1871.] F. Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinidm. 117 



Cirrhinus gonitis, McClelland, Ind. Cyp., pp. 266, 825. 



Cyprinus (Labeo) etirchius Qt cur sis, McClelland, Ind. Cyp., pp. 268, 

 327, 329, pi. 40, f. 3, pi. 38, f. 2 and 3. 



Roliita gonitis et carsis, *Cuv. and Val., XVI, p. 259 and p. 265. 



Labeo microlepidotus, Cuv. and Val., XVI, p. 352 ; Giinther, 

 Catal. VII, p. 60. 



Bohita clwhjbeata, Cuv. and Val. XVI, p. 271 ; Bleeker, Ver. Bat. 

 Gen. XXV, Beng. and Hind. p. 133. 



Bohita microlepidota, Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 225. 



Labeo Lussumieri, Cuv. and Val., XVI, p. 59 *? Giinther, Catal, 

 VII, p. 59. 



Labeo cursa, *Cuv. and Val., XVI, p. 361 ; Giinther, 1. c. p. 60. 



Labeo etirchius, *Cuv. and Val., XVI, p. 363. 



Labeo gonius, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 372. 



Mosoo, Tel. ; Cursua, Ooriah ; Kurchi and Goni, Beng. ; Courie. 

 Assam : JVga-pag, Tennass. ; Nga-dane and Nga-hoo, Burmese. 



B. III. D. 2 ±-, P. 17, V. 9, A. 2/5, C. 19, L. 1. 64—80, 

 L.tr.i±H. 



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Length of head 2/11, of caudal 2/11, height of body £, of dorsal 

 fin 2/1 1 of the total length. 



Eyes. — Diameter 2/9 of length of head, 1 J diameters from end of 

 snout, 2\ diameters apart. 



Mouth anterior and rather narrow ; snout slightly swollen, with- 

 out lateral lobe, but with fine pores. Lips rather thick with a 

 distinct inner fold above and below, whilst both are finely fringed. 

 Rostral and maxillary barbels all short, but the latter the longest. 



Teeth, pharyngeal, with rather flat crowns 5, 4, 2 - 2, 4, 5. 



Pins. — Dorsal commences much nearer to the end of the snout 

 than to the base of the caudal fin, and rather anterior to the ven- 

 tral. Caudal deeply forked. 



Scales — small, the number in the lateral line subject to great 

 variation. 



Lateral line : — 10 to 12 rows between it and the base of the ven- 

 tral fin. 



Colours. — Greyish, scales darkest at their margins. 



Habitat.— Prom the Kistna river through Orissa, Bengal and 

 Burma. It attains nearly 5 feet in length, but is rather indiffer- 

 ent eating;. 



