204 CYPltlNID^. 



2. Cyprinion kais. 



C}-prinion kais, Heckel, in Ru<se(j(jei-' s Reisen, i. p. 106G, taf. 7. fig. 2. 

 — — c^-pris, Ileckel, I. c. p. 10G7, taf. 7. tig. 3. 



D. 4 13-14. A. 8-9. Y. 8. L. lat. 42. L. transv. ^. 



The height of the body is one-thii-d or somewhat less than one- 

 third of the total length ('without caudal). The origin of the dorsal 

 fin is opposite to that of the ventrals ; osseous dorsal ray of moderate 

 strength and length. There are three longitudinal series of scales 

 between the lateral line and the root of the ventral. Coloration 

 uniform. 



Eiver Tigris ; Aleppo. 



3. Cyprinion tenuiradius. 



Seckel, I. c. ii. 3. p. 2(31. 

 D. 4/13. A. 9. y. 8. L. lat. 35-36, L. transv. 8/?. 

 The height of the body is one-fifth of the total length (with the 

 caudal). Osseous dorsal ray slender. There are three longitudinal 

 series of scales between the lateral line and the root of the ventral. 

 Coloration uniform. {Heck.) 



Rivers Arases and Kara-Agatsch. 



52. SEMIPLOTUS. 



Semiplotus, Bleek. Atl. Ichthyol. Cypr. p. 25. 



Scales large, lateral line running along the middle of the tail. 

 Dorsal fin -with a strong smooth osseous ray and numerous branched 

 rays ; anal fin with more than five branched rays. Snout thick, 

 rather prominent ; " the intermaxillary is fixed to the maxillary 

 bones, and these last to the nasal and suborbital plates, so as to 

 admit of no independent motion in the upper jaw." ilargin of the 

 lower jaw thickened, without fi'ee lip. Mouth large, semicircular, 

 inferior. Barbels none. Pharyngeal teeth ? 



Assam. 



1. Semiplotos m'clellandii. 



The Sundaree or Seutoree of the Assamese. 



Cj-prinus semiplotus, M'Clell. Ltd. Cypr. pp. 274, 346, pi. 37. fig. 2. 



Semiplotus m'clellandii, Bleeker, I. c. (name only). 



D. 27-28. A. 9. L. lat. 30. L. transv. 6/5. 



A series of pores across the snout. The osseous dorsal ray is 

 smooth, strong, its stift' portion being three-foiu'ths of the length of 

 the head, which is two-ninths or one-fifth of the total (without 

 caudal). Coloration uniform. 



Assam. 



a. Skin in bad state. Presented by T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



