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riorly ; caudal deeply forked, the upper lobe the longer. Lateral line, 

 5| rows between it and the base of the ventral. Colours — greyish, 

 each scale with a red lunule ; fins stained grey along their edges, and 

 dorsal also along its centre. 



I have a specimen 10 inches long from Poonah. 



25. L. BOGGUT = Chondrostoma boggut, Sj/te, Bleeker; Tylognathus 

 striolatus, Gunther. 



One specimen. I have also obtained it from Poonah, Jubbul- 

 pore, and other places. 



26. L. NUKTA = Cyprinus nukta, Sykes, Jerdon; Carassius auratus ? 

 (monstrosity), Bleeker. 



This sjjecies I have already described (J. A. S. of Bengal, 1872, 

 p. 319), when I showed that it was not the Carassius auratus, but 

 a true Labeo. Dr. Dobson lias sent one small specimen from the 

 Kistna. I obtained some larger ones from Poonah through the 

 assistance of Col. Everard. The C. aiiratus is only found in the 

 domesticated form in India and Burma ; but Dr. Anderson 

 brought back a number from the first expedition to Yunnan, all of 

 a dull green colour. 



27. CiRRHiNA KAWRUS = Chondrostoma kawrus, Sykes, Bleeker, 

 Jerdon, 



D. 3/9-10, P. 19, V. 9, A. 2/5. C. 19, L. 1. 36-38, L. tr. 6^/7. 



Length of head 6, of caudal 4f ; height of body 5 in the total length. 

 Eyes — diameter 3|-3| in length of head, 1| diameter from end of 

 snout, and l|-2 apart. Dorsal and anal profiles equally curved and 

 low. The width of the head equals its length without the snout, 

 whilst its height is slightly more. Upper jaw the longer; lips not 

 fringed, a tubercle above the symphysis of the lower jaw. A few 

 pores on snout, or else absent. Barbels absent, or a rudimentary 

 maxillary one. Fins — dorsal commences midway between the snout 

 and the posterior end of the base of the anal fin, it is nearly as high 

 as the body ; pectoral almost as long as the head ; ventral commen- 

 cing on a vertical line below the hind branched ray of the dorsal fin, 

 it reaches rather above halfway to the vent ; anal does not reach the 

 caudal when laid back; caudal deeply lobed. Scales, 14 or 15 rows 

 before the dorsal fin ; 4^ rows between the lateral line and the base 

 of the ventral fin. Lateral line with a very slight curve. Colours — 

 silvery, with some dark spots near the shoulder ; dorsal and caudal 

 fins edged with grey ; pectoral, ventral, and anal reddish. 



Sykes's figure, if intended for this species (which appears to be 

 otherwise uudescribed and common in the Deccan), shows the eye 



