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Cyprinus, Buch. 



Cirrinus, M'Clell. 



CALABASU CARP. 



This is a dark coloured fish with deep blue reflections, 

 and thick pendulous lips, like the American catastomus. 

 it is a common fish in Bengal, and was placed by Cuvier, 

 incorrectly however, among the barbels ; by Buchannan 

 among the carps, and by M'Clelland in his genus cirrinus, 



Cirrinus calabasu, M'Clell. 



Cyprinus " Buch. 



Rohita " Blyth. 



NANDINA CARP. 



Another of Buchannan's carps called nandina in Ben- 

 gal, is sold in the bazars of Maulmain under the same 

 native names as the preceding, although the dorsal fin is 

 much longer. M The colour of the upper part of the body 

 is dark green, with coppery reflections : belo'y, it is 

 white; the fins are dark and the eyes red." M'Clelland 

 found it in the Bramaputra, but was not aware of its exis- 

 tence on this Coast. 



Cyprinus nandina, Buch. 



Cirrinus " M'Clell, 



ROHITA CARP. 



This species is rare in the Provinces, but large quan- 

 tities are imported, dried and smoked, from Burmah Prop- 

 er. Buchannan says : " It is a most valuable fish." 



Cyprinus Rohita, Buch. 



Cirrinus " M'Clell. 



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LABEO. 



A small scaled fish of the carp tribe, with reddish ir- 

 idescent scales, and no cirri, which grows a foot and a 

 half long, is occasionally seen in the Maulmain bazar. It 

 has fifty eight scales on the lateral line, and nineteen ot 



