278 TELEOSTEI. PIIYSOSTOMI. 



length of the head. Usually some fine pores on the snout, which 

 does not project beyond the jaws. Barbels the maxillary are 

 about one third as long as the eye, the rostral pair are rather longer. 

 Teeth pharyngeal, plough-shaped and with the sides of the 

 outer ones roughened, 5, 4, 3/3, 4, 5. Fins the dorsal as high as 

 the body, it arises considerably in advance of the ventrals, and mid- 

 way between the snout and the posterior portion of the base of the 

 anal fin, its upper margin concave ; in some large specimens the 

 first few rays are very elongated. Caudal deeply forked or 

 lunated. Scales 5| to 6| rows between lateral line and base of 

 ventral fin. Colour silvery, every scale having a red centre, 

 except along the abdomen, where they are of a dull yellowish white. 

 Dorsal and caudal stained with grey, also the outer end of the 

 anal and pectoral. 



Nab. Godavari, Kistna, and Cauvery rivers, and generally in 

 Southern India. Grows to 1| feet in length. Is a very active fish 

 and fair eating but bony. 



321. (2.) Cirrhina mrigala. 



Cyprinus mrigala, Ham. Buck. Fish. Ganges, pp. 279, 38G, pi. 6, fig. 79. 

 Cirrhina mrigala, Day, Fish. India, p. 347, pi. cxxix, tig. 4 (see synon.). 



Mirrgah, Ooriah ; Mrigala, Beng. and Hind. ; Nairn, Hind. (N. "W. P.) > 

 Nga-kyin and Nga-yyein, Burm. ; Mor-ah-kee, Sind and Cutch. 



B. iii. D. 15-16 (3/12-13). P. 15. V. 9. A. 8 (3/5). C. 15. 

 L. 1. 40-45. L. tr. 



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

 length. Eyes in the anterior half of the head, diameter 3L to 4 

 in the length of the head, 1 to 1 \ diameters from the end of snout, 

 and 2 apart. Width of the mouth equals two fifths of the length 

 of the head. Pores present or absent on the snout. Teeth 

 pharyngeal, plough-shaped, 5, 4, 2/2, 4, 5. Fins dorsal nearly 

 as high as the body, it arises rather nearer to the snout than to 

 the base of the caudal fin, and opposite the twelfth scale of the 

 lateral line; upper margin of fin slightly concave, in Sind examples 

 deeply so. Pectoral as long as the head excluding the snout, not 

 reaching the ventral. Caudal with sharp and deeply forked lobes, 

 which have convex edges internally. Scales 51 to 6 rows between 

 lateral line and base of ventral. Colour silvery, dark grey along 

 the back, sometimes having a coppery tinge ; the pectoral, ventral, 

 and anal orange stained with black. Eyes golden. 



Hab. Elvers and tanks in Bengal, Deccan, N.W. Provinces, 

 Punjab, Siud, Cutch, and Burma, growing to 3 feet in length. It 

 is an excellent species for stocking tanks with. I have taken it in 

 Bangoon 18 pounds in weight. 



