384 INDIAN CYPRINIDS. Sarcoborine. 
VII.—Cyprinus concHontvs, Buch. 
t. 44. f. 8. 6. 
Konchon pungti of the fishermen. 
One black spot near the middle of the tail as in S. pyrropterus, but the 
body is shorter and deeper; colour greenish above, and silvery below; fins 
pale; second ray of the dorsal spinous and serrated behind. The fin rays are, 
D.10: P.10: V.9: A.8 :C.19. 
In the waters of Behar, Buchanan observes, the fins are blackish in this species, 
and still farther west in a stagnant river full of weeds it had the belly stained 
with black, while the dorsal and caudal were yellow, tipt with black. 
VIII.—Cyrrinus cHoua, Buch. 
to GOmt. dae 
Chola pungti of the fishermen. 
Depth equal to half the length ; arch of the back rising abruptly from the 
nape to the base of the dorsal; two very small cirri; third ray of the dorsal 
spinous, but smooth-edged ; scales large, twenty-six in a line along each side, 
and nine in an oblique line from the base of the ventrals to the dorsum. The 
fin rays are, 
DAT? P.15:3V.0: Ae C19: 
Ventrals bright red, pectorals, anal, and opercula stained red, and an indistinct 
blackish spot on the tail ; above olive green, below silvery. 
The alimentary canal is very small, and about twice the length of the 
body. 
Casting a net into a pond in Middle Assam, not presenting any remark- 
able appearance of containing fish, about 120 were brought up at a single 
draught; of these forty were S. pyrropterus, thirty Cyprinus chola, fifteen, 
