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first rays are undivided, the first being very short, the others 

 are branched. The lobes of the tail fin are sharp, and contain 

 nineteen distinct rays, besides some short compacted ones. 



15th Species. — Cyprinus chedra. 



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

 a spot on the bottom of each scale upon the sides ; with ten 

 rays in the back fin ; and with eleven in that behind the vent. 



The Chedra is found in the northern rivers of Bengal, grows 

 to about six inches in length, and is little valued. It is deeper 

 in the form than any other in this division. In the position of 

 the spots it agrees with the last described species, and with 

 that immediately following, and differs from the subsequent 

 fishes, each spot in these being difflised over a portion of more 

 than one scale. The dorsal and pectoral fins are dotted, the 

 former brownish, the latter white like the ventrals. The fin 

 behind the vent and that of the taiLare reddish, the latter in- 

 clined to brown. 



The head is of moderate size and blunt. On the nose are 

 many blunt tubercles. The mouth is large and straight, and 

 commences at the extremity of the head. The upper ya?^ does 

 not protrude in opening ; the under one on the outside is rough, 

 with sharp thick-set tubercles. There are scarcely any lips. The 

 eyes are small. The gill-covers are rounded, and do not conceal 

 their membranes. 



The scales are large, adhere firmly, and are rough on the 

 surface with little blunt grains. The shoulder-bones are naked, 

 large, shining, and dotted. Above each ventral fin is a scale- 

 like appendant. 



The pectoral fins are rounded at the end, and each contains 

 about fourteen rays, of which the first is broad, but soft and 

 undivided. The ventral fins scarcely reach to the vent. The 



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