INDIAN CYPRINID#. 295 
V. Gen.—OPSARIUS,* J. M. 
Cuar. Mouth widely cleft, body slender, and usually marked with 
transverse green streaks or spots, dorsal small without spines, and placed 
behind the middle, anal long, lower margin of the body more arched than 
the upper. 
Ozs. Intestine very short, and extends almost straight from the stomach 
to the vent. 
The first three are silvery white, without bars or spots, and have the 
dorsal opposite to the commencement of the anal and the lower lobe of the 
caudal longer than the upper. 
Spec. O. pholicephalus, J. M. t. 47. f. 2. 
Cyp. gora, Buch. P. G. p. 263. 
Pectorals long, ventrals small, scales extended on the crown 
over the situation of the eyes, dental hook very prominent. D.9: 
elise VES cA Ie 
Has. Assam and Bengal. 
Cyp. bacalia, Buch. P. G. t. 8. f. 76. 
Depth equal to a third of the length of the body, two lateral 
lines on each side. D.9: P.12: V.9: A.16: C.19. 
Has. All parts of India. 
Spec. O. leucerus, J. M. t. 47. f. 3. 
Depth equal to a fourth of the length. Ventrals very 
small” D9e-P.13:V.9: Al4: C.18: 
Has. Bengal and Assam. 
* From ofapwov, pisciculus, a small fish. 
