Mr. J. McClelland on Indian Cyprinidae. 



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bitted in all parts of the world, one having been already found 

 in Africa, two species in India, where a few more may be ex- 

 pected, seven species in America, and seven in Europe ; but 

 in every case the species of one continent have been found to 

 be distinct from those of another. 



The Loaches (Cobitis prop., Linn.) afford another instance 

 of the concentration of numerous species in India, while three 

 only are found in Europe, and none whatever in America. 

 The annexed table exhibits the general distribution of the fa- 

 mily. 



The American species of this family referred to in the 

 * Regne Animal' only amount to thirty-three; but Dr. Richard- 

 son, in his report on North American Zoology, mentions 

 nearly as many more, imperfectly indicated by Rafinesque- 

 Schmaltz and other writers as belonging to the rivers and 

 lakes of the New World* ; still however the preponderance of 



* I have not yet seen the volume of ' Fauna Boreali- Americana,' by Dr. 

 Richardson, which is devoted to ichthyology, the volume on birds being the 

 only part of that important work which has reached India. 



