Perilampus. INDIAN CYPRINIDA. 397 
VITI.—PERILAMPUS RETICULATUS, J. M. 
t. 45. f. 1. B 
Cyp. dangila, Buch. 
Four cirri; length of the head to that of the body as one to three, ex- 
clusive of the head and caudal; depth of the body to the length, as two 
to five. The sides are ornamented with reticulated narrow blue stripes, below 
silvery, above olive green, dorsal opposite to the commencement of the anal. 
The fin rays are, 
IDLIUS 6 RMA 9 Way QUI? 8 (CE 
The caudal fin is almost entire. I have only seen a single specimen of 
this fish in Calcutta; according to Buchanan it inhabits rocky streams south 
of Monghyr, and is said to attain about the size of the finger. 
IX.—PerRiILampus striatus, J. M. 
t. 46. f.1. 8 
Cyprinus rerio, Buch. 
A. very beautiful little species, found by Buchanan in the Kosi river on 
the northern boundary of Bengal, but which is also very common in the 
Sunderbuns, where it seldom attains above an inch in length. 
It has four setaceous cirri, two very long and two short, in front of 
the nostrils. ‘The sides are marked with eight or nine alternate stripes of 
blue and silver; several distinct blue stripes on the caudal and anal fins ; 
colour above olive, below silvery. The dorsal fin is placed opposite to the 
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