1849.] 



Fishes of Southern India. 



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^ C? nuhta. Sykes. 

 " Two tendrils on under jaw, and two short horns on the space 

 between the eyes, which, together with the deflected upper lip, are 

 tuberculated ; large scales. Found in the Inderanee river 18 miles 

 north of Poona." 



Gen. Cirrhinus. 



Dorsal fin usually long, without spinous rays ; lips with 4 cirri 

 (generally.) 



This genus, as above defined, includes the Kokita and Dangila of 

 Valenciennes ; the Cirrhina of the same author appears to belong 

 partly to this genus, and partly to Gohio. 



Cirrhinus rvbro-functatus. (New Species.) 

 Cirri minute ; head is to the body as 1 to 4J ; the height is to 

 the total length as 1 to 3 ; 40 scales along the lateral line in 15 

 rows. 



D. 15, A. 8, greenish above, dusky silvery beneath, many of the 

 scales in the centre of the body red spotted ; fins red tipped. 



I procured this handsome fish in the upper portion of the Cavery 

 river, and in several of its tributaries. My specimens are about a 

 foot long. It is said to grow to a larger size however. 



Cirrhinus Belangeri? 

 RoJiita Belangeri, Val., olim CirrTiina microfogon. 



Cirri rather small ; head is to the body as 1 to 4| ; its height 

 is to its total length as 1 to ; 45 or 46 scales along the body in 15 

 or 16 rows ; D. 2-15, A. 2-5, &c. Color dusky green throughout, 

 many of the scales red spotted ; fins dark. 



I have found this fish in most of the rivers and large tanks of the 

 Carnatic ; my specimens are about 14 inches long, but it is said to 

 grow much larger. It answers so nearly to the description of Va- 

 lenciennes' fish that I have for the present retained it under that 

 name, though his fish was said to be procured from Bengal. If so it 

 can hardly have escaped Buchanan and McLelland, yet I can find 

 none in the latter author that answer to it, so the locality given is 

 probably erroneous. 



Cirrhinus affinis. (New Species }) 

 Nearly allied to the last ; cirri long ; 39 scales along the body in 

 12 rows; snout very warty; D. 17, A. 7. Dusky green through- 



