114 F. Pay — Monograph of Indian Cyprinidw. [No. 2, 



McClelland observes of the variety withD. 26 (which he considered 

 " a species") ' I think I have met with it in the Brahmapntra as high 

 as Gowhati, but it disappears where the currents become rapid, 

 and the water more cool and clear. Buchanan found it very abun- 

 dantly in the marshes adjacent to the ruins of the ancient Gour, 

 on the northern side of Bengal, where it usually attains two or 

 three feet in length, and is a well flavoured and wholesome fish.' 

 Of the second variety with D. 24 he remarks ' the individuals I met 

 with in Assam in March were found in sandy streams which they 

 had entered probably for the purpose of spawning. They are sel- 

 dom seen so high in the Brahmaputra as the rapids, and never, I 

 believe, so low as to come within the influence of the tides, which 

 effect a change by the deposit of mud instead of sand, no less re- 

 markable in the bottoms and banks of rivers, than in the character 

 of the fresh water-fishes, which are found within their influence, ' 

 (p. 319.) 



2. LABEO FIMBRIATUS. 



Cyprinus fimbriatus, Bloch, XII, p. 50, pi. 409. 



Iloliita fimbriata, Cuv. and Val., XVI, p. 271. 



Itohita Leschcnaultii, Cuv, and Val., XVI, 261. 



Varicorhinus bobree, Sykes, Trans. Z. S. II, p. 355, pi. 61, f. 3. 



Cirrhinus fimbriatus* Jerdon, M. J. L. and S., 1849, p. 304. 



Cirrhinus Lesclienaultii* Jerdon, loc. cit. p. 305. 



Zabeo fimbriatus, Giinther, Catal., VII, p. 53. 



Laheo Leschenaultii, Giinther, Catal., VII, p. 53. 



Ven-candee, Tarn. ; Rtichu and Gandumenu, Tel. ; Bahrum, Ooriah ; 



B. III. D. ~ } P. 15, V. 9, A. 2/5, C. 19, L. 1. 44-47, L. tr. 

 9-10/8-9. 



Length of head 2/13, of caudal 1/4, height of body 2/7, of dorsal 

 fin 2/1 1 of the total length. 



Eyes. — Diameter 1/5 of length of head ; 1| diameters from end of 

 snout ; 2 diameters apart. 



Snout obtuse, rather swollen and studded with minute pores, but 

 destitute of a lateral lobe. Mouth transverse, and of moderate 

 width, lips thick, continuous and having an inner fold above and 

 below, both fringed. A groove across the chin. Rostral and maxil- 

 lary barbels short. 



