﻿32 F. Day — Hemarhs on some Indian Fishes. [No. 1, 



taken to tlie native Eajahs for their special eating. As food it does not 

 appear to possess any very excellent flavour, whilst it seems too common to 

 render it necessary to issue any strict orders regulating its consumption. 

 I did not find it in the main stream of the Brahmaputra, and it is said 

 only nominally to reside in the clear side rivers. 



Labeo dyocheiltjs, McClelland. 



Goreali or Heel goreah, Assam. 



B. Ill, D. 8/10, P. 18, V. 9, A. 8, C. 19, L. 1. 43, L. tr. 8/8. 



Length of head 1/5, of caudal 2/9, height of body 1/4 of the total 

 length. Eyes, diameter 2/11 of length of head, 3 diameters from end of 

 snout. Snout with pores and a lateral lobe, the lower labial fold interrup- 

 ted. Fins, the dorsal commences nearer the snout than the base of the 

 caudal, whilst it is somewhat in advance of the ventrals. Scales, 61 rows 

 between the lateral line and the base of the ventral fin. Colours, bluish 

 slate colour becoming lighter on the abdomen : fins black. 



Sahitat — Throughout Assam. 



This species is a distinct Laleo and not a CirrJiina ; it attains a large 

 size. 



JBarlus Jiexagonolepis, McClelland, or Bolcar of the Assamese, is 

 entirely distinct from Barhus liexasticlms, McClelland, or Lohura of the 

 Assamese, with which it has been identified. The mouth of the latter has a 

 considerable resemblance to that of Barhus tor, but the shape of the 

 opercular bones at once distinguishes it from that species. 



