34 CYPRINID^. 



4". Caudal tri- or four-lobed ; dorscdjin present. 



y, 2, a, j3, y-^. Adidt and half-grown. China. 

 e. Young. Chusan. From Cantor's Collection. 



T]. Caudal tri- or four-hhed; dorsal Jin none; eyes normal. 



jj, 6-1, K-fi, Adult, half-grown, and young. China. 

 r. Adult. Siam. Presented by Sir R. Schomburgk. 



0. Caudal fin trilohed ; dorsal none; eyes very large, protruding. 

 £,-0. Adult. Ningpo. From Mr. Fortune's Collection. 



7. CATLA. 

 Catla, Cm. fy Vul. 

 Gibeliou, Heckel, in Riissegger's Eeisen, i. p. 1014. 



Scales of moderate size. Dorsal fin without osseous ray, with 

 more than nine branched rays, commencing nearly opposite the 

 ventrals; anal fin short. Snout broad, with the integuments very 

 thin ; there is no upper lip, the lower with a free continuous pos- 

 terior margin. Symphysis of the mandibulary bones loose, without 

 prominent tubercle. Mouth anterior. Barbels none. Lateral line 

 running along the middle of the tail. GiU-rakers very long, fine, 

 and closely set. Pharyngeal teeth 5.3. 2 — 2 .3.5. 



East-Indian continent. 



1. Catla buchanani. 



Cyprinus catla, Ham. Buck. Fish. Gang. pp. 287, 318, 387, pi. 13. 



fig. 81; M'Clell. Ind. Cypr. pp. 275, 348. 

 Leuciscus catla, Valenc. in Belang. Voy. Ind. Orietit. p. 379, pi. 3, 



fig. 2. 

 Catla buchanaui, Cuv. ^ Val. xvii. p. 411, pi. .515 ; Bleek. Verh. Bat. 



Gen. XXV. Beng. Sf Hind. p. 142 ; Hyrtl, Sitzgsher. Ak. Wiss. JVien, 



1864, xlix. p. 161 (structui-e of pharjTix.) 



D. 17-19. A. 7. L. lat, 40-41. L. transv. 7-8/9. 



Head very large and broad, its length being equal to the height 

 of the body, which is about one-third of the total (without caudal). 

 Five and a half longitudinal series of scales between the lateral line 

 and the root of the ventral fin. Caudal fin deeply forked. Colora- 

 tion uniform. 



Bengal, Assam. 



a-f. Stutfed, from 10 to 36 inches long. Bengal. 



g-h. Stuffed, 12 inches long. Ferozepore. From Griffith's col- 

 lection. 



i. Young. River Hooghly. From Dr. Bleeker's collection. With- 

 out pharyngeal bones. 



h. Very young. Ganges. Presented by G. R. "Waterhouse, Esq. 



1. Pharyngeal bones of a specimen, 9 inches long, from Calcutta. 

 Collected bv Messrs. vop S(?hlagintweit. 



