316 ICHTHYOLOGY. 



OPSARION. 



Among our small fish of the carp tribe, is one with a 

 greenish back. 



D. 8 : P. 12: V. 8 : A. 19: C. 30. 

 Opsarius pholicephalus ? 



WHITE BELLIED OPSARION. 



Another opsarion, with a silvery white abdomen, and 

 golden green back, is nearly related to one of M'Clelland's 

 species. 



D. 9 : P. 12 : V. 7 : A. 20 : C. 19. 

 Opsarius albulus, M'Clell. 



Cyprinus phulo, Buch. 



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BACAILA. 



A species of opsarius resembling the preceding, with 

 the same native names, I sent to Mr.Blyth, who said it was 

 Buchannan's bacaila. 



Ops-irius bacaila, M'Clell. 



Cyprivus " Buch. 



LARGE GUDGEON. 



A species of gudgeon which grows from one to two feet 

 long, is often seen in the waters of Amherst Province. It 

 differs from all the species described by M'Clelland, but 

 appears to be the Tenasserim representative of the Bengal 

 mrigala,* or mirga. The head, eyes, and mouth, with the 

 upper jaw projecting over the under, two minute cirri on 

 the upper jaw. and head and back green, all correspond 

 with the Bengal fish ; but there is a material difference in 

 other respects. Our fish has thirty eight scales on the 

 lateral line and eleven in an oblique line from the base of 

 the ventral to the dorsal. The fin rays are, 



D. 14, or 15: P. 16, or 17: V. 10 : A.7:C. 20 

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