342 INDIAN CYPRINIDZ. Peonomine. 
B. spilopholis with those of most other Barbels we must consider them as 
small, though they are large compared with those of B. progastus. The whole 
of our Indian Barbels, as well as Cirrhins, will however require much further 
investigation and revision. 
The scales of Cyprinus chagunio, Buch. are spotted at the base, and the 
head is compressed, with round tubercles distributed on its fore part. The fin 
rays are, 
D192 P7310 3A 8 C19: 
Colours above green, below silvery. It was found by Buchanan in the Jumna 
and the northern rivers of Behar and Bengal, and is said to be an excellent 
food. 
tX.—_B; DInicrosus; Me 
t. 39, f. 3. 
General figure short, head blunt, mouth directed obliquely upwards, 
suborbitar plates narrow, thirty-four scales along the lateral line, and eleven 
in an oblique line from the base of the ventrals to the back. Dorsal pre- 
ceeded by a spine finely serrated behind. Fin rays are, 
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Colour bluish grey above, but bluish white beneath, with a diffuse golden 
stain on the operculum. 
The stomach of this species extends the whole length of the abdominal 
cavity, and contracting slightly terminates in an intestine of moderate length, 
which is merely reflected once a short way back upon the stomach and thence 
is extended to the vent. 
The ordinary length of the species is about ten inches. It is found in 
languid streams on sandy bottoms in Upper Assam, and is considered an 
article of luxury froin its fine sweet flavour, wholesome qualities, and probably 
also from its comparative scarcity. It is one of those species that might be 
introduced with advantage, and propagated extensively in fish ponds in Upper 
India. It seems to approach very nearly to the Perilamps, as well from its 
