Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . s concerned, is Labeo. This essentially agrees withBarhus in form and has, like it, three rows of pharyngeal teeth, butthe lips are peculiar in that the lateral folds are enlarged and eachlip has an internal cross-fold covered by a trenchant corneous butsoft and deciduous covering; the snout is smaller, the suborbitalsare narrow, and the dorsal is rather long, having twelve to sixteenravs. gill] noteworthy EXTRA-EUROPEAN CYPRINIDS 333 Twenty-five Indian species have been referred by Day to thisgenus, including species with and without barbels, but have b
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . s concerned, is Labeo. This essentially agrees withBarhus in form and has, like it, three rows of pharyngeal teeth, butthe lips are peculiar in that the lateral folds are enlarged and eachlip has an internal cross-fold covered by a trenchant corneous butsoft and deciduous covering; the snout is smaller, the suborbitalsare narrow, and the dorsal is rather long, having twelve to sixteenravs. gill] noteworthy EXTRA-EUROPEAN CYPRINIDS 333 Twenty-five Indian species have been referred by Day to thisgenus, including species with and without barbels, but have beenseparated by others (especially Bleeker) in several genera. A num-ber of the species attain a large size and some are quite highlyesteemed for the table, at least by natives of India. The largest species, Labeo gonius, the goni of Bengal, sometimesreaches a length of five feet and about seventy pounds. Severalattain a length of at least three feet, such as the Labeo calbasu(Kalbasu of Bengal or kalbans), the Labeo nandina (Nandin of. Fig. 94.—Labeo calbasu. After Day. Bengal), the Labeo roJiita or Rohu, and the Labeo dyochilus (Boalloof Hindustan). Others range down from two feet to a few inchesin length. The best known of these, at least from an anglers point of view,is the Rohu. A chapter has been devoted to that species (and inci-dentally others) by Thomas in The Rod in India. He asserts () that he never knew any fisherman, however good at mahseer,who had once tried this labeo fishing with him, who was notfully converted to it as taxing all his skill in a higher degree thanany other fishing, and as showing sport of a superior order. According to Day, the Rohu is esteemed excellent as food,propagated with care in ponds in Bengal. One of the largest of the Indian fishes is known as the catla inBengal, and scientifically as the Catla catla or buchanani. It hasa carp-like form, but the large head is much more arched betweenthe eyes and backward there are no barbels. Th
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