202 CYPRINID^. 



Snout with the integuments very thin ; there is no upper lip, and 

 the lower jaw has a short labial fold on the sides only. Mouth 

 anterior, somewhat directed upwards, with the lower jaw promi- 

 nent. Barbels none. Gill-rakers extremely short ; pscudobranchifc. 

 Pliaryngeal teeth molar-hke, with their crowns concave, 3.2. 1 — 

 1.2,3. Intestinal tract narrow, with numerous convolutions, 

 East-Indian continent. 



• 1. Amblypharyngodon mola. 



Cyprinus mola, Ham. Ihich. Fish. Gniig. pp. 334, 392, tab. 38. fig. 92. 

 Leuciscus mola, M'CMl. Ind. Cijpr. pp. 293, 407; Bleek. Vcrh. Hat. 



Gen. XXV. Bou/. ^- Iliiidod. p. 140. 

 ? Ilhodeus macrocepholiis, Jcrdon, Madr. Jotirn. Lit. Sf Sc. xv. 1849, 



p. 324. 

 Amblyphaiyngodon mola, Blcek. Frodr. Cijpr. p. 409. 



D. 10. A. 7. L. lat. G5. L. transv. 26-28. 



The height of the body is one-third, or rather less than one-third, 

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

 sevenths. The origin of the dorsal lin is in the vertical from the base 

 of the inner ventral ray. A silverj* band along the middle of the side. 



Bengal and Assam, 



a-h. Adult. Ganges. Presented by G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. 



c. Half- grown. Eiver Hooghly. From Dr. Blocker's Collection. 



d, e, f~(j, h-i. Adult and half-grown. Bengal, 



Tc-l. Half-grown. Cachar. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Playfair. 



2. Amblypharyngodon pellucidus. 



Leuciscus pellucidus, M'Clell. Lid. Cypr. p. 293. 



microlepis, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv. Bcng. ^- Hind, p. 141. 



Amblyphaiyngodon microlepis, Bleek. Frodr. Cypr. p. 409. 

 Mola atkiusonii, Bhjth, Journ. As. Soc. Bcng. xxix. 1801, p. 104. 



D. 10. A. 7. L. lat. 55. L. transv. ca 24. 

 The height of the body is contained four times in the total length 

 (without caudal), the length of the head thrice and one-third. The 

 origin of the dorsal fin is in the vertical from the base of the inner 

 ventral ray. A silvery band along the middle of the side. 



Bengal, Assam, and Tennasserim. 

 a. One of the typical specimens of L. microlepis. Biver Hooghly. 

 From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



3, Amblypharyngodon melettinus. 



Leuciscus melettinus, Cav. •^ Val. xvii. p. 304, pi. 501 (lateral Hue 



incorrect). 

 Ilhodeus iudicus, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. 8f Sc. xv. 1849, p. 324, 

 Brachygramma jerdonii. Day, Froc. Zool. Soc. 1805, p. 304. 

 Amblypharyngodon jerdouii, I>ay, Fish. Malabar, p. 217, pi. 17. fig. 1 



(coloration not good). 



D. 10. A. 7. L. lat. 50-57. L. transv. 10/9. 

 The height of the body is two -sevenths or one-fourth of the total 



