118 F. Day — Mono graph of Indian Cyprinidco. [No. 2, 



6. Laeeo kontius. 



Cyprinus Jio?ittus, Jerdon, M. J. L. and S., 1849, p. 302. 

 Cirrhinus rubro-pwictatus, Jerdon, loc. cit. p. 303. 

 Labeo kontws, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 289, *Gruuthor, 

 Catalf, VII, p. 55. 



Currumunnee candee, Tarn. 



B. III. D. 4/12, P. 15, V. 10, A. 3/5 C. 19, L. 1. 38—40, 

 L. tr. 9/8. 



Length of head 1/6 to 1/7, of caudal nearly 2/9, height of 

 body 1/4, of dorsal fin above 1/5 of the total length. 



Eyes. — Diameter nearly 1/5 of length of head ; 2£ to 3 diameters 

 from end of snont ; 2£ diameters apart. 



Dorsal profile more convex than the abdominal. Muzzle blunt, 

 truncated, covered with pores, and having a fleshy lateral prolonga- 

 tion. Lips thick, with a distinct inner fold below, whilst the lower 

 one is fringed. Snout overhanging the mouth. Opercles narrow. 

 Pour short barbels. 



Teeth, pharyngeal, plough shaped, 5, 4, 2 - 2, 4, 5. 



Pins. — Dorsal commences above the ventral and nearer the snout 

 than the base of the caudal ; its upper margin is slightly concave. 

 Caudal deeply lunated. 



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

 ventral. 



Colours. — A general reddish or fleshy tinge, darkest along the 

 back. In most of the specimens obtained from the Coleroon river, 

 each scale had a red centre. 



Habitat. — liivers along the base of the Neilgherries, and the 

 Cauvery and Coleroon in all their branches down to the coast, It 

 grows to 2 feet in length. 



7. Labeo nighescens. 



Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870. 



B. III. D. 2/14, P. 15, V. 9, A. 2/5, C. 21, L. 1. 36, L. tr. 6/7. 

 Length of head a, of caudal |, height of body | of the total length. 

 Eyes. — Diameter | of length of head, 2 diameters from the end 

 of snout. 



