Gobio. INDIAN CYPRINID&. — BY7f 
below ; dorsal and ventrals are opposite. The lobes of the caudal are equal in 
length. The fin rays are, 
Dsiisor ae 16s5V-9: Ac? or.8: C.19: 
There are thirty-nine scales along the lateral line, and thirteen from the base 
of the ventrals to the dorsum. 
The liver is situated in the anterior part of the abdomen, immediately 
behind the diaphragm as usual, in conjunction with the stomach; the 
alimentary canal and stomach form a long and narrow tube, equal to eight or 
nine lengths of the body. The usual size which this species attains is from 
four to twelve inches in length, it is found in all the fresh waters through- 
out Bengal and Assam. 
VI.—Gosi1o tsurus,* J. M. 
This species bears so striking a resemblance to the figure Buchanan has 
given of Cyprinus ariza, that I have thought it unnecessary to attempt a bet- 
ter representation of it, although there is no reason to suppose it to be the 
Cyprinus ariza which Buchanan has described ; on the contrary, it appears to 
me to be quite distinct from that species, in which the snout is rough, soft, 
and perforated by numerous mucous pores, while in this it is smooth, hard, 
and without pores. It corresponds with G. Zimnophilus in the number of its 
scales, but in that species there is a distinct tube passing along the middle of 
every scale on the body, as well as on that row which forms the lateral line, 
and to which such tubulated scales are usually confined; so that Godio 
- limnophilus has as many lateral lines as there are rows of scales on the sides, 
while in this species the tubulated scales are confined to the lateral line alone. 
The length of the head is equal to two-thirds of the depth of the body, and 
a fourth of its length; the scales are large, and disposed in rows, of which there 
* See Buchanan’s figure of Cyprinus ariza, Journ. Mysore, vol. iii. t. 31. 
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