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CYPRINIDJE. 



Caudal peduncle elongate. The pectoral fin does not extend to the 

 ventral. There are three longitudinal series of scales between the 

 lateral line and ventral fin. A broad silver}' band, sometimes tinged 

 ■with black, runs along the side of the head and body; back and 

 belly with scarcely any colour. 



Pharyngeal teeth 4 . 1—1 . 3. 



Holston River, Virginia. 

 a-c. Three inches long. From Mr. Cope's Collection. 



34. BTJNGIA. 



Bimgia, Keyserling, Zeitschr. yes. Ntrwiss. xvii. p. 18. 



Scales of moderate size, lateral line complete. Dorsal fin short, 

 without spine, commencing in advance of the ventrals ; anal fin very 

 short. Mouth anterior, lips thin ; barbels two. Pharyngeal teeth 

 slightly hooked, conical, 5-5. Intestinal tract as long as the body. 



Persia. 



1. Bungia nigrescens. 

 Keyserling, I. c. taf. 8. 



D. 10. A. 8. V.8. L. lat. 41. L.transv. 6/?. 

 The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, 

 which is a little less than one-fourth of the total (without caudal). 

 The eye is one-Jifth of the length of the head, and occupies its middle. 

 Cleft of the moiith oblique, the lower jaw being sliglitly the shorter ; 

 barbels longer than the eye. Origin of the dorsal fin nearer to the 

 end of tlie snout than to the root of the caudal, which is emai'ginate. 

 Tliere are four longitudinal series of scales between the lateral line 

 and the root of the ventral. Coloration uniform ; dorsal and caudal 

 rays with blackish dots. (Kei/s.) 



River Heri-Rud, near Herat. Five inches long. 



35. PIMEPHALES*. 



Pimephales t, {R(if-) Ayass. Sill. Juurti. ISo-'J, xix. p. 220. 



Scales of moderate size ; lateral Zute present, but incomplete. Dorsal 

 Jin sliort,with a short, feeble spinous ray iw/ron?, commencing above the 

 ventrals ; anal fin short. Mouth anterior, narrow ; intcrmaxillaries 

 protractile ; the labial fold of the lower jaw is developed on the sides 

 only, not extending across the symphysis ; barbels none ; edge of 

 the jaws not sharp, covered (in males?) with a deciduous horny 

 cover. Gill-rakers short ; pseudobranchia;. The attachment of the 

 gill-membrane to the isthmus takes place opposite to the angle of the 

 pi'ajoperculum. Pharyngeal teeth compressed 4—4 ; the upper and 

 lower short caudal rays united by a broadish interradial membrane. 

 Intestinal tract with but a few convolutions. 



United States. 



* 1. Pimephales agassizii, Cope, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phitad. xiii. p. 394. — 



Indiana, 

 t Corrujated from rimdocephabis\ See Ayass. I.e. 



