8. CIKEHINA. 35 



8. CIRPvHINA*. 



Cirrliina, Cut: Rlgne An. 



CiiTliina, sp., Cuv. Sf Vul. 



Cyreue, sp., Heckel, in Russegger s Reisen, ii. 3. p. 284. 



Mrigala, sp., Bleelier. 

 Scales of moderate or large size. Dorsal fin ■without osseous ray, 

 with from thirteen to seventeen rajs, commencing in advance of the 

 ventrals. Snout depressed, obtusely roimded or subtruncated, with 

 the soft parts very thin ; mouth transverse ; lower jaw rather sharp, 

 with a very thin lip ; the sharp edge of the lower jaw without 

 horny substance. A small tubercle on the inner side of the sym- 

 physis of the mandible ; upper lip not fringed. Barbels small, four, 

 or two, or none ; if two, the upper alone are present. Lateral line 

 in the middle of the tail. Anal scales not enlarged. Anal fin 

 short. Pharyngeal teeth 5 . 4 or 3 . 2 — 2 .3 or 4 . 5. 

 East-Indian continent. 



1. Cirrhtaa mrigala. 



Cyprinus mrigala, Ham. Buck. Fish. Gang. pp. 279, 386, pi. 6. fig. 



79; .M^Clell. Iml. Cijpr. pp. 276, 350. 

 Cirrhina rubripinnis, Cuv. & Val. xvi. p. 288, pi. 479. 



mrigala, Cuv. <5" Val. xvi. p. 294. 



Mrigala buchanani, Bleeh. Prodr. Cypr. p. 226 (name ouly). 



D. 15-16. A. 8. L. lat. 42-43. L. transv. 7/9. 



Generally the upper barbels only are present and shorter than 

 the eye, the lower being rudimcntal or absent ; lower lij) none or 

 indistinct ; pores on the snout small. The origin of the dorsal fin 

 is nearer to the end of the snout than to the root of the caudal in 

 adult specimens, but nearly equidistant from both in young ones ; 

 it is opposite the twelfth scale of the lateral line. There are five 

 longitudinal series of scales between the lateral line and ventral 

 fin. The height of the body is one-fourth of the total length 

 (without caudal), the length of the head one-fouith or one-filth. 

 Coloration uniform. 



Bengal, Hindostan. 



a. Half-grown. Calcutta. Presented by Th. Moore, Esq. 



* 1. Cirrhina plumbea, C. # V. xvi. p. 289.— Irawaddy.— D. 16. L. lat. 40. 



2. Cirrhinus rubro-pmictatus, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. cf- Sc. xv. 1849, 



p. 303. — Cavery River. — D. 15. L. lat. 40. To be compared wiii C. 

 mrigala. 



3. affinis, Jerdon, I. c. — Cavery River. — D. 17. L. lat. 39. Said to 



have long barbels. 



4. Chondrostoma kawrus, Si/lrs, Trans. Zool, Soc. ii. p. 358, tab. 62. 



fig. 2.— Beema River.— D. 13. 



5. Cyprinus bata, Ha>n. Buck. p. 283; ? = Cyprinus acra, Ham. Buck. p. 



284 = Cyprinus cura, Ham. Buck. p. 284 ; ? Gobio lissorliynehus, 

 M'Ckll. hid. Cypr. p. 355, tab. 55. fig. 5 (very bad). — Bengal and 

 Assam. — D. 13, in Hamilton's original drawing ; said to be without 

 barbels. 



6. Chondrostoma boggut, Sykes, I. c. p. 359. — Dckkan — D. evidently 13. 



7. Varicorhinus bobree, SyJces, I. c. p. 355. — Dekkan. — D. 17. 



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