INDIAN CYPRINID£. 287 
A variety of this last species with twenty-three scales along 
the lateral line, and ten in an oblique row from the base of 
the ventrals to the dorsum, is common in swamps about the 
neighbourhood of Calcutta. 
Spec. S. leptosomus,* t. 44. f. 2. p 
Cyp. phutunio, Buch. P. G. 319. 
Cyp. phutunipungto, id. Coll. 
Twenty scales along the lateral line and seven across the 
body, a black streak over the pectorals on either side, and another 
over the anal, with an obscure streak in front of, and another 
behind the dorsal. D.10: P.12: V.8: A.7: C.19. 
Has. Bengal, where it attains about 13 inches in length. 
Spec. Cyp. canius, Buch. t. 44. f. 6. 8B P. G. p. 320. 
Cyp. ranipungti, id. Coll. 
Red. Abdomen silvery and diaphinous, base of the fins 
and body marked with dark spots. D.10: P.8: V.9: A.7. 
Has. Bengal. Length about 14 inches. 
Spec. S. malacopterus, t. 44. f. 9. B 
Cyp. cosuatis, Buch. P. G. 338. 
Cyp. coswati, id. C. D. 
Back abruptly arched, no spine in the dorsal, which with 
the ventrals is marked with an irregular black stain. Twenty- 
three scales along the lateral line, and either five or six rows 
from the base of the ventrals to the dorsum. D.10: P.15: 
V.9:A.7:C. 2 
Has. Bengal, and is seldom above two inches in length. 
* From deptos small, and gwua the body. 
