1872.] F. Day — Monograph of Indian CyprinidtB. 27 



13. Chela gora, PI. I, Fig. 4. 



Cyprinus gora, Hani. Buck., Fish. Ganges, pp. 263, 384; *Cuv. and Val, xvi, 

 p. 458. 



Opsarius pholiceplialus, McClell., Ind. Cyp. pp. 295, 415, pi. 47, fig. 2. 

 CJtda gora, Giinther, Catal. vii p. 332; Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 381. 



Sum-catchari, Uriah. Ghora chela, Beng. CJiel-hul, Hind. JBoun- 

 chi and Kundul, Panj. 



B. III. D. 3/7, P. 15, V. 9, A. 1, C. 19, L. 1. 140—160, Vert. 46. 



Length of head 1/5, of caudal 1/6, height of body 1/5 of the total 

 length. — Eyes : diameter 1/5 of length of head, 1\ diameters from end of 

 snout, 1-J diameters apart. The bones of the fore-arm do not support the 

 abdominal edge, the keeled portion of the abdominal profile commences pos- 

 terior to the ventral fin. Suborbital ring of bones broader than the diame- 

 ter of the eye, but only covering two-thirds of the cheek. — Teeth : pharyngeal, 

 5, 3, 1/1, 3, 5. — Gill rakers : very short, curved, 8 in the lower branch of the 

 outer bronchial arch. — Fins : dorsal commences slightly in advance of the 

 anal. — Scales : extend forwards on the head to above the nostrils. — Colours : 

 silvery. 



Sab. — Bengal, Orissa and Asam ; attaining 8 inches in length. 



14. Chela clupeoides. 



Cypriims clupeoides, Bloch, xii, p. 49, t. 408, fig. 2. 

 Olupea cyprinoides, Schn., in Bloch. Syst. Ich. p. 427. 

 Chela balookee, Sykes, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii, p. 360. 

 Leuciscus clupeoides, Cnv. and Val. xvii, p. 342. 



„ Bussumieri, Cuv. and Yal. xvii, pi. 508. 

 ? „ acinaces, Cuv. and Val. xvii, p. 347, pi. 509. 

 Pelecus affinis, Jerdon, M. J. L. and S. 1849, p. 327. 

 Chela clupeoides, *Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 333. 



JSfetteli, Tarn. 



B. III. -J).*?. 13, V. 9, A. 2 , C. 19, L. 1. 80, L. tr. £* 



7—8 ' ' 12—13' ' 6i 



Length of head from 2/9 to 1/5, of pectoral 1/5, of caudal 2/11, 

 height of body 2/11, of dorsal fin 1/10 of the total length. — Eyes : diameter 

 1/3 of length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, 3/4 of a diameter 

 apart. Bather a strong knob on symphysis 5 opercle as broad as high. 

 Abdominal edge trenchant. — Teeth : pharyngeal, 5, 4, 2/2, 4, 5. — Fins : dorsal 

 situated in the posterior 2/5 of the body, and very slightly in advance of the 

 anal. Caudal lobed, the lower lobe the longer. — Scales : deciduous and 

 placed in sinuous rows. — Lateral line : at its termination passes upwards to 

 the upper portion of the inferior lobe of the caudal fin. — Colours : silvery. 



Sab. — Madras Presidency, Mysore and the Dekhan ; attaining 6 inches 

 in length, and very good eating. 



