34 CYl'RINID^. 



4*. Caudal tri- or four-lohed ; dorsal Jin present. 



y, z, a, (3, y-d. Adiilt and half-grown. China. 

 e. Young. Chusan. From Cantor's Collection, 



T). Caudcd tri- or four-lohed \ dorsal fin none ; eijes normal. 



r\, 6-1, K-fj. Adult, half-grown, and young. China. 

 V. Adult. Siam. Presented by Sir E. Schomburgk. 



6. Caudal fin tilobed ; dorsal none ; ei/es very large, protruding. 

 f-o. Adult. Ningpo. From Mr. Fortune's Collection. 



7. CATLA. 



Catla, Ctw. Sf Vul. 



Gibelion, Hcckcl, in Russegf/er's lieiscv, i. p. 1014. 



Scales of moderate size. Dorsal fin without osseous ray, with 

 more than nine branched rays, commencing nearly opposite the 

 ventrals; anal fin short. Snout broad, with the integuments very 

 thin ; there is no upper lip, the lower with a free continuous pos- 

 terior margin. Symphysis of the mandibulary bones loose, without 

 prominent tubercle. Mouth anterior. Barbels none. Lateral line 

 running along the middle of the tail. Gill-rakers very long, fine, 

 and closely set. Pharyngeal teeth 5.3. 2 — 2 .3.5. 



East-Indian continent. 



1. Catla buchanani. 



Cyprinus catla, Ham. Buck. Fish. Gang. pp. 287, 318, 387, pi. 13. 



fig. 81; M'Clell hid. Cypr. pp. 275, 348. 

 Leuciscus catla, Valenc. in Belang. Voy. Ind. Orient, p. 379, pi. 3. 



fig. 2. 

 Catla buchanani, Cuv. 8f Val. xvii. p. 411, pi. 515 ; Bleeh. Vei'h. Bat. 

 Gen. XXV. Beny. ^- Hind. p. 142 ; Hyrtl, Sitzgsbei-, Ak. Wiss. Wien, 

 1864, xlix. p. 161 (structure of pharynx.) 

 D. 17-19. A. 7. L. lat. 40-41. L. transv. 7-8/9. 

 Head very large and broad, its length being equal to the height 

 of the body, which is about one -third of the total (without caudal). 

 Five and a half longitudinal series of scales between the lateral line 

 and the root of the ventral fin. Caudal fin deeply forked. Colora- 

 tion uniform. 

 Bengal, Assam. 



a-f. Stuffed, from 10 to 36 inches long. Bengal. 



g-h. Stuifed, 12 inches long. Ferozepore. From Griffith's col- 

 lection. 



i. Yoimg. River Hooghly. From Dr. Blocker's collection. With- 

 out pharyngeal bones. 



A- Very young. Ganges. Presented by G. R. Waterliouse, Esq. 



I. Pharyngeal bones of a specimen, 9 inches long, from Calcutta. 

 Collected by Messrs. von Schlagintweit. 



