﻿Cyprinus. gangetic fishes. 269 



parts, it is included with them in the same generic name Bare- 

 li ; and is chiefly distinguished by having smaller scales, and 

 the golden line on each side. It has much the shape of a knife- 

 blade. The three hinder fins are of a yellow colour, and those 

 of the back and tail are stained with black, especially on the 

 edge. 



The head is small and sharpish. The mouth is large, and de- 

 scends obliquely. The upper jaw protrudes in opening. The 

 nostrils are in the middle between the eyes and jaw. The eyes 

 are large. The membranes of the gill-covers are exposed to 

 view. 



The scales are of a moderate size. The back is nearly straight, 

 and the belly is more prominent. On each side there are two 

 lateral lines, the upper of which is straight. 



Each pectoral fin has about thirteen rays. The ventral fins do 

 not reach the vent. The first ray of the fin behind the vent is 

 short, and closely joined to the second, which, like it, is undi- 

 vided : the others are branched. The fin of the tail contains 

 nineteen distinct rays, besides short compacted ones. 



11th Species. — Cyprinus vagra. 



A Cyprinus of the Barilius kind, devoid of tendrils, with in- 

 complete bars on the sides ; with nine rays in the fin of the 

 back ; and with fourteen in that behind the vent. 



The Vagra I found in the Ganges about Patna, where it 

 grows to about three inches in length. It is shaped somewhat 

 like the blade of a knife, with transverse bars descending to 

 the lateral line. The fin of the tail is yellow, edged with 

 black. 



The head is somewhat blunt and small, as is the mouth, which 

 descends a very little in a straight line. The jaws are protrud- 

 ed in opening, and nearly equal in length, the upper being un- 



