36 CYPEINID^. 



b-h. Stuffed ; from 8 to 24 inches long. India. 



i-Tc. Young. India. Presented by G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. 



I. Young. Indus. From the collection of Messrs. von, Schlagintweit. 



2. Cirrhina leschenaultii. 



? Cyprinus cin-hosus, Bl. xii. p. 52, taf. 411 (bad). 



Dangila leschenaultii, Cuv 4* Val- xvi. p. 235, pi 471 (not good). 



? Cirrhina blochii, Cuv. Sf Val. xvi. p. 290. 



Cirrhinus cuvierii, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. 8f Sc. xv. 1849, p. 304. 



D. 17. A. 8. L. lat. 42. L. transv. 8/9. 



The upper barbels are longer than the lower, and shorter than 

 the eye. Lower lip distinct ; pores on the snout small. The origin 

 of the dorsal fin is much nearer to the end of the snout than to the 

 root of the caudal, and opposite to the tenth scale of the lateral line. 

 There are four and a half longitudinal series of scales between the 

 lateral line and ventral fin. The height of the body is two-sevenths 

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

 ninths. Coloration uniform. 



Peninsula of India. 



a-b. Fourteen inches long. River Cavery. Presented by Capt. 

 MitcheU. 



3. Cirrhina chinensis. 



Closely allied to C. mrigala. 



D. 16. A. 8. L. lat. 38-39. L. transv. 7-8/7|. 



Generally the upper barbels only are present ; they are shorter 

 than the eye ; sometimes rudimental lower barbels. Lower lip dis- 

 tinct ; snout without pores. Operculum twice as high as long. The 

 origin of the dorsal fin is much nearer to the end of the snout than 

 to the root of the caudal, and opposite to the ninth scale of the lateral 

 line. There are four and a half longitudinal series of scales between 

 the lateral line and ventral fin. The height of the body is contained 

 thrice and one-fourth or thrice and one-third in the total length 

 (without caudal), the length of the head five times or five times 

 and a third. Caudal fin very deeply forked, the length of the 

 middle rays being nearly one-fourth of the outer longest. Coloration 

 uniform bright silvery. 



China. 

 a. Seven and a half inches long. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, 



Esq. 

 b-e. Nine and ten inches long. From the Haslar Collection. 



This species would appear to agree well with the C. mrigala of 

 Hamilton Buchanan ; but he intended to describe the Mrigala, a 

 common fish of the Bengal provinces, whilst this species is, at pre- 

 sent, known from China only. Therefore it is more probable that 

 the figure given by Hamilton Buchanan is not quite correct, than that 

 it represents our fish. 



