﻿Cyprinus. gangetic fishes. 299 



38th Species. — Cyprinus nancar. 



A proper Cyprinus, with four minute tendrils ; with twenty 

 rays in the dorsal fin, and eight in that behind the vent ; with 

 the edges of the lips smooth ; with no tubercles nor large pores 

 on the nose ; and with large equal scales on the sides. 



The Nancar has a considerable affinity to the Cyprinus 

 gibellio of Bloch, [Ichth. Tome I. p. 61, PI. XII.) which, how- 

 ever, wants the tendrils. I found it in the small rivers of the 

 Gorakhpur district, such as the Gunggi. It does not attain a 

 greater weight than three pounds, and is of a deep compressed 

 form, above of a dark green colour, with a golden gloss, and be- 

 low white. The fins are dark coloured, and the eyes reddish. 



The head is small, blunt, and oval. The tendrils proceed 

 from the corners of the mouth. The nose projects a little be- 

 yond the mouth, and is fleshy and bluntish. The mouth is low, 

 extends straight back, and is small. The jaws protrude in 

 opening, and are nearly equal in length ; within the upper one 

 a pendulous membrane is suspended. The lips are fleshy, and 

 the under one is erect. The eyes are high, circular, and of mo- 

 derate size. Each gill-cover consists of one bony plate, round- 

 ed behind, and does not conceal its membrane. 



The ridge of the back, towards the fin, is sharp-edged. The 

 belly forms an arch. The lateral line descends with a curve. 

 The vent is behind the middle of the body. The scales are 

 large, adhere firmh^, and are minutely dotted. Above each 

 ventral fin there is a very short scale-like appendant. 



The dorsal fin is behind the middle. The first of its rays is 

 very short, and, with the second and third, is undivided : the 

 others are branched, and the last of them divided to the root. 

 The j)ectoral fins are smaller than the head, and low, and each 

 contains about eighteen rays. The ventral fins do not reach the 

 vent, and each has nine rays. The three first rays of the fin be- 



