116 F. Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinidce. [No. 2, 



4. Labeo calbasu. 



Cyprinus calbasu, Ham. Buch., Fish. G., pp. 297, 387, pi. 2, f. 83. 



Cirrhinus calbasu, McClelland, Ind. Cjp., pp. 265, 320. 



Cirrhina micropogon, Yal. in Bel. Yoy. Ind, Orient, p. 372, t. 3, f. 3. 



Rohita calbosu, *Ouv. and Yal. XVI, p. 253 ; Bleeker, Yerli. Bat. 

 Gen. XXY, Beng. and Hind. p. 131. 



Rohita Belangeri, Cuv. and Yal., XYI. p. 255 ; Bleeker, 1. c. p. 132. 



Rohita Reynauldi, Cuv. and Yal., XYI, p. 247, pi. 474. 



Labeo velatus, Yal. in Cnv. Reg. An. 111. Poiss. pi. 93, f. 3. 



€irrhinus affinis, Jerdon, M. J". L. and S., 1849, p. 303. 



f Tylognathus porcellus, Heckel in Hiigels Kaschmir, IY, p. 385. 



Labeo calbasu et porcellus, Giinther, Catal. YII, p. 54 ; Day, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 372. 



Nulla- gandu-menu, Telngu ; /calbasu and kunda, Beng. ; Kala-heinse, 

 Ooriah ; Nga-neh-pya, Nga-noo-than, and Nga-ong-tong, Burmese. 



B. III. D. -|~, P. 19, Y. 9, A. 2/5, C. 19, L. 1. 40-44, L. tr. 



n/9. 



Length, of head 1/6, of caudal 1/5, height of the body 1/4, of 

 dorsal fin 1/6 of the total length. 



Eyes. — Diameter 1/5 of length of head, \\ to 2 diameters from 

 end of snout, 2^- apart. 



Mouth of moderate width, snout obtuse and depressed, with pores 

 on it, but without any lateral lobe. Lips thick, fringed, with a 

 distinct inner fold to each. Barbels four, the rostral slightly the 

 longest, and about equal in length to the diameter of the orbit. 



Teeth, pharyngeal, crooked, 5, 4, 2 - 2, 4, 5. 



Fins. — Dorsal commences in advance of the ventrals, its upper 

 margin somewhat concave. Caudal deeply forked. 



Lateral line : — 5J to 6 rows of scales between it and the base of 

 the ventral fin. 



Colours. — Blackish, sometimes many of the scales have a scarlet 

 centre. Fins black, occasionally the end of the upper lobe of the 

 caudal white. 



Habitat. — Southern India, from the Kistna through Orissa, Ben- 

 gal, and Burma. It grows to 3 feet in length ; were it not for its 

 numerous bones, it would be excellent eating. 



5. Labeo curchitjs. 



Cyprinus cur chhis, cms a, cursis, et gonius, Ham, Buch., Fishes of 

 Ganges, pp. 289, 290, 292, 387. 



