﻿286 GANGETic FISHES. Order V. 



rays, besides compacted ones, and is divided into two lobes, of 

 which the under one is the shortest and bluntest. 



28th Species. — Cyprinus ariza. Buchanan's Journey through 

 Mysore, &c. Vol. III. p. 344, Plate XXXI. 



A Cyprinus of the Bangana kind, without tendrils ; with 

 twelve rays in the fin of the back, and seven in that behind the 

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

 and without large pores on the nose. 



The Ariza is found in the rivers of Bengal as well as in those 

 of the peninsula of India, where I first saw it. There is the ut- 

 most resemblance between it and the Pangusia last described, 

 and both grow to about the same size. I shall only mention 

 the circumstances, besides those in the specific character, by 

 which it diifers from the description of the Pangusia before 

 given. 



The belly is more prominent than the back. In the dorsal 

 fin three only of the rays are undivided. In each pectoral fin 

 there are sixteen rays. In the fin behind the vent there are on- 

 ly two undivided rays. The lower fins are yellow, or slightly 

 stained with red. 



29th Species.— Cyprinus boga. Plate XXVIII. Fig. 80. 

 A Cyprinus of the Bangana kind, without tendrils ; with 

 twelve rays in the back fin, and eight in that behind the vent ; 

 with the under lip indented on the edge ; and with large pores 

 on the nose. 



The Boga is another fish so nearly resembling the two pre- 

 ceding, that, besides the circumstances mentioned in the speci- 

 fic character, I shall mention only those by which it is chiefly 

 distinguished. I have found it in the Brahmaputra, where it 

 grows to about a foot in length. 



