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ANALYSIS OF GENERA 



a\ Dorsal with at least one of front simple rays thickened and spinelike; 

 lateral line median along side of tail (except LepfoMrhus) . 

 &\ Cyprininae. Dorsal rays numerous; anal with spine, serrated behind. 



c\ Barbels present Cyprinus 



(f. No barbels Carassius 



&^ Barbinae. Dorsal rays in moderate number or few ; anal without spine, 

 or if present entire, never serrate behind. 

 d\ Lateral line median along tail. 

 e\ Mouth terminal, oblique, wide, reaches beyond front eye edge; 2 



maxillary barbels Kampala 



e'. Mouth terminal or subinferior, not reaching beyond front border of 

 eye ; 2 or 4 barbels. 

 f. Lower jaw spatulate, curved upward, its tip meeting top of snout. 



Mandibularca 

 f. Lower jaw not spatulate, with more or less fleshy lip, not curved 

 in segment of circle. 

 g^. Postlabial groove not interrupted in middle behind chin and 



continuous around mouth corner Cephalakompsus 



g^. Postlabial groove interrupted in middle behind chin but con- 

 tinuous around mouth corner. 

 h\ Lower jaw truncate, reaches but halfway to end of arch of 



upper jaw Ospatulus 



h^. Lower jaw not truncate, normal Puntius 



d". Lateral line extends along lower half of tail Leptobarbus 



a'. Dorsal without anterior rays enlarged or spinelike ; lateral line usually 

 extends along lower side of tail. 



i\ Rasbobinae. Abdomen rounded, sometimes flattened, but 

 not compressed to an edge ; lower jaw usually with knob 

 at symphysis, fitting in notch in front of upper jaw. 



Rasbora 



t'. Abbamidinae. Abdomen at least partly compressed to an 



edge ; mouth variable, sometimes with symphyseal knob on 



lower jaw Nematabramis 



Genus CYPRINUS Linnaeus 



Cyprinus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 320, 1758. (Type, Cyprinus 



carpio Linnaeus, designated by Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



vol. 16, p. 254, 1883.) 

 Carpio Heckel, Rusegger's Reise, vol. 1, p. 1014, 1843. (Type, Carpio Icollarii 



Heckel (hybrid), designated by Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N(5erland., vol. 3, 



p. 24, 1863.) 



Body robust, compressed. Head moderate. Snout blunt, rounded. 

 Mouth moderate, terminal. Barbels 4, long. Gill openings wide, 

 reach beyond hind border of preopercle. Gill membranes broadly 

 joined to istlimus. Pharyngeal teeth 1, 1, 3-3, 1, 1, broad, truncate, 

 molarlike, crown furrowed, flat or concave. Scales large. Lateral 

 line complete, extends midway along side of body. Dorsal very 

 long, origin opposite ventral origin, front rudimentary rays spinous 

 and last enlarged or stout and bony, its hind edges serrated. Anal 



