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Pectoral as long as the head. Caudal deeply forked. A row of 

 scales along the base of the dorsal. Colour silvery, wifch some red 

 marks on the scales. Fins reddish, caudal edged with grey. 



Hob. Poona and rivers of the Deccan ; attaining at least 12 

 inches in length. 



311. (22.) Labeo nigripinnis. 

 Labeo nigripinnis, Day, Fish. India, p. 544, pi. cxxxii, fig. 3. 



B. iii. D. 11 (2/9). P. 17. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 40-42. L. tr. 8/8. 



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

 the middle of the length of the head in the young, rather before 

 it in the adult, diameter 4g in the length of the head. Dorsal 

 profile Somewhat elevated, abdominal nearly straight. Snout pro- 

 jecting over the mouth, which is inferior, and the width of which 

 equals one third of the length of the head ; the lips continuous at 

 the angle of the mouth ; the lower lip thin and reflected from off 

 the mandible, which has a thin cartilaginous covering. Large pores 

 on the snout, which in some specimens has a groove across it. 

 Barbels a minute maxillary pair. Fins dorsal commences mid- 

 way between the end of the snout and the posterior extremity of 

 the base of the anal fin ; it is as high as the body and has a concave 

 upper edge. Pectoral as long as the head excluding the snout, or 

 even a little more. Ventral commences below the first third of the 

 dorsal. Caudal deeply forked. Scales from 5 to 5g rows between 

 the lateral line and base of ventral fin. Colour bluish along the 

 back, becoming dull white on the sides and beneath. In some 

 specimens the bases of the scales are dark coloured, some have a 

 dull band along the side. Fins black in tbe adult, not always so 

 in the young. 



JJab. Sind hills and rivers at their bases. 



312. (23.) Labeo sindensis. 



Cirrhina sindensis, Day, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. 2, 1872, p. 319. 

 Labeo sindensis, Day, Fish. India, p. 544, pi. cxxxii, n'g. 2. 



B. iii. D. 12-13 (2-3/10). P. 18. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. 

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



Length of head 6J in the total length. Eyes rather nearer to 

 snout than to hind edge of opercles, diameter 5^ in the length of 

 the head, 2 diameters from the end of snout, and 2^ apart. Dorsal 

 profile rather more convex than that of the aSdomen. Snout 

 rather overhanging the mouth. No lateral lobe to snout, which in 

 some specimens has a deep groove across it, and is covered with 

 glands. Lips continuous at the angle of the mouth ; the lower lip 

 thin with a smooth edge, and reflected from off the mandible, which 

 lias a thin cartilaginous covering. Barbels a short maxillary pair. 

 Fins dorsal commences midway between the end of the snout and 

 the posterior extremity of the base of the anal, it is rather higher 



