294 cypKiNiDJi;. 



a. Five and a half inclies long, Ganges. Presented by Dr. A. Giinther. 

 h-e. Adult, half-grown, and young. Morar Eiver, Gwalior. Pre- 

 sented by Lieut. E. C. Beavan. 

 /i Adult: stuffed. 



Lcuciscus sahnoides, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1858 (1859), 

 p. , from Allahabad, is described as " affined to B. golia, but 

 larger and deeper in the body, with the spots smaller, much more 

 numerous, and more regularly disposed, many of them occiu'ring 

 below the lateral line, and others on the opercula and prseopcrcula; 

 upper lip studded with pores. Lateral line composed of 88 to 90 

 scales ; and oblique series of 26 scales descending from anterior base 

 of dorsal. D. 10. A. 13." 



74. SCHACEA*. 



Opsarius, sp., M'CIell. 



Scales small. Lateral line running immediately below the median 

 line of the tail. Abdomen not compressed into an edge. Dorsal 

 fin short, with less than nine branched rays, ojjposite to the space be- 

 tween ventrals and anal. Anal fin of moderate length, with at least 

 ten rays. Mouth anterior, the upjjer jaw shghtly overlapping the 

 lower. The maxillary reaches to behind the front margin of the 

 orbit. Barbels four. Suborbital ring of moderate width, the third 

 being narrower than the soft naked portion of the cheek. Pharyn- 

 geal teeth 5 . 4 — 4 . 4, uncinate. Gill-rakers none. Pseudobran- 

 chiee. 



East-Indian continent. 



1. Schacra cirrhata. 



Cyprimis shacra, Ham. Buck. FinJi. Gauq. ]). 271. 

 Opsarius cirratus, IL'CMl Ind. Cypr. pp. 29G, 416, pi. 56. fig. 5 (bad 

 copy from liuclmnan's orhjinal drcurinys). 

 D. 9. A. 10. V. 8. L. lat. 72. L. transv. 12/10. 

 The height of the body is a little less than the length of the head, 

 and two-ninths of the total (without caudal). Snout as long as the 

 eye ; the upper barbels are longer than the lower, which are as 

 long as the eye. Humerus produced backwards into a process ex- 

 tending beyond the origin of the pectoral fin. The four outer pec- 

 toral rays are very strong, and connected by a very broad interradial 

 membrane. Also the dorsal and anal rays are rather distant from 

 one another. Origin of the dorsal fin nearer to the caudal than to 

 the end of the snout. The first anal ray is inserted immediately 

 behind the last of the dorsal fin. Caudal fm deeply forked. Silvery, 

 -ndth a series of about thirteen bluish spots along the side of the 

 back. 



Bengal; Assam. 



a. Adult. Ganges. Presented by Dr. A. Glinther. 



* Bleeker mentions a subgenus " Shacra" in his list of Cyprinoids, but not 

 being acquainted with the type, he was unable to indicate one distinctive gene- 

 ric chaructei-. 



