﻿270 GANGETic FISHES. Order V. 



divided at the end. The nostrils are in the middle between the 

 eye and jaw. The eyes are far forward, with circular pupils. 

 The gill-covers are rounded behind. 



The scales are small. The belly is more prominent than 

 the back. Above each pectoral and ventral fin is a large scale- 

 like appetidant. 



Each pectoral fin has thirteen rays. The first three rays of 

 the fin behind the vent are undivided. The lobes of the fin of 

 the tail are equal, and have sixteen distinct rays, besides seve- 

 ral short compacted ones. 



12th Species. — Cyprinus bendilisis. See my Journey in 

 Mysore, Vol. III. PI. XXXII. 



A Cyprinus of the Barilius kind, with two tendrils ; with in- 

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

 and with eleven in that behind the vent. 



This fish I found in the rivers of Mysore, where it grows 

 four or five inches long. It is shaped somewhat like the 

 head of a lance ; but the edge of the belly projects a little 

 more than that of the back. The bars descend almost to the 

 lateral line. The scales of the back toward the root are 

 black. The fin of the tail is yellow, edged with black. 



The head is sharp and small. The mouth is small, and de- 

 scends obliquely. The jaws protrude in opening, the upper 

 being the longest and widest. At each angle of the mouth is 

 a very short tendril. Each nostril has only one aperture near 

 the eye^ which is flat. The gill-covers are rounded behind, and 

 each contains three plates. 



The scales are large and firmly fixed. The belly slopes sud- 

 denly at the fin behind the vent. The shoulder-bones are bare, 

 and shine bright. There are no scale-like appendants above 

 the ventral fins. 



