ClTltlNID.t. CYPRINJ tiJE. 277 



12. Genus CIRRHINA, Cuvier. 



Syn. Vanyana, pt., Ham. IJuch. ; Danyila, sp., Guv. & Val. ; Cyrene, 

 sp., Heckel ; Mriyala, sp., Bleeker ; \Crossochilus, pt., Giinther. ^ l^^,^ >-, / 



Abdomen rouuded. Snout depressed and obtusely rounded, 

 with the soft coverings extremely thin. Mouth broad, transverse. 

 Upper lip fringed or entire, and not continuous with the lower lip. 

 Lower jaw rather sharp, without any lip or with a thin one, 

 generally destitute of any horny covering, but having a small 

 tubercle above the mandibular symphysis. Barbels small, four, 

 two, or none. Dorsal fin rather short or of moderate length, 

 without any osseous ray, and commencing in advance of the ven- 

 tral s. Ajial fin short, without a row of tile-like scales. Scales of 

 large, small, or moderate size. Lateral line continuous, passing to 

 the centre of the base of the caudal fin. Gill-rakers short. 



Geographical Distribution. Fresh waters of Baluchistan, Sind, 

 India, generally throughout Burma, and the East Indian Archi- 



Bynopsis of Indian Species. 



D. 17-19, L. 1. 42-44. Four barbels. Upper lip 



entire 1. C. cirrhosa, p. 277. 



D. 15-16, L. 1. 40-45. Two barbels. Upper lip 



entire 2. C. mrigala, p. 278. 



D. 10-11, L. 1. 38-40. Four barbels. Upper lip 



fringed 3. C. latia, p. 279. 



D. 10-11, L. 1. 35-38. One pair of short rostral 



barbels. Upper lip indistinctly fringed or 



entire 4. C. relm, p. 279. 



D. 10, L. 1. 48. Two barbels 5. C.fulungee, p. 280. 



320. (1.) Cirrhina cirrhosa. 



Oyprinus cirrhosus. Block, Ich. xii, p. 52, t. 411 ; Block Schn. Syst. 



Ick. p. 450. 

 Cirrhina cirrhosa, Day, Fish. India, p. 547, pi. cxxxi, fig. 3 (see 



synon.). 



Ven-candi, Tarn, j Aruzii, Tel. 



B. iii. D. 17-19 (3-4/14-15). P. 19. V. 9. A. 8 (3/5). 

 C. 19. L. 1. 42-44. L. tr. 8/9. Vert. 21/17. 



Length of head 5| to 6, height of body 4 to 5 in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 3| in the length of the head, 1 diameter 

 from end of snout, and 1^ apart. Dorsal profile more convex than 

 that of the abdomen. Width of mouth equals one third of the 



