1869.] SURGEON F. DAY ON THE FISHES OF ORISSA. 371 
continuous as represented in the figures of those species.” The 
correctness of placing Amblypharyngodon and Thynnichthys as 
distinct genera is, I think, questionable ; and I am the more confirmed 
in this belief by an examination of the A. atkinsonii, Blyth (not 
A. pellucidus, M‘Clelland), from Burmah, in which the lateral line 
is continued for one-third of the length of the body of the fish, or 
for 19 scales, thus reaching nearly as far as the base of the ventral 
fin, from which it is divided by six rows of scales. 
81. Crrruina mrIGALA, H. Buch. 
Mrigale, Mirrgah (Ooriah). 
Beam Dig gh keim V9. Als C219.” E4043, 
L. tr. . 
Differs from the C. lesehenaultii, Cuv. & Val., by only having the 
rostral barbels. In Orissa it appears entirely to supersede the 
C. leschenaultii, which is a species very common in Madras. 
Amongst the fishes brought to Caleutta by the late expedition to 
China are specimens of the C. mrigala, H. Buch., probably identical 
with C. chinensis, Giinther. 
82. CrossocHEILus BATA, H. Buch. 
Crossocheilus rostratus, Giinther (immature). 
Dunguda porah (Ooriah). Dommarci batta (Bengali). 
Ba Deze Pris. NSPS AG! 6.19 Ti, L d6-B8. 
53-6} 
L. tr. =’. 
This species I obtained throughout Orissa, as well as from the 
Cossye, where Dr. Giinther’s specimen, 4 inches long, was captured. 
I have therefore no doubt respecting its identity, although he re- 
marks of the genus, “ Barbels two or four; if two, the upper only 
are present :”” and of the species, ‘two barbels, only shorter than 
the eye ;” whereas in this fish it is the maxillary ones which exist. 
It loses the black spots on the lateral line more or less completely 
when it attains a mature state. Being largely domesticated, how- 
ever, it is subject to certain variations. In one specimen, 10 inches 
long, the snout was covered with elevated pores, whilst another of 
the same size, taken along with it, was destitute of them. 
The number of rows of scales between the lateral line and base of 
the ventral fin sometimes alters with age. Thus in the immature 
there are generally four series, but in the adult five. This fish 
grows to two feet in length. 
83. CrossocHEILUS GoHAMA, H. Buch. 
Kala batta (Bengali). 
B. iii, D.3. P.15. V.9. A.Z. C.19. L. 1. 38-40. L. tr. & 
This fish has a distinct lateral lobe to the snout. 
Hab, Cossye river, at Midnapore. 
