342 TELEOSTET. PHTSOSTOMI. 



B. iii. D. 11 (3/8). P. 19. V. 10. A. 25-28 (2-3/23-26). 

 C. 19. L. 1. 75-80. L. tr. 16-18/21. 



Length of head 5, height of body 3 to 4 in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 3 to 3| in the length of head, 1 diameter from 

 end of snout and also apart. Dorsal profile elevated, a concavity 

 from the snout to over the nape. The lower jaw somewhat 

 longer than the upper, whilst posteriorly the cleft of the mouth 

 extends to below the anterior margin of the orbit. Preorbital 

 nearly as high as broad, suborbitals very narrow. Barbels absent ; 

 or a very rudimentary maxillary pair. Teeth pharyngeal, crooked, 

 5, 4, 2/2, 4, 5. Fins dorsal spine strong and deeply denticulated, 

 its osseous portion not so long as the head. Pectoral as long as 

 the head excluding the snout. Caudal deeply forked. Lateral line 

 most strongly developed in the first few scales ; 11 rows between 

 it and base of ventral fin ; 34 rows before base of dorsal fin. 

 Colour greenish superiorly, silvery beneath ; snout black ; the 

 caudal fin slightly stained with grey. The young have a silvery 

 band along the side. 



Hob. Deccan, Kistna and Godavari rivers to their terminations. 

 It attains at least 9 inches in length. 



419. (5.) Rohtee belangeri. 



Leuciscus belangeri, Cuv. # Vol. H. N. Poiss. xvii, p. OD. 



Rohtee belangeri, Day, Fish. India, p. 587, pi. cxlvii, fig. 4 (see 



synon.) 

 Nga-hpeh-oung, Nga-net-hya, and Nga-p'hama, Burm. 



B. iii. D. 11-12 (3-4/8). P. 17. V. 9. A. 20-21 (3/17-18). 

 C. 17. L. 1. 68-73. L. tr. 18/22. 



Length of head 5| to 6, height of body 3 to 3 in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 3 to 3 in length of head, | of a 

 diameter from end of snout, 1 diameters apart. Lower jaw 

 slightly the shorter. Teeth pharyngeal, 4, 3, 2/2, 3, 4, with the 

 outer one in each row serrated on its edges. Fins dorsal osseous 

 ray strong and serrated posteriorly, the bony portion being as long 

 as the head. Caudal deeply lobed. Scales 14 rows between 

 lateral line and base of ventral fin ; 25 rows before base of dorsal 

 fin. Colour silvery, back greyish, and the Indian variety is 

 partially banded in the young. Sometimes a dark streak from the 

 shoulder to the base of the pectoral fin. The very young have a 

 black band over the free portion of the tail. 



Hob. The Godavari river, and throughout Burma, but the 

 specimens from the latter locality are darker in colour and want 

 the vertical bands. This species attains 15 inches and more in 

 length. 



420. (6.) Rohtee ogilbii. 



Rohtee ogilbii, Sykes, Tr. Z. S. ii, 1841, p, 364, pi. Ixiii, fig. 2; Day, 

 Fish. Lidia, p. 583, pi. cxlvii, fig. 5 (sea synon.). 



