122 J?. Day— Monograph of Indian Cyprinidce. [No. 2, 



concave curve, # * the pectoral fins are shorter than the head." 

 Caudal lobed. 



Colours. — Superiorly brownish green with many dark dots, 

 whilst inferiorly it is silvery. Head dotted on the nose. 



Habitat. — Bengal, in the Kosi river termed Paungsi, in the 

 Ganges at Patna, musiha. It is said to attain the size of a small 

 herring. 



Cyprinus angra H. B. pp. 331, 391 ; C. (Bangana) Uamiltonii, Gray 

 and Hard. ; Golio angra McClelland, pp. 277, 354 ; *Cuv. and Val. 

 XVI, p. 319 ; the Lasseem of the Assamese, is said to differ from 

 the above in having two barbels and a broad longitudinal dark 

 dotted stripe. It is found in the Brahmaputra river, but McClel- 

 land observes it has D. 10, L. 1. 35, L. tr. 14 to base of ventral fin ; 

 the specimen, from which his description was drawn up, was appa- 

 rently very similar to his Gobio isurus. 



11. Labeo nashii. 

 Barkis Nashii, Bay, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 584. 



B. III. D. 3/11, P. 15, A. 3/5, C. 19, L. 1. 41, L. tr. U/6. 



Length of head 1/5, of caudal 2/9, height of body 1/5, of dorsal 

 fin 1/6 of the total length. 



Eyes : — Diameter 1/3 of length of head ; 1 diameter from end of 

 snout ; 1% diameters apart. 



Mouth antero -inferior, the snout slightly projecting, but having 

 no pores, tubercles, nor lateral lobe. Lips not fringed, but there 

 is a slight thickening on the jaws, not horny, but of a dark colour. 

 No barbels. 



Teeth, pharyngeal, crooked, sharp, 5, 4, 3/3, 4, 5. 



Fins. — Dorsal destitute of any osseous ray, commences anterior to 

 the ventrals, its upper margin is concave ; caudal forked. 



Lateral line — proceeds to the centre of the base of the caudal j 

 4J rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral. 



Colours. — Reddish brown along the back, abdomen silvery. A 

 black band passes from the eye to the centre of the caudal fin. A 

 dark band along the middle third of the dorsal, and a dark edging 

 to the caudal. 



Habitat. — Fraserpett at the foot of the Coorg Hills. It was sent 



