326 INDIAN CYPRINIDA. Peonomine. 
VII.—Cyprinus morata, Buch. 
Op! Cit? PIS ISS. 91,'P233i. “Hardwe Ilusty Pls eens. 
The head is equal in length to the altitude of the body, and to a fourth 
of the entire length, including the caudal fin; the lips are pendulous, the 
hinder one fimbriated on the edge ; the fin rays are, 
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This fish was found by Buchanan in the fresh water ponds of Bengal, 
where it reaches the size of a small herring. All the preceding species were 
placed by Buchanan with his true Cyprins, forming the fourth division into 
which he separated the family, and this species, which is ranked with his se- 
venth division, is also here placed with the Cirrhins, from its general accordance 
with them in form; but there is one peculiarity which it possesses in com- 
mon with the two following species, and which has been overlooked in both 
figures that have been published, namely, the transverse tendency of the 
colours descending in the form of faint bars from the back across the sides, 
very beautifully shewn in Buchanan’s original drawing, though not mentioned 
in his description. This, together with their having a black spot at the end 
of the tail, induced me to describe the three species in question under a 
separate division in the outline of the family, for until we are acquainted 
with their habits, and the structure of their stomach and intestines, we have 
no means of deciding as to the genus to which they may belong. 
VIII.—Cyrrinus DERo, Buch. 
Op. Cit. P. 29, f. 78, P. 278. 
Cyp. dhenro, id. Coll. Dhengro of the fishermen. 
This species seldom exceeds four inches in length ; its markings are similar 
to those of the last ; it has only two cirri, and the fin rays are, 
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