Systomus. INDIAN CYPRINID#&. 387 
anal; a black bar across the tail, and another behind the pellucid abdomen ; 
eyes rather large and elevated. Fin rays, 
DA0%-PA3': V9; A.8': C19. 
Second ray of the dorsal serrated behind. Twenty-five scales along the lateral 
line, and eight in an oblique row from the base of the ventrals to the 
dorsum. It is a beautiful little species very common in the Sunderbuns, and 
is usually found about an inch in length 
XII.—Systomus LEPTosomus, J. M. 
¢. 4A, f. 2038 
Cyp. phutunio, Buch. 
Green above, abdomen silvery, five black transverse streaks on the sides, 
ventrals red, second ray of the dorsal indented behind. Fin rays are, 
DOs 2: V8 3 A807 3 C19; 
This species is still smaller than the last, and very much resembles it ; 
but there are only twenty scales in each row on the sides. It is also found in 
the Sunderbuns where it is caught in creeks, on the return of the tide, by 
means of small baskets, it is then dried in the sun, and though hardly an inch 
in length, affords with Cyp. gelius, Cyp. canius, Perilampus striatus, and other 
equally small species, a considerable supply of food to the poorer classes. 
Where the larger species are so plentiful, these small kinds are only sought 
for from the ease with which they may be preserved without salt. 
XIII.—Cyprinus canius, Buch. 
t. 44. f. 6. B. 
Abdomen, opercula, and lateral line silvery ; several black spots on the 
sides, with a black spot at the base of each of the ventrals, and at that of the 
dorsal and anal fins; rest of the body and fins red, second ray of the dorsal 
serrated behind. 
