1871.] F. Day —Monograph of Indian Cyprinida. 133 



11. Cirrhina diplochilus, D. 3/8, A. 2/5, L. 1. 36 — 39. Four 

 barbels. Upper lip fringed. Cashmere. 



12. Cirrhina lata, D. H, A. 2/5, L. 1. 36—38. One pair of 

 short maxillary barbels. Upper lip fringed. Bengal and Orissa. 



13. Cirrhina mosario, D. 10, A. 7, L. 1. 37. No barbels. Upper 

 lip fringed. Assam. 



14. Cirrhina reba, D. JL, A. f , L. 1. 35—38. One pair of short 

 rostral barbels. Upper lip indistinctly fringed or entire. Through- 

 out India. 



15. Cirrhina isurus, D. f . A. f L. 1. 36. One pair of moder- 

 ately long rostral barbels. Upper lip very distinctly fringed. 

 Bengal and Assam. 



1. Cirrhina ktjhlii. 



Bangila Kuhlii, Cuv. and Yal., XVI, p. 231 ; Bleeker, Prod. Cyp. 

 p. 197 and Atl. Ich. Cyp., p. 44, t. 16, f. 1 ; *Gimther, Catal., VII, 

 p. 39. 



B. III. D. 3/25, P. 15, V. 9, A. 2/5, C. 19, L. 1. 39—40, L. tr. 



7/7—9. 



Length of head 1/7, of caudal nearly 1/5, 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. 



Mouth transverse, sub-inferior, with snout slightly depressed, 

 rounded. Upper lip fringed, a small tubercle above the symphy- 

 sis of the lower jaw inside the mouth. Maxillary barbels as long 

 as the orbit, and longer than the rostral pair. 



Teeth, pharyngeal, plough-shaped, 5, 4, 3/3, 4, 5. 



Fins. — Dorsal without osseous ray, commencing opposite the 

 ninth scale of the lateral line, and at the beginning of the second 

 third of the total length. Upper lobe of the caudal the longest. 



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

 ventral fin. 



Colours. — Silvery, some of the scales with dark spots at their 

 bases forming rows, or horizontal bands. Fins orange, the edges 

 of the caudal stained. 



Habitat. — Tavoy where it does not appear to be uncommon. 



