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the gill- opening 1 , and generally a band along the side. Throughout India 

 to Burma ; attaining 6 inches in length. 



Genus OREINUS, McClelland. 



Schizothorax , Sect. A., Heckel; Schizopyge, sp. Heckel. 



Snout rounded. Month inferior and transverse : mandibles short, broad, 

 and flat, loosely joined together at the symphysis : margin af the lower jav> 

 having a thick horny covering, thickest internally , and a thick fringed lower 

 lip, which has a free posterior edge forming a sucker. Barbels four. 

 Pharyngeal teeth Dinted, hooked, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Dorsal fin rather short, 

 with a strong, osseous, serrated ray, and arising opposite the ventrals : anal 

 short. Scales very small, the vent and base of the anal fin in a sheath, 

 covered by enlarged tiled scales. Lateral line passing to the centre of the 

 base of the caudal fin. 



148. Oreinus progastus, McClelland. Adoee, Assam. D. 12, A. 7. 

 149. Oreinus sinuatus, Heckel. Gool-goolli, and Saul, Panj. 

 D. 10-12, A. 7-8, L. 1. 105. Silvery and spotted : sometimes a fe> 

 of these latter are red, and it is termed a " trout." by some Europeans. 

 Found in the Himalayas and rivers along their bases, attaining 2 feet 

 or more in length. 



Genus SCRIZOTHORAX, Heckel. 



Eacoma, sp. McClelland : Schizopyge, sp. Heckel : Opistocheilus, pt. 

 Bleeker. 



Snout conically rounded, and laterally somewhat compressed. Mouth 



arched and autero -inferior : mandible neither broad, flattened, nor with a 



sharp margin, its edge sometimes having a thin, deciduous, horny covering. 



Barbels four. Pharyngeal teeth pointed, hooked, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Dorsal 



fin rather short, with a strong, serrated osseous ray, and arising opposite 



the ventrals : anal short. Scales very small, the vent and base of the anal 



fin in a sheath covered by an enlarged tiled row. Lateral line passing 



to the centre of the base of the caudal fin. 



150. Schizothorax Hodgsonii, Giinther. Din-na-wah, N. W. Prov- 

 inces. D. 11, A. 7, L. 1. 155. Himalayas and head of the Ganges, 

 attaining at least 18 inches in length. 



Genus LASEO, Cuv. 



Rohita, pt., Cuv. and Val. : Tylognathus, Heckel : Hypselobarbus, 

 Diplocheilus, J)iplocheilichthys, Lobocheilns, Rohiticht/iys, Morulius, 

 Schismatorhynchus et Gobionichthys, Bleeker. 



Body elliptical, or moderately elongated. Snout rounded, gene- 

 rally projecting beyond the mouth, and covered with tubercles, and some- 

 times having a lateral lobe or projection : mouth sometimes anterior, but 

 mostly inferior , transverse and demi-oval. Lips thick, covering the jaws, 

 one or both having an inner transverse fold : a soft horny covering, with 

 a sharp margin on the inner edge of one or loth lips. Barbels small, 

 Jour or two ; if only one pair they belong to the maxilla, should there he 

 a second they are on the snout. Pharyngeal teeth hooked, and in three 

 rows, 5, 4, 2/2, 4, 5. Dorsal fin elongated or of moderate length, destitute 

 of any osseous ray, and arising anterior to the commencement oj the 



