into their mouths. They also offered no objections to their feelers being felt and
pulled, and the devout Burman is wont to adorn their heads with gold leaf, as a
work of merit.
Genus E x o s t o m a , Blyth.
E x o s t o m a a n d e r s o n i , B a y .
Ezostoyia ander soni, Day, Proc. Zool. S o g ., Lond., 1869, p. 524.
Two specimens, 5*50 inches long, from Ponsee, small mountain stream.
Two specimens, 6 inches long, from Hotha, small mountain stream.
Family—CYPRINIDJE.
Genus Caras sms, Nilsson.
C a r a s sms a t j r a t u s , Linn.
Cyprinus awratm, Linn., Syst. Nat., vol. i, 1766, p. 527.
Carassius auratus, Bleeker, Cypr., p. 255, and Atl. Jehth. Cypr., p. 74 ; Günther, Cat. Fish.
B. M., vol. vii, 1868, p. 82.
One specimen from Tagoung ; many specimens to 6 inches in length, Tengyue-
chow, and seven domesticated specimens, Mandalay.
The gold carp is very prevalent in the streams about at Tengyuechow, and it is
largely sold in the bazaar.
Genus C a t l a , C u v . & Val.
C a t l a b u c h a n a n i , C u v . & V a l .
Cyprinus catla, Ham. Buch., Fish., Ganges, pp. 287, 318, 387, 1822, pi. xiii, fig. 81.
Catla buchanani, Cuv. & Val., vol. xvii, 1844, p. 411, pi. 515 ; Günther, Cat. Fish., B. M.
vol. vii, 1868, p. 34.
Two specimens, 12 inches long, from Tagoung.
Genus C i r r h i n a , C u v .
C lR RH IN A MRIGALA, Ham. Buch.
Cyprinus mrigala, Ham. Buch., Fish., Ganges, pp. 279, 386, 1822, pi. vi, fig. 79.
Cirrhina mrigala, Günther, Cat. Fish., vol. vii, 1868, p. 85 ; Day, Joura. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xl,
■ 1871, p. 185, pi. ix, fig. 6 a, b.
Two specimens, 10 inches long, Tagoung.
Genus L a b e o , C u v .
L a b e o c a l b a s u , Ham. Buch.
Cyprinus calbasu, Ham. Buch., Fish., Ganges, pp. 297, 387, 1822, tab. 4, fig. 83.
Labeo calbasu, Günther, Cat. Fish., B. M., vol. vii, 1868, p. 54; Day, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal,
vol. xl, 1871, p. 116.
Two specimens, 13 inches long, Tagoung.
L a b e o c u r c h i u s , Ham. Buch.
Cyprinus curchius, Ham. Buch., Fish., Ganges, 1822, p. 289.
Labeo cursa, Günther, Cat. Fish., vol. vii, 1868, p. 60.
Labeo curchius, Day (pars), Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xl, 1871, p. 116.
Two specimens, 10 inches long, Tagoung.
Genus B a r b u s , Günther.
B a r b u s s a r a n a , Ham. Buch.
Cyprinus swrama, Ham. Buch., Fish., Ganges, 1822, p. 307.
Barbus sarwna, Günther, Cat. Fish., B. M., vol. vii, 1868, p. 115.
Two specimens, 7 inches long, Tagoung.
B a r b u s a p o g o n , C u v . & V a l .
Barbus apogon (Kuhl), C. & V., vol. xvi, 1842, p. 892; Günther, Cat. Fish., B. M., vol. vii, 1868,
p. 150.
Two specimens, 8 inches long, Tagoung.
B a r b u s m a r g a r i a n u s , n. s., Plate LXXIX, fig. 1.
B. IV. D. 4—8, P. 18, V. 9, A. 2—5, C. 19, L. 1.35, L. tr. 6£—5|.
Length of head 6J, of caudal 4J, height of body 4£ in the total length. Eyes.—
Diameter 3^ in length of head, 1£ diameter from end of snout, and also apart.
The greatest width of the head equals frd of its length; and its height, its length
behind the front nostril. Upper surface of head slightly convex. Abdominal
profile more convex than that of the hack. Upper jaw slightly longer than the
lower, which latter has a rather short, anterior margin. The posterior extremity
of the maxilla does not extend to quite beneath the anterior edge of the orbit. Some
large open pores on the front and sides of snout. No transverse sulcus across the
lower jaw. Eour rather long barbels; the rostral pair reaching to below the first
third, and the maxillary pair to under the last third of the eye. The dorsal fin