IAG INDIAN CYPRINID#. 
species being different from any of those described by Buchanan, and sup- 
posed by him to be the Baditora of the natives, Mr. Gray’s genus is peculiar 
to mountain torrents, the beds of which are usually rocky rather than sandy ; 
for this reason as well as from the fact of the Balitora of Gray forming a 
new type distinguished by a flat head and other remarkable characters, 
I propose for it the generic name Platycara.* Several specimens of this 
genus, corresponding I suspect with the spotted species of Gray, P. maculata, 
Plate 49, fig 2,+ were brought down from Bouton by Mr. Griffith, but they 
were unfortunately in such a decayed state when opened, that we have been 
unable to obtain from them a very full specific description. I have however 
from these specimens been able to satisfy myself on other points connected 
with their structure, and find not merely that they are distinct from the 
Gonorhynchs (Garra, Buch.) in consequence of their short fleshy abdominal 
tube which does not, including the stomach, exceed the length of the body. 
while that of the Gonorhynchs is equal to eight lengths of the body, but 
that their broad and blunt head is more like that of a Sidurus than a 
Cyprinus. Their character is rendered still more remarkable by the great 
breadth and position of the pectorals situated almost beneath the eyes, and 
the fleshy pedicles or arms on which they are placed, are decided analogies 
to natatorial forms. If we compare the characters of the Platycara with 
* From platus broad and kara the head. 
+ From the importance here given to these species as forming a new type, I have trans- 
ferred the two figures from Hardwicke’s Illustrations in which there is no description of them, to 
Plate 49. 
Since the above was written the collectors employed by my friend Mr. Griffith in the 
Kasyah mountains have obtained an additional species, and as their liberal employer has no 
object to serve beyond the interest of science, he has freely permitted me to make use of this or any 
similar object of zoological interest contained in his collections. The species alluded to, P. nasuta, is 
described in Prinsep’s Journal of the Asiatic Society for November, 1838. Pl. 55, f. 2. See also 
Pl. 57, f. 2, of this paper ; in this species the pectoral pedicles are very slightly developed. 
