﻿316 GANGETic FISHES. Order V. 



by the same names, and' procured a drawing, now in possession 

 of the Bengal Government. It differed in a few particulars 

 from the Ticto, but, the drawings being sufficient to point out 

 the differences, I took no notes, and, therefore, until I recover 

 the drawings, I cannot give this fish a specific character, al- 

 though I call it Tictis. 



50th Species. — Cyprinus joalius. 

 An opaque Cyprimts of the Puntius kind, with one black 

 crescent-shaped spot on each side of the tail near the end ; 

 with the second ray of the dorsal fin smooth ; and with the 

 edge of the under lip indented. 



I have found the Joalius (Jaoyali) in the ponds and ditches 

 of the north-east parts of Bengal. It grows about three inches 

 in length, and is of a brownish-green colour above, and silver 

 below. The back fin is dotted. The eyes are golden. 



The head is large, but not thicker than the body, and very 

 blunt, and the crown slopes downwards towards the nose. Above 

 each corner of the mouth are two tendrils. The mouth is low, 

 and extends right backward. The lips are fleshy. The nostrils 

 are very high. Tlie eyes are a little lower, and of a moderate 

 size. There is a vertical dotted line on each gill-cover, and this 

 does not conceal its membrane. 



The edge of the hack before the fin forms a sharp ridge ; that 

 of the belly is rounded. The lateral line descends from the 

 shoulder, with a slight curve. The vent is behind the middle. 

 The scales are dotted, and of a moderate size. 



The dorsal fin slopes toward the tail, and contains twelve 

 rays, of which the first is short, and closely united to the se- 

 cond, which, like it, is undivided ; the others are branched. 

 The pectoral fins are shorter than the head, low, and sharp 

 above. The ventral fi[ns are still smaller than the pectorals, 



