202 CTPRINIDiE. 



Snout with the integuments very thin ; there is no upper lip, and 

 the lower jaw has a short labial fold on the sides only. Mouth 

 anterior, somewhat directed upwards, with the lower jaw promi- 

 nent. Barbels none. Gill-rakers extremely short ; pseudobranchise. 

 Pharyngeal teeth molar-like, with tlieir crowns concave, 3.2. 1 — 

 1.2.3. Intestinal tract narrow, with numerous convolutions. 

 East-Indian continent. 



1. Amblypharyngodon mola. 



Cyprinus mola, Ham. Buck. Fish. Gang. pp. 334, 392, tab. 38. fig. 92. 

 Leuciscus mola, 3I'CMl. Lid. Ci/pr. pp. 293, 407; Bleek. Verh. Bat. 



Gen. XXV. Bern/. 6)- Hinchst. p. 140. 

 P Rhodeus macrocephalus, Jerdon, Madr. Jonrn. Lit. Sf Sc. xv. 1849, 



p. 324. 

 AmblypharjTigodon mola, BleeJc. Prodr. Cypr. p. 409. 



D. 10. A. 7. L. lat. 65. L. transv. 26-28. 



The height of the body is one-third, or rather less than one-third, 

 of the total length (without caudal), the length of the head two- 

 sevenths. The origin of the dorsal fin is iu the vertical from the base 

 of the inner ventral ray. A silvery band along the middle of the side. 



Bengal and Assam. 

 a-h. Adult. Ganges. Presented by G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. 



c. Half-grown. River Hooghly. Erom Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



d, e,f-fi, li-i. Adult and half-grown. Bengal. 



h-l. Half-grown. Cachar. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Playfair. 



2. Amblypharyngodon peUucidus. 



Leuciscus pellucidus, M'Clell. Ind. Cypr. p. 293. 



microlepis, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv. Beng. Sf Hind. p. 141. 



AmblypharjTigodou microlepis, Bleeh. Frodr. Cypr. p. 409. 

 Mola atkinsonii, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxix. 1861, p. 104. 



D. 10. A. 7. L. lat. 55. L. transv. ca 24. 

 The height of the body is contained four times in the total length 

 (without caudal), the length of the head thrice and one-thu'd. The 

 origin of the dorsal fin is in the vertical from the base of the inner 

 ventral ray. A sUvery band along the middle of the side. 



Bengal, Assam, and Tennasserim. 

 a. One of the typical specimens of L. microlepis. River Hooghly. 

 Erom Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



3. Amblypharyngodon melettinus. 



Leuciscus melettiuus, Cuv. S)- Val. xvii. p. 304, pi. 501 (lateral line 



incorrect). 

 Rhodeus iudicus, Jerdon, 3Iadr. Journ. Lit. ^- Sc. xv. 1849, p. 324. 

 Brachygramma jerdofaii, L)ay, Proc. Zool. Soc. 186-5, p. 304. 

 Ambh-phai-jTigodon jerdouii, Day, Fish. Malabar, p. 217, pi. 17. fig. 1 



(coloration not good). 



D. 10. A. 7. L. lat. 50-57. L. transv. 10/9. 

 The height of the body is two-sevenths or one-fourth of the total 



