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(2.) Chela sladoni. (Fig. 113.) 



Chela sladoni, Dai/, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 622 ; Fish. India, p. 600, pi. clii, 

 fig. 3. 



B.iii. D.10(2/8). A. 20-21(2/18-19). C.21. L.I. 65-68. L.tr.10/8. 

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

 length. Ayes diameter 3| to 3| in the length of head, | 

 of a diameter from end of snout. Suborbital ring of bones 

 half as deep as the diameter of the orbit, and two thirds wider 

 than the uncovered portion of the cheek below it. The serrated 



Fig. 113. Chela sladoni. 



abdominal margin commences opposite the base of the pectoral fin. 

 Teeth pharyngeal, crooked, 5, 4, 2/2, 4, 5. Fins dorsal com- 

 mences opposite anal. Pectoral as long as the head, but does not 

 reach the ventral ; lower caudal lobe the longer. Colour silvery, 

 caudal black-edged. 



Hdb. Irrawaddy in Burma, extending northwards as far as 

 Mandalay. 



451. (3.) Chela sardinella. 



Leuciscus sardinella, Cuv. $ Vol. H. N. Poiss. xvii, p. 344. 

 Chela sardiuella, Day, Fish. India, p. 600, pi. clii, fig. 1 (see synon.). 

 Nya-kooon-nyat, Burm. 

 B.iii. D.9(2/7). P. 13. V.8. A. 21 (2/19). L.I. 48. L.tr.7|/4. 



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

 Eyes diameter 3| to 4 in the length of head, 1 diameter from, end 

 of snout, nearly 1 diameter apart. The maxilla extends to below 

 the front edge of the eye. The keeled portion of the abdominal 

 edge commences opposite the pectoral fin. Suborbital ring of 

 bones broad, but does not touch the preopercular ridge. Teeth 

 pharyngeal, 5, 4, 3/3, 4, 5. Fins dorsal commences above or 

 slightly behind the origin of the anal. The pectoral does not 

 reach the ventral, nor the latter the anah Caudal deeply forked, 

 the lower lobe the longer. Colour silvery. 



Hal. Irrawaddy river at Rangoon, also the Sahveen at Moul- 

 mein ; attaining to at least 6 inches in length. 



