93. CHELA. 333 



and two-ninths or one-fifth of the total (without caudal). Snout a 

 little longer than the eye. Nuchal scales extending foi-wards to 

 above the postorbital bone. Suborbital ring broad, nearly entirely 

 covering the check, the third bone not being narrower than the prffi- 

 orbital. The maxillnr}- extends beyond the front margin of the eye. 

 Lateral line descending towards the abdomen in a slightlj^ oblique 

 direction. The first anal ray is below the middle of the dorsal fin. 

 Pectoral fin long, longer than the head, sometimes extending to or 

 even beyond the origin of the ventral. 



Pharyngeal teeth 5.4. 2 — 2 . 4 oi- 3 . 5, compressed, not serrated, 

 hooked. 



Bengal. 



a. Adult female. India. Presented by G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. 

 h. Half-grown. Ganges. From M'Clelland's Collection. 



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



d. Half-grown. Calcutta. From the Collection of Messrs. von 



Schlagintweit. 

 e-f. Half-grown. Soan River. 



</. Half-grown. Cossye River. Presented by Lieut. R. C. Beavan. 

 h-i. Half-grown. Cachar. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Playfair. 

 /.-. Young. Assam. From the East-India Company. 

 7. Adult. Moulmein. Presented by Lieut. R. C. Beavan. 

 m-o. Half-grown. From the Collection of the East-India Company. 

 p-r. ? Young, in bad state. Manchar* Lake, Sindh. From the 



Collection of Messrs. von Schlagintweit. 



3. Chela clupeoides. 



Cyprinus clupeoides, Block, xii. p. 49, tab. 408. fig. 2. 

 Clupea cyprinoides, Schneider, in Block, Syst. IcktJi. p. 427. 

 Leuciscus clupeoides, Cuv. i^- Vol. xvii. p. .342. 

 dussumieri, Cuv. <§• Val. pi. 508 (see list of plates). 



D. 9. A. 14. V. 9. L. lat. 80. L. transv. 15-16 (13/2|). 



The height of the body is Bomewhat less than the length of the 

 head, which is about two-ninths of the total (without caudal). 

 Snout as long as the eye ; the maxillary extends to below the eye. 

 Suborbital ring narrower than the diameter of the eye. Thorax 

 compressed into a cutting edge, which is supported by the dilated 

 bones of the forearm. The anal fin commences below the middle of 

 dorsal. Pectoral fin longer than the head, not extending on to the 

 ventral. Pharyngeal teeth 5.4.3 — 3.4.5. Gill-rakers of the 

 outer branchial arch short. 



Bloch has described this species from specimens from Tranquebar. 

 Yalenciennes believed at first that he had identified it in examples 

 from Mysore (Cuv. & Yal. x\'ii. p. 342, Leuciscus chipeoides), adding 

 that the number of scales of the lateral line is 70. However, after- 

 wards (in the list of plates), he states that the two fishes are distinct, 

 not assigning any reason which induced him to change his opinion ; 

 accordingly the figure (pi. .50S) is named Leuciscus dussuniien. It 

 much resembles Bloch's Ciiprinvs chipeoides. 



