CLASS PISCES. 383 



There are some, in line, in which the dorsal corres- 

 ponds to the commencement of the anal (the Chela 

 of Buchanan) ; and in several of these the body is 

 compressed, almost as in certain of the clupese. 

 Such is 



Cypr. cidtratus, L. Bl. 37. Remarkable for its 

 lower jaw, which ascends in front of the upper, and 

 for its large scythe-like pectorals, &c \ 



This group possesses some species with barbels 2 . 



We might separate from all the other cyprini, 



Gonorhyncus, Gron. 



Which have the body and the head elongated and 

 covered, as well as the opercula, and even the mem- 

 brane of the branchiae, with small scales ; the muzzle 

 prominent, in front of a little mouth, without teeth, 

 and without barbies ; three rays to the branchiae, and 

 a small dorsal just above the ventrals. 



But one species is known, from the Cape of Good 



Fish of the Gang. II. f. 90. ; C. morar. ib. xxxi. f. 75., and a great 

 number of others belonging to the fresh waters of all parts of the 

 world, several of which have been already indicated by MM. Bu- 

 chanan, Mitchill, &c, and to which we shall add some more in our 

 history of fishes. Mr. Buchanan alone has discovered in India more 

 than eighty species of cyprinus : we only cite here those of which he 

 has given figures. 



1 Add Cypr. clupeo'ides, Bl. 408. 2, ; C. bacaila, Buchan. viii. 

 76. 



2 Cypr. dantica, Id. xvi. 88. 



