FAMILY, V— CTPRINID^. 537 



Length of head 5 to 6, of caudal 4 to 5, height of body 4 in the total length. %es— diameter 4 to 5 in 

 the length of the head,* li to 2 diameters from end of snout, and 2i apart. Interorbital space nearly flat • 

 width of head equals its length excluding the snout. Mouth rather narrow : snout obtuse and depressed' 

 destitute of a lateral lobe but with pores. Lips thick, fringed (more especially the lower one), and each having 

 a distmct mner fold. GiU-rakers very short. Barlels—tour, the rostral slightly the longer, and about equal in 

 length to the diameter of the orbit. Tee^A— pharyngeal, crooked, 5, 4, 2-2, 4, 5. Fins— dorsal commences in 

 advance of the ventrals, and midway between the snout and base of the caudal, its upper margin somewhat 

 concave. Ventral commences below the fourth or fifth dorsal ray. Caudal deeply forked. Lateral-Um~5^ to 

 6 rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral fin. Ooloms — blackish : sometimes, especially in examples 

 from clear streams, many of the scales have a scarlet centre. Fins black, occasionally the end of the upper 

 lobe of the caudal white. 



In some districts, adults have very elongated fins, the first few dorsal rays reach even to the base of the 

 caudal, the ventral extends to the end of the base of the anal, whilst the anal when laid flat reaches the middle 

 of the caudal. 



Eabitat. — Punjab, Siad, Cutch, Deccan, Southern India and Malabar, from the Kistna through Orissa, 

 Bengal, and Burma. It grows to 3 feet in length : were it not for its numerous bones, it would be excellent 

 eating. 



5. Labeo Stoliczkae, Plate CXXXV, fig. 1. 



? Labeo Beyrumldi, Cuv. and Val. xvi, p. 351. 



Labeo StoliczJcce, Steindachner, Sitz. Akad. Wiss. 1870, p. 634. 



B. iii, D. 15-16 (t^Stt), P- 19, V- 9> A. 7(1), C. 19, L. 1. 44, L. tr. 9/13. 



Length of head 4^-, of caudal 4|, height of body 4 in the total length. Eyes — diame'ter 3| to 4 in the 

 length of head, about 1 diameter from end of snout, and 2 apart. The greatest width of the head equals its 

 length excluding the snout: interorbital space flat. Snout not swollen, destitute of a lateral lobe, and not 

 overhanging the upper jaw. A deep groove across the chin, with a distinct labial fold. Lower lip very finely 

 fringed. Pores on the snout. Ba/rbels — a very short maxillary pair concealed in the labial fold. Fms — upper 

 edge of dorsal fin concave, it commences midway between the end of the snout and the posterior extremity of 

 the base of the anal fin, it is 2/3 as high as the body below it, and the length of its base equals its greatest 

 height. Pectoral as long as the head excluding the snout : ventral inserted below the fifth dorsal ray. Anal 

 laid flat does not reach the caudal, which is forked. Lateral-line — 7 to 8 rows of scales between it and the base 

 of the ventral fin. Golowrs — of a deep leaden-silvery along the upper half of the body, white shot with gold 

 beneath. A black mark behind the gill-opening. 



Habitat. — Irrawaddy river, and also Moulmein. The specimen figured (life-size) was from Prome. 



6. Labeo genius, Plate CXXVII, fig. 1. 



Oyprimis cmrchius, owrsa, cwrsis, and govms, Ham. Buch. Fishes of Ganges, pp. 289, 290, 292, 387. 



Gi/nrJiimus gonvus, McClelland, tnd. Cyp. pp. 266, 325. 



Gyprimts (Labeo) cmrchms and cv/rsis, McClelland, Ind. Cyp., pp. 268, 327, 329, pi. 40, f. 3, pi. 38, 

 f. 2 and 3. 



Bohita gonvus and cwrsis, Cuv. and Val. xvi, pp. 259, 266. 



Labeo micTol&pidotus, Cuv. and Val. xvi, p. 352 ; Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 60. 



Bohita chah/beata, Bleeker, Beng. en Hind. p. 133 (not C. V.) 



Bohita miorolepidota, Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 225. 



Labeo owrsa, Cuv. and Val. xvi, p. 361 ; Giinther, 1. c, p. 60. 



Labeo cmrchius, Cuv. and Val. xvi, p. 363. 



Labeo gomus, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 372. 



Mosoo, Tel. : Gwrsua, Ooriah : Kwehi and 60m, Beng. : Gv/rsa and Golloose, Hind. : Gourie and Bahtoor, 

 Assam : Gir-re-oh, Sind : Nga-pay, Tennass. : Nga-dane, and Nga-hoo, Burmese. 



B. iii, D. 16-18 (yfl-h-), P. 17, V. 9, A. 7(|), C. 19, L. 1. •74-84, L. tr. 16/17. 



Length of head 5 to 5|-, of caudal 5 to 5^, height of body 4 to 4j in the total length. Fyes — diameter 

 4| to 6 in the length of the head, 1| diameters from the end of snout, 2f apart. Dorsal profile more convex 

 than that of the abdomen. The greatest width of the head equals its length excluding the snout. Mouth 

 rather narrow, its width equalling 3^ in the length of the head : no lateral lobe, but numerous pores on the 

 snout. Lips thick, and with a distinct inner fold in their entire circumference, both of which are fringed. A 

 cartilaginous covering to inner side of both jaws. Ba/rbels — rostral and maxillary ones present but short. 

 Teeth — pharyngeal, plough-shaped, 5, 4, 2/2, 4, 5. Fmf — the dorsal commences much nearer the snout than 

 the base of the caudal fin, it is 2/3 as high as the body, and its upper edge is concave. Pectoral nearly or as 

 long as the head. Ventral commences under the middle of the dorsal. Caudal deeply forked. Lateral-line — 



• In specimens 3J inches long, the eye is at least 1/3 of the length of the head, and the upper edge of the dorsal fin 

 straight. 



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