

1871.] F.Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinidcs. 141 



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

 ventral fin. 



Colours : — vary with the age of the fish ; generally silvery, 

 darkest along the back, and with the lower fins stained orange, 

 fine black dots on all the fins. "When about 4 inches long, there 

 are 3 or 4 small black spots on the 5th and 6th scales of the lateral 

 line, which gradually and almost entirely fade as age advances. 



Habitat. — Eivers of Bengal as far south as the Mahanuddi. As 

 this fish, which attains nearly 2 feet in length, is extensively used 

 for stocking tanks, it is not improbable, as suggested by McClelland , 

 that the three varieties mentioned by Hamilton Buchanan refer to 

 one species. In one specimen, 10 inches long, the snout was cover- 

 ed by pores, another captured of the same size, and the same day, 

 in the same tank had no pores. 



13. *ClRHHINA MOSARIO. 



Cyprinus mosario, Ham. Buch., Fish. Ganges, pp. 346, 393 ; 

 *Cuv. and Vol., XYI, p. 448. 



Gonorhynchus gobioides, McClell., Ind. Cyp., pp. 280, 369, pi. 43, 

 f. 1 ; *Cuv. and Yah, XVI, p. 465. 



Crossocheilus gobioides, *Bleeker, Pro. Cyp., p. 110, (no desc.) 



Heriliva, Assam. 



B. III. D. 10, P. 15, V. 9, A. 7, C. 19, L. 1. 37, L. tr. 9 to base 

 of ventral. 



Length of head is equal to the height of the body, and one- 

 fourth of its length. Dorsal and abdominal profiles equally convex. 

 Snout overhanging the mouth. Mouth small, transverse. Upper 

 lip fringed. No barbels. Alimentary canal 8 times the length 

 of the body. 



Colours : — uniform. 



Habitat. — Assam, attains about 6 inches in length. 



A somewhat similar fish is described as the CUondrostoma fulun- 

 gee, Sykes, Gymnostomus fulungee, *Gunther. 



14. ClREHINA REBA. 



Cyprinus reba, Ham. Buch., Fish. Ganges, pp. 280, 386 ; Mc- 

 Clelland, Ind. Cyp., pp. 276, 354. 



Gobio limnophilus, McClell., Ind. Cyp., pp. 279, 385, p]. 55, f. 3 ; 

 *Cuv. and Yal., XYI, p. 464. 



