Rohita (adj.) [Vedic rohita; cp. the usual P. word lohita red & blood. See also rudhira & ruhira] red, as attribute of fishes at J v.405 (i. e. a special kind of fish), and of deer at J v.406 in same passage (i. e. a special kind of deer). Otherwise only in standing term rohita -- maccha the "red fish," viz. Cyprinus Rohita, which is freq. mentioned in the "Jātaka" literature, e. g. J ii.433; iii.333; DhA ii.132 (four), 140; KhA 118.