1871.] F.Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinidce. 123 



to me by Dr. Nash after whom I have named it. It attains 4 

 inches in length. 



12. Labeo ricnorhynchus. 



? Gyprinus musiha, Ham. Buch., pp. 333, 392. 



Gobio ricnorhynchus, McClelland, Ind. Cyp., pp. 279, 363, pi. 55, 

 f. 1 ; *Cuv. and Val. XVI, p. 464. 



Labeo ricnorhynchus, Giinther, Catal. VII, p. 57 ; Day Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1869, p. 373. 



JSfepura, Assamese ; Kul-lca-batta Bengali. 



B. III. D. T 3 o, P. 17, V. 9, A. 2/5, C. 19, L. 1. 42—44, L. tr. 8/9. 



Length of head 1/6, of candal 2/9, height of body 2/7, of dorsal 

 fin 2/7 of the total length. 



Eyes : — diameter 1/5 of length of head ; 2 diameters from end of 

 snout and apart. 



Body moderately compressed, dorsal and abdominal profiles 

 about equally convex. 



Mouth broad, directed downwards, when the upper jaw is pro- 

 truded ; snout overhanging the jaws and having a well developed 

 lateral lobe. Lips rather thick and continuous, with an inner 

 fold in their entire circumference, but most developed in the lower 

 lip which also is fringed. Snout with a deep transverse depression 

 posterior to it, dividing the mucous pores on it from those on the 

 forehead. Two very small maxillary barbels. 



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



Fins. — Dorsal with its upper margin concave, its anterior rays 

 being produced ; it arises midway between the end of the snout and 

 base of the caudal. Caudal deeply forked, lower lobe the longest. 



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

 the ventral fin. 



Colours. — Greyish^ darkest along the back, each scale tinged with 

 red. Fins with a reddish tinge. The outer edge of the dorsal rather 

 stained. 



Habitat : — Cossye river and the Himalayan and Nepaul regions, 

 as well as Assam and Afghanistan. 



The Gyprinus potail, Sykes, p. 354, may possibly belong to this 

 species. 



