﻿Cyprinus, gangetic fishes. 285 



two first rajs only are undivided. On each gilUcover is a very 

 narrow crescent-formed mark, indented on the edges. 



27th Species. — Cyprinus pangusia. 



A Cyprinus of the Bangana kind, without tendrils ; with four- 

 teen rays in the fin of the back, and eight in that behind the 

 vent ; with the under lip reflected, and entire on the edges ; 

 and with large pores on the nose. 



The Pangusia (Pangusiya) I found in the Kosi river, where 

 it grows to about a span in length. In colour it has no appear- 

 ance of longitudinal stripes, but the edges of the scales are dot- 

 ted. The eyes are silver, stained with red. 



The head is oval,, and narrower than the body. The Jaws 

 protrude in opening. The lips are fleshy, and both are smooth 

 on the edges. The nose is fleshy. The nostrils are very near 

 the eye. The eyes are near the middle of the head, in respect 

 to length are of moderate size, and the longest diameters of 

 their pupils are vertical. The gill-covers are rounded behind, 

 and do not conceal their membranes. 



The body is covered with large scales, adhering firmly, and 

 even on the surface. Above each ventral fin is a scale-like ap- 

 pendant. The tail tapers gradually. The lateral line descends 

 with a curve along the middle of the side. 



The dorsal fin is dotted : the two first of its rays are very 

 short, and, with the two following, are undivided ; the last ten 

 are branched. The pectoral fins are shorter than the head, 

 each having seventeen rays. The ventral fins do not reach the 

 ve7it. The fin behind this organ slopes backward, and the three 

 first of its rays are undivided, and lengthen gradually Irom the 

 first ; the five last are branched, and the last of them is divided 

 to the bottom. The fin of the tail contains nineteen distinct 



