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serrated, opposite to the space between ventrals and anal. Anal fin 

 many-rayed. Mouth anterior, with thin lips, the lower not extend- 

 ing across the sjinphysis of the mandibles. Barbels none. Gill- 

 rakers very short ; pseudobranchia) ; air-bladder bipartite. PharjTi- 

 geal teeth 6 or 5 . 4 . 3 or 2 — 3 or 2 . 4 . 6 or 5. Intestinal tract 

 with but a few convolutions. 

 East- In din 11 continoiit. 



1. Osteobrama cotio. 



Cypriniis cotio, Ham. Buck. Fish. Gang. p. o:lJ), pi. .30. fig. ',).3. 

 Abramis cotis, M' Clcll. Itul. Ci/pr. pp. iSH, 388. 

 Osteobrama cotis, Hcckii, in Husscf/yer's Rcison, i. p. 1033 (name only). 

 Rohtee vigorsii, Si/kes, Trans. Zuol. Soc. ii. p. 304, tab. 03. fig 4. 



D. 11. A. 20-32. L. lat; 70. L. transv. 17/21. 



The osseous dorsal ray is serrated. The height of the body is 

 contained twice and two-thirds in the total length (without caudal), 

 the length of the head four times and one-fifth. Profile of the nape 

 concave. The diameter of the eye equals the length of the snout, and 

 is contained thrice and two-thirds in that of the head. Jaws even 

 in front, the lower slightly projecting when the mouth is opened. 

 The pectoral extends beyond the root of the veptral. 



Bengal ; Dekkan. 



a. Adult: skin. 



6. Half- grown. River Godaveri. From the Collection of • Messrs. 

 von Schlagintweit. 



2. Osteobrama rapax. 

 D. 11. A. 25. V. 10. L. lat. 75. L. transv. 18/21. 



The osseous dorsal ray is deeply serrated, strong, and shorter than 

 the head. The height of the body is contained thrice in the total 

 length (\vithout caudal), the length of the head thrice and four-fifths. 

 Profile of the nape slightly concave. Eye rather large, as long as 

 the snout, two- sevenths of the length of the head, and wider 

 than the interorbital space. Lower jaw projecting beyond the 

 upper ; the maxiUary reaches nearly the vertical from the front 

 margin of the orbit. Praeorbital as deep as long, suborbitals very 

 narrow. The origin of the dorsal fin is more distant from the end of 

 the snout than from the root of the caudal, and behinc" the base of the 

 ventral ; its last rays are opposite to the anterior of the anal fin. 

 The pectoral reaches beyond the root of the ventral Caudal fin 

 deeply forked. Lateral line straight ; there are about twelve longi- 

 tudinal series of scales between the lateral line and the root of the 

 ventral. Uniform silvery. 



Northern parts of the Indian peninsula. 



a-h. Five inches long. Presented by Licut.-Col. Playfair. 



f. Seven inches long : stuffed. Presented by Lieut. -Col. Playfair. 



