416 INDIAN CYPRINIDS. Sarcoborine. 
back continuous over the nape to the snout, suborbitar plates all of equal 
breadth, hook or knob on the apex of the lower jaw prominent; dorsal 
opposite to the ventrals. The fin rays are, 
DO: P13 2 Vesa. 
In form this species is not unlike Opsarius leucerus. 
IV.—OpsaRIUS ALBULUS. 
t. 48. f. 10. 
Cyprinus phulo, Buch. Op. Cit. 262. 
Cyprinus phulchela, id. Coll. 
A small species found in the ponds in the north-western parts of 
Bengal; like the last the sides are silvery without spots or bars. The fin 
rays are, 
D.9: P.11: V.8: A.20: C.18. 
Dorsal placed opposite the ventrals. 
V.—OPsARIUS CIRRATUS. 
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Cyprinus shacra, Buch. Op. Cit. 271. 
Head thick, and less compressed than the body. Pectorals low, and 
situated at a considerable distance behind the branchial aperture. Brachial 
plates broad, and a flat space below under the base of the pectoral fins; 
scales very small; suborbitar plates of nearly equal breadth behind as 
below the eyes; rays of the branchial membrane large and strong. Several 
