280 TELEOSTKI. rilYBOKTOMI. 



covering inside of lower jaw. Pores on snout present or absent 

 Barbels a short rostral pair, which may be absent ; none on the 

 maxilla. Teeth pharyngeal, 5, 4, 1/1, 4, 5. Fins dorsal com- 

 mences anteriorly to the ventral, upper margin of the fin concave. 

 Pectoral nearly as long as head. Caudal with deep, sharp lobes. 



Fig. $$. Cirrhina retxi. 



Scales hexagonal ; five or six rows between lateral line and base 

 of ventral fin. Colour silvery, scales generally darkest at 

 their edges, forming bluish longitudinal bands above the lateral 

 line. The young have sometimes a leaden-coloured baud along the 

 side, or even a black tip to the dorsal fin. 



Hub. Throughout India, attaining a foot in length. 



324. (5.) Cirrhina fulungee. 



Choudrostouia fulungee, Si/kes, Tr. '/,. S. ii, p. 358. 

 Cirrhina fulungee, Day, Fish. India, p. 540, pi. cxxxii, tig. 1 (see 

 synon.), also Supplement, p. 807. 



B. iii. D. 10 (2/8). P. 15. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 44-48. L. tr. 8/9. 



Length of head 5, height of body 5| in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 3 in the length of head, two thirds of a diameter 

 from the end of snout, and 1 to 1^ apart. Snout slightly over- 

 hanging the mouth. The upper lip scarcely fimbriated, the two 

 lips not continuous ; the lower is reflected from off the mandible, 

 which is transverse, sharp, having a tubercle above the symphysis, 

 but no cartilaginous covering. Barbels a very short rostral pair ; 

 none on the maxilla. Fins the dorsal nearly as high as the 

 body, its upper edge concave, it commences midway between the 

 end of the snout and the posterior end of the base of the anal fin. 

 Pectoral almost as long as the head, ventral of equal length. 

 Caudal deeply forked. Scales 6^ rows between lateral line and 

 base of ventral fin. Colour brownish along the back, divided by 

 a light bluish band from a silvery abdomen ; dorsal and caudal 

 stained with grey. 



llab. Poona and the Deccan. 



