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The dorsal fin is far back. The pectoral fins are of moderate 

 size, are placed high on the side, and are sharp above : each 

 has ten rays. The ventral fins are small, each having six rays. 

 The tail fin is rounded, and has sixteen rays. 



IX. Division, — Cyprinus garra. 



Fishes of the Ci/p?inus kind, of a small size, with no affinity 

 to another genus ; without remarkable spots or stripes ; and 

 with a long form, very little, if at all, compressed. 



The little fishes of this division live among stones in rapid 

 mountain streams, or in rivers with pure sandy bottoms, and, 

 like many of the Loaches, (Cobitis,) usually lie close to the bot- 

 tom, so that several of them are by the natives called Balitora, 

 or sand-diggers ; and the name Garra, given to one species, and 

 applied by me to the whole, seems to be derived from this cir- 

 cumstance. The fishes of this division have a considerable re- 

 semblance to the Cyprinus aphya. 



80th Species. — Cyprinus lamta. 



A Cyprinus of the Garra kind, with four tendrils ; with the 

 pectoral fins sharp in the middle ; with ten rays in the dorsal, 

 and seven in the anal fin ; and with the lateral line above the 

 middle. 



The Lamta I have found in rivulets, with rocky bottoms, in 

 the province of Behar, and in the Rapti river of the Gorakhpur 

 district. It grows to about three inches in length, and out of 

 water retains life for a considerable time. The colours are ereen 

 above, and silver below, with a faint spot on each side toward 

 the end of the tail. The eyes are like silver. 



The head is oval, blunt, and of moderate size. The tendrils 

 are very minute. The nose projects a little beyond the mouth, 

 which is small. Ihejaws protrude in opening. Below the un- 



