254 INDIAN CYPRINID&. 
sions of every group are characterised by definite peculiarities of form, struc- 
ture, and economy; which, under diversified modifications are uniform 
throughout the animal kingdom, and are therefore to be regarded as the 
primary types of nature.” 1 shall now merely copy from the 
work referred 
to, one of the tabular views of the parallel relations of well known groups of 
Mammalia and birds, adding in the first column what appears from my 
analysis of Indian Cyprinide to be equivalent groups, and thus shew at once 
how far this family of fishes is calculated to exemplify the 
principles of analogy discovered by Mr. Macleay. 
Fam. of 
Cyprinide. 
; : a Orders of the Orders of 
Analogical Characters. Maina. Bizgs 
Typical. 
Pre-eminent in their 
powers of prehension, 
PxONOMINE, ~.~ and in general organi- ;- QuUADRUMAN,. . INSESSORES. « 
zation—claws, ae 
Lor nails not acute. 
Sub-typical. 
Rapacious, _ feeding | 
upon live animals— ( F 
claws, or other organs 
of torture acute. | 
SARCOBORIN®, ENA fot henansteteh siete RAPToORES.. 
Aberrant. 
Natatorial. 
| Bee or rostrum flat 
and large, anterior ex- 
Puiarycara andJjtremities more de- 
Pa&cILiane, ... } veloped in proportion 
than the posterior— 
habits carnivorous. . . J 
CETACEA....... NATATORES.. 
Suctorial. 
(ee gee upper 
jaw, mandible, al 
snoutprolonged,--run, 
fly, or swim very aut 
PsILORHYNCHUS, 
Rasorial. 
(Head ornamented 
| either with horns a 
CoBITIN«, -- 4 soft appendages—ha- UneuvaTa......RASORES..... 
| bits granivorous or] 
herbivorous. S60 
great leading 
Tribes of 
Insessores. 
.. CONIROSTRES, 
. -DENTIROSTRES. 
...-FISSIROSTRES. 
. . 
Guinrseee sees GRALLATORES... TENUIROSTRES. 
.. -SCANSORES. 
