Chapt. hi. Dr. Da ■ '. />■ wription. l'J 



* B. iii, D. 12 I i. P. 19, V. 9, A. 7-8 (Jj*-), L.l. 25-27, L. tr. 

 1 k Last undivided dorsal ray osseous and entire. 



Length of head 1 t i 5, of caudal 4J to 5, height of body 4£ to 5{ 

 !n the total length. Eyes — diameter < : [ to T\ in the length of the 

 head in moderately sized specimens, but much larger in the young (at 

 3 - o inches in length, being 3J in the length of the head ; al 5 inches, 

 4^), 2 to 2^ diameters from the end of the .snout, anil 2 apart. 

 [nterorbital space Hut. Operole ^ higher than wide; the maxilla 

 reaches to below the front edge of the eye; snout pointed; jawfl of 

 about the same length: lips thick, with an uninterrupted fold across 

 the lower jaw, and both the upper and lower lips in some specimens 

 produced in the mesial line. Dorsal profile more convex than the 

 abdominal in some examples, not so in others. Barbels — the maxillary 

 pair longer than the rostral ones, and extend to below the last third 

 of the eye. Fins — the dorsal arises opposite the ventral, and is J as 

 high as the body, its last undivided ray is smooth, osseous, sti 

 and of varying length and thickness. Himalayan, Bengal, and Central 

 Indian specimens generally have tho spine strong, and from i to |rd 

 the length of the head, it rarely exceeding this extent. In Canara, 

 Malabar, and Southern India, where the lips are largely developed (see 

 PI. cxl.), the spine is very much stronger, and as long as the head 

 excluding the snout. Pectoral as long as the head excluding the 

 snout, it reaches the Ventral which is little shorter. Anal laid fiat 

 does not reach the base of the caudal which is deeply forked. Lati ral 

 line — complete, 2 to 2£ rows of scales between it and the base of the 

 ventral tin : 9 rows before the dorsal. Free portion of the tail longer 

 than high. Colours — silvery or greenish along the upper half of the 



further on in this chapter. Pwi-min would moan flower-fieh in Tamil, and bo in- 

 correct for the Ifahseer. It is rery difficult indeed to get correct rernaculai d 

 The only way u to gel them written down for you by some native who really 

 knows how to spell them in his own language, and then to transliterate them your- 

 self on a cor a. The Canara Canarese name is Peruval or HaraU m i nu ; 

 tlie Mysore Canarese, Hallam)nu ; the Malaialini, Mi rural; the Tulu, llrriujxilu or 

 Perutal ; the Hindustani, Mnha-sir. 



• B iii. = Brauehiostegals iii. 



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