Cirrhinus. INDIAN CYPRINID#. 325 
V.—CyPprinus Gontius, Buch. 
Op. Cit. Pl. 4, f. 82. Gonz of the fishermen. 
Snout very muscular and perforated with pores, scales minute, intestines 
larger than in the preceding species, and loaded with a green vegetable pulpy 
matter. The fins large, their rays are, 
DSi P17 2 Vi9s Az: C10. 
Buchanan observes that this species is very tenacious of life and strong, 
attaining a foot and a half in length, though it is little valued as food. 
Above it is of dark green colour, and the sides are marked with longitudinal 
dotted lines presenting an analogy to the Perilamps. 
VI.—Cyprinus NANCAR, Buch. 
Op. Cit. 299. 
This species I have not met with, nor is there a drawing of it in Bucha- 
nan’s collection; there can be no doubt, however, from the description given 
in the Pisc. Gang. that it belongs to the Cirrhins; the mouth is small, sur- 
rounded by thick crenated lips, the snout projects slightly in front of the 
mouth, the head is fleshy so as to conceal the bones of the operculum, which 
perhaps induced Buchanan to suppose the sub-operculum to be wanting, or 
that each operculum is formed of a single bony plate; in other respects it 
bears a resemblance to C. rohita, but the important peculiarity of the oper- 
culum and thick covering of the opercular plates, evince perhaps a closer 
affinity to Catastomus dyocheilus. The fin rays are, 
D.20: P.18: V.9: A.8: C.20. 
