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ral lines are straight. The vent is behind the middle. The 

 scales are of moderate size. 



The back fin is before the middle ; the two first of its rays 

 are undivided, and not indented ; the others are branched. 

 The pectoral fins are much smaller than the head, and low. 

 Each ventral fin has nine rays. The three first rays of the 

 anal fin are undivided and united together, the second being 

 longer than the first, and shorter than the third ; the others 

 are branched. The tail fin is divided into two lobes. 



82d Species. — Cypbi>!us latius. 



A Cyprinus of the Garra kind, with two tendrils ; and with 

 eleven rays in the dorsal, and seven in the anal fin. 



This small fish, which is tenacious of life out of water, I 

 found in the Tista river. The colour above is greenish, with 

 many dots, below silver. The lower fins are stained yellow. 

 The eyes are like the body in colour, with a narrow golden 

 circle round the pupil. 



The head is oval, bluntish, and short, as are the tendrils pro- 

 ceeding from the sides of the nose, which projects beyond the 

 mouth. This is small, and opens transversely. The jaws do 

 not protrude in opening, and are covered with fleshy lips, of 

 which the upper is bent inward, and indented on the edge. 

 The nostrils are in the middle, between the eyes and end of 

 the nose. The eyes are high and large, and have oval pupils, 

 with the longer axis vertical. The gill-covers are dotted, and 

 conceal half their membranes. 



The back slopes a little before the fin, and has a convex 

 ridge. The lateral line runs straight along the middle of the 

 side. The vent is behind the middle. The scales are large. 

 Above each ventral fin is a scale-like appendant. 



The dorsal fin is near the middle ; the three first of its rays 



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