CYPIUNTU.T:. CYPKIXIX.T. 287 



base of the caudal ; the fin two thirds as high as the body below it. 

 Pectoral falciform, extending to over the ventral, which last is long, 

 reaching to the anal ; caudal deeply forked. Settles 4^ rows 

 between lateral line and base of ventral fin. Colour silvery, 

 darkest along the back, tins stained with grey. 



Hab. Rivers below the Nilgiri hilis in the Madras Presidency. 



15. Genus CATLA, Cuvier and Valenciennes. 

 Syn. Gibelion, Ileckel ; Hypselobarbus, Bleeker. 



Head broad ; snout with very thin integuments, upper lip 

 absent, the lower moderately thick, having a continuous and free 

 posterior margin. The lower jaw with a movable articulation at 

 the symphysis, but destitute of any prominent tubercle. No 

 barbels. Gill-rakers long, fine, and closely set. Eyes with free 

 orbital margins. Pharyugeal teeth plough-shaped, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. 

 Dorsal fin rather long, without osseous ray, commencing somewhat 

 in advance of the ventrals ; anal short ; caudal forked. Scales of 

 moderate size, no tile-like row along the base of the anal fin. 

 Lateral line continuous to the centre of the base of the caudal fin. 



332. (1.) Catla buchanani. (Fig. 99.) 



Cyprinus catla, Ham. Buck. Fi*h. Ganges, pp. 287, 387, pi. 13, fig. 81. 

 Catla buchanani, Cuv. fy Val. xvii, p. 411, pi. 515; Day, Fish. 

 India, p. 553, pi. cxxxiv, fig. 5 (see synon.). 



Bolchee, Telugu ; Catla, Bengal, Hind, and Punj. ; Barkur, Ooriah ; 

 iktmtff, Burmese; Tamlra, Iliud. in Bombav; Boaasa, Hind, in 

 .. Provinces; Tay-lee, Siud. 



B. iii. D. 17-19 (3-4/14-16). P. 21. V. 9. A. 8 (3/5). C. 19. 

 L. 1.40-43. L. tr. 7|/9. Vert. 17/18. 



Length of head 4 to 4|, height of body 3 to 3| in the total 

 length. Eyes iu the anterior half of the length of the head, 

 diameter 6 to 7 in the length of the head, 2 diameters from the 

 end of the snout, and 3 apart. Mouth wide, lower jaw prominent; 

 in large specimens some pores on the snout. Fins dorsal com- 

 mences in advance of the ventrals, is two thirds as high as the body, 

 and has a concave upper edge. Pectoral extends to the ventral, and 

 the latter, in males, to the anal. Anal laid flat reaches to beyond 

 the commencement of the caudal. The fins in some specimens are 

 much elongated. Seal's from 5| to 6| rows between lateral line 

 and base of ventral tin. Colour gre\ ish above, becoming silvery 

 on the sides and beneath. Fins dark-coloured, in some specimens 

 nearly black. 



This fish is largely employed for stocking tanks. Iu May 1875, 

 Mr. Mitchell had a tank, 65 x 58 feet and 13 feet deep, dug upon 

 his ground at Gurdm Ixrurh. near Calcutta; into it were put some 



