



Length of head 5 to 6| in the total length. Eyes diameter 6 

 in the length of the head, 2^ diameters from the end of snout, and 

 also apart. Snout projecting over the mouth, and having a deep 

 groove passing from one orbit to the opposite one, thus presenting 

 the appearance of a blunt com pressed knob between and before the 

 orbits. Mouth of moderate width ; the snout with a well-developed 

 lateral lobe and a distinct inner fold to the lips at the angle of the 

 mouth, extending across the outer third of the lower jaw, from 

 which the lip is reflected and studded with pores, but neither lip 

 is fringed. Both lips with a thin deciduous horny layer internally. 

 Some large pores on snout, on forehead, and in the rostral groove. 

 Barlels a rudimentary maxillary pair. Lateral line badly marked, 

 41 rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral fin. Fins 

 dorsal arises midway between the snout and the posterior extremity 

 of the base of the anal fin, its anterior three rays are much elevated 

 and higher than the body, the last besides being divided to its root 

 is also somewhat prolonged, making the upper margin of the fin 

 concave : the ventral arises under the middle of the dorsal and 

 scarcely reaches the anal, which fin is much higher anteriorly. 



