INDIAN CYPRINIDZ. 293 
Spec. Cyp. mola, Buch. P. G. t. 38. f. 92. 
A lead-coloured streak along the lateral line, scales small 
and easily detached, depth equal to a third of the length. 
Wr Ps V9: ALT C19; 
Has. Ganges and Bramaputra. 
Spec. L. pellucidus, J. M. 
A lead-coloured streak along the lateral line, depth equal 
to a fourth of the entire length. D.8: P.16: V.9: A.6: C.19. 
Has. Ganges and Bramaputra. 
In others the anal contains as many and even more rays than the dorsal, 
but they are short ; in these the mouth is horizontal. 
Spec. Cyp. apiatus, Jaquem. Voy dans l’Inde. t. 15. f. 3. 
Spec. L. branchiatus, J. M. t. 42. f. 5. 
Seapulary and branchial plates present a broad silvery sur- 
face behind the opercula, forty-four scales along the lateral line, 
and ten in an oblique row from the base of the ventrals to the 
dorsum. D.8: P.14: V.9: A.10: C.18. 
Has. Assam and the northern parts of Bengal.* 
Spec. Cyp. chedra, Buch. Hardw. lust. t. 87. f. 3. 
Scapulary plates exposed, caudal extremity of the body re- 
curved. The fin rays are, D.10: P.14: V.9: A.11: C.18. 
Has. Northern parts of Bengal. 
* A variety of this species has a row of black dots crossing the rays of the dorsal, which with 
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each ventral has nine rays. 
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