1S72.] F. Day — Notes on Fish from Kachh. 259 



diameter 1/3 of length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, and 1^ 

 diameters apart. Head thick, snout somewhat ohtuse, upper jaw rather 

 protractile. Teeth in a single row, compressed, tricuspid. Fins : dorsal, 

 "in the males, commences midway between the middle of the eye and the 

 base of the caudal fin, opposite the ninth scale of the lateral line, whilst in 

 the females its origin is between the opercle and the base of the caudal, but 

 still opposite the 9th scale of the lateral line. In the males the dorsal 

 and anal tins when laid flat reach the base of the caudal ; the anal com- 

 mences below the last dorsal ray. Caudal lunate, its outer rays being 

 slightly produced. The ova are exceedingly large, almost equalling the 

 diameter of the eye, of the same size as in Haplochilus pancliax, H. B. 

 The length of the intestinal canal equals about three times that of the 

 abdomen. Colours : male, yellowish green, reticulated with brownish green, 

 a small black spot on the shoulder behind the opercle ; dorsal fin spotted, 

 anal more sparingly so ; caudal yellowish with a crescentic black band in its 

 outer third, and a second less wide (but still broader than the ground colour) 

 between the outer one and the root of the caudal fin. Female, silvery, 

 with about nine vertical black bands extending from the back to the abdo- 

 men. Out of 28 specimens the largest is 1*6 inches in length ; they were 

 obtained hi a small nearly quite fresh-water stream at the village Joorun, 

 and also at Lodai, along the edge of the Rami. 



4. LTaplochilus rubrostigma, Jerdon. I found this species likewise 

 in the fresh waters of the hills between Sind and Biluchistan. 



Fam. CYPRrNTDjs. 



5. Discognathus lamta, Ham. Buch. MaleJc, Kachh. 



6. Labeo calbasu, Ham. Buch. Dai, Kachh. 



Out of five specimens three have D. ^, and in the majority the length 

 of the head is 1/5 of that of the total length. This fish is found in Sind, 

 and I have also taken it at Jabalpur in Central India &c. 



7. Labeo bog gut Sykes. Loi, Kachh. 



B III. D. 2/9, P. 17, V. 9, A. 2/5, L. 1. 60—65, L. tr. 12^/15. 



Length of head 2/11, height of body 2/5 of the total length. Fyes : 

 diameter 2/9 of length of head, \\ diameters from end of snout and 2 dia- 

 meters apart. Snout thick and somewhat projecting beyond the lower jaw, 

 having a small lateral lobe. Interorbital space convex. A small maxillary 

 but no rostral barbel. Lower lip fimbriated, sometimes having a distinct 

 inner fold ; pores on the snout in some specimens. Fins : dorsal commence 

 somewhat in advance of the ventrals, and nearer the end of the snout than 

 the root of the caudal. Lateral line : eight to nine rows of scales 

 between it and the base of the ventral fin. Colours : silvery, darkest superi- 

 orly, occasionally a series of light vertical bands descend along the middle of 

 the side ; fins orange. , 



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