328 CYPRINIDJi. 



equal length ; barbels none. Dorsal flu short, iv'ith a strong serrated 

 spine, placed above the interspace between ventral and anal ; anal 

 fin long, many-raj-ed ; caudal fin forked ; pectorals rather short. 

 Pharyngeal teeth in a triple series, compressed, with crenulated edge. 

 Bengal. 



1. Smiliogaster belangerii. 



Leuciscus belangeri, Cuv. S,- Vul. xvii. p. 90. 

 Smiliogaster belangeri, Bleek. I. c. (name only). 



D. 10. A. 21. L. lat. 75. L. transv. 45. 



The height of the body is contained twice and two-thirds in the 

 entire length, the length of the head five times. Eye of moderate 

 size. The third (longest) dorsal spine is two-thirds as high as the 

 body. Pharyngeal teeth 4.2. 2—2 .2.4. ( Val.) 



Bengal. 



90. CULTER*. 



Ciilter, sp., Basileicsky, Nouv. Mhn. Sac. Nat. Mosc, x. 1855, p. 236. 

 Culter, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Cypr. p. 33. 



Body oblong, much compressed, the entire or the postventral ab- 

 dominal edge being trenchant. Scales of moderate or small size ; 

 lateral line without conspicuous cm-vature. Mouth directed upwards ; 

 barbels none. Dorsal fin short, ivith a strong smooth spine, placed 

 above the interspace between ventral and anal ; anal fin long, many- 

 rayed ; caudal fin forked ; pectorals elongate. Gill-oi)enings very 

 wide ; gill-rakers long, setiform. PseudobranchiaB present. Pha- 

 ryngeal teeth in a triple series, slender, hooked. Intestinal tract 

 short. Air-bladder tripartite. 



China. 



1. Culter recui'viceps. 



Leuciscus recurviceps, RichanU. Ichth. Chin. p. 295 (1845). 

 Culter albiunus, Busileicsky, I. c. tab. 8. fig. 3 (1855). 



erythropterus, Kjier, Kovara, Fische, p. 3(30, taf. 14. fig. 4 (not 



Basil.) . 



D. 2/7. A. 28. L. lat. 70. 

 The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is con- 

 tained four times and one-fourth in the total length (without caudal). 

 Abdominal edge trenchant from behind the ventrals, flattened be- 

 tween the ventrals and pectorals. Nape of the neck convex. The 



* 1. Culter erythropterus, Basilewshy, Nouv. Mem. Soc. Nat. Mosc. x. 1855, 

 p. 236, tab. 8. fig. 1. — Eivers near Pekin. 



Bleeker (Ned. Tydsclir. Dierk. ii. p. 27) believes he has identified the Culter 

 erythropterus in a badly pre.served example with completely fiat abdomen. As 

 Basilewsky distinguishes the first three species of liis genus Culter ( C. alburnus., 

 erythropterus, and monyolicus) by "abdomine carinato,'' and the remainder by 

 " abdomine non compresso," it is evident that Dr. Bleeker is mistaken in his 

 determination, and that the example examined by him may belong to one of the 

 other species. The fact is that all these fishes are extremely similar in appear- 

 ance and organization, and that they cannot be scattered over various groups as 

 is done in Bleeker's System of Cyprinoids. 



2. Culter mongolicus, Basilewsky, I. c. p. 237. — Mongolia. 



