FAMILY, V— CTPRINID^. 585 



B. iii, D. 'J(^), P. 15, V. 9, A. 7-8(^?^), C. 19, L. 1. 26-29, L. tr. 4^/3. 



Length of head 5, of caudal 5, height of body 4 in the total length. Eyes — diameter 3^ in the length 

 of head, about 1 diameter from end of snout, and rather more apart. Abdominal profile more convex than 

 the dorsal. Prominences on jaws well-developed. Fins— dorsa.1 commences nearer the base of the caudal 

 than the snout. Lateral-line— coneaive, 2 rows of scales between it and the base of the ventral fin : 12 rows 

 anterior to the base of the dorsal fin. Colours — silvery, a faint streak along the side, caudal usually tipped with 

 black, especially in Burmese examples. 



Habitat. — Continent of India, Assam, Bunna and Pinang : in India it is most common in the valley of 

 the Ganges and along the Coromandel Coast. It attains 4 or 5 inches in length. The example figured (life- 

 size) was from Moulmein. 



Genus, 22 — Aspidopaeia (HecJeel) Bleeker. 

 Morara, Bleeker. 



Abdomen rounded. Mouth small, inferior, the lower jaw having a sharp crescentie edge destitute of lip. 

 Barbels absent. Suborbital ring of bones of moderate width or broad. Pharyngeal teeth, 4, 4, 2/2" 4. 4, or 4, 3/3, 4. 

 Dorsal fin without osseous and with rather few branched rays, commencing oppiosite to or behind the origin of the 

 ventrals, but not extendi?ig to above the anal, which latter has a moderate number (10 to 12) of rays. Scales of 

 moderate size. Lateral-line concave, and passing along the lower half of the base of the caudal fin. 



Geographical distribution. — Throughout Bengal, Assam, Bombay, and Orissa as far as the Kistna river, 

 also Burma. 



SYNOPSIS OF SPECIES. 



1. Aspidoparia morar, D. 9-10, A. 10-12, L. 1. 38-42. India generally (except the Western coast and 

 South of the river Kistna), Assam and Burma. 



2. Aspidoparia jaya, D. 9, A. 9, L. 1. 52-60. N.W. Provinces and Assam. 



1. Aspidoparia morar, Plate CXLVI, fig. 4. 



Cyprinus morar. Ham. Buch. pp. 264, 384, pi. 31, f. 5 ; Gray and Hard. 111. Ind. Zool. (from H. Buch.) ; 

 Cuv. and Val. xvi, p. 459. 



Leuciscus morar, McClell. Ind. Cyp. pp. 294, 410; Sykes, P. Z. Soc. 1841, p. 363; Bleeker, Bene, 

 pp. 68, 136 ; Jerdon, M. J. L. and Sc. 1849, p. 323. 



Morara morar, Bleeker, Prod. Cyp. p. 115. 



Aspidoparia sardina, Heckel, Russ. Reis. ii, 3, p. 288 ; Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 285. 



Aspidoparia (!) morar, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 285. 



Bayi, Ooriah : Morari and Morar, Beng. : Pa-o-char and Chiliva, Punj. : Ka-reer-re, Sind. : Amlee, Dec. : 

 Chippuah, CheUuah, Hind. (N. W. P.) : Mou-ah and Boreala, Assam. : Nga-hpyeii-boo and Yen-boung-za, Burmese. 



B. iii, D. 9-10 (f:f), P. 15, V. 8, A. 10-12(^.Vo), C. 19, L. 1. 38-42, L. tr. 51/5, Vert. 14/21. 



Length of head 5 to 5|, of caudal 5, height of body 4 to 5^- in the total length. Eyes— di&meter 3 to 3| 

 in the length of head, 3/4 to 1 diameter from end of snout, and 1 apart. Snout very obtuse. Upper jaw the 

 longer, and overlapping the lower. The cheek covered by a broad suborbital ring of bones. Teeth — 

 pharyngeal, 5, 4, 2/2, 4, 5, plough-shaped, the outer row much larger than the inner ones. Fins — dorsal higher 

 than long, with a concave superior margin : it arises midway between the posterior margin of the orbit and the 

 base of the caudal : pectoral as long as the head. Lateral-line — 2^- to 3 rows of scales between it and the base 

 of the venti-al fin : 20 rows before the base of the dorsal fin. Colours — back light brown, divided from the 

 silvery side by a burnished streak. 



Habitat.— ii'md, Punjab, Continent of India (except the Western coast, and localities south of the Kistna 

 river), also Assam and Burma. It attains at least 7 inches in length. In one specimen, captured in Orissa, 

 the anal fin was entirely absent. 



2. Aspidoparia jaya, Plate CXLV, fig. 9. 



Cyprinus jaya. Ham. Buch. Fish. Ganges, pp. 333, 392 ; Cuv. and Val. xvi, p. 439. 

 Leuciscus margarodes, McClell. Ind. Cyp. pp. 294, 411. 

 Leuciscus jaya, Bleeker, Beng. p. 68. 

 Aspidoparia jaya, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 286. 

 Chola, Assam. : Pahruah, Hind. (N. W. P.). 



B. iii, D. 9 (f), P. 15, V. 8, A. 9 (f), C. 21, L. 1. 52-60, L. tr. 7/10. 



Length of head 5j to 5i-, of caudal 4 J to 4-1-, height of body 5 in the total length. %es— diameter 2/7 

 of length of head, 3/4 to 1 diameter from end of snout, li diameters apart. Mouth generic, considerably overhung 

 by the snout. Both the preorbital and first suborbital bones touch the upper lip : only about half the cheek is 

 covered by the suborbital ring of bones. Teeii/i— pharyngeal, 4, 3/3, 4, the outer row plough-shaped and 

 compressed, the inner consisting of very minute teeth. Fins — dorsal commences midway between the snout 

 and the base of the caudal, and opposite the insertion of the ventral. Caudal lobes of equal length. Scales — 



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