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Show 1869.] SURGEON F. DAY ON THE FISHES OF ORISSA. 381 pus laubuca, II. Buch., by Mr. Blyth. Dr. Giinther has evidently received a very different fish from the Hooghly (1 Cyprinus dan-cena, II. Buch.); for it is referred to the genus Chela, under which head I perceive he has also placed the Perilampus fulvescens, Blyth, whose two typical specimens I have examined in the Calcutta Museum, and which do not belong to the genus Chela, H. Buch., but to Perilampus, M'Clelland. 117. CHELA PHULO, II. Buch. B. iii. D. 2/7. P. 13. V. 9. A. 3/17. C. 19. L. 1. 87. L. tr. 12/6. Hab. Rather common in rivers and tanks in Orissa. 118. CHELA UNTRAHI, sp. n. Untrahi (Ooriah). B. iii. D. 2/7. P. 13. V. 7. A. 3/17. C. 17. L. 1. 52. L. tr. 7/5. Length of head |-, of pectora -\, of base of dorsal yL of base of anal ^, of caudal \ oi the total length. Height of head ±-, of body i-, of dorsal ^-, of ventral ^, of anal 1 of the total length. Eyes. Upper margin near the profile, diameter ^ of length of head, § of a diameter from end of snout, nearly 1 diameter apart. Dorsal profile nearly horizontal, abdominal profile with a cutting-edge from opposite the base of the pectoral fin. Mouth very oblique, knob or symphysis minute. The lower jaw in advance of the upper, and the maxilla extends to under the anterior margin of the orbit. Suborbital ring of bones moderately wide. Fins. Pectorals reaching ventrals, and a dilated humeral supporting a smooth thoracic edge. Dorsal arises midway between the posterior margin of the orbit and the posterior extremity of the caudal fin, and is situated over the anterior anal ray. Caudal lobed, the lower the longest. Scales deciduous, extending as far forwards on the nape as to opposite the posterior margin of the orbit. Lateral line descends rather abruptly to opposite the posterior third of the pectoral fin, whence it is continued along the lower margin of the abdomen, ceasing a little beyond the posterior extremity of the anal fin. One row of scales between it and the origin of the ventral. Colours. Silvery. Hab. Mahanuddi, grows to 5 inches in length. 119. CHELA GORA, H. Buch. Hum catchari (Ooriah). B.iii. D. 3/7. P.15. V. 9. A. 2/13. C.19. L. 1.140-160. The scales on the top of the head extend as far forwards as the nostrils. This species I first obtained at Jellasore, in Orissa, on the frontier of the Midnapore district. It grows to 9 inches in length. |
