426 INDIAN CYPRINIDE. Apalopterine. 
the former therefore close the circle of the family by their union with 
the Cirrhins. Having thus pointed out the leading divisions of the Apa- 
lopterine, 1 shall now proceed to notice our Indian examples of its com- 
ponent parts in detail. 
Of the Peciliane we have only in India the 
SuB-GEN.—APLOCHEILUS, J. M. 
This sub-genus has the head flat and broad, with the eyes placed on its 
edges, the mouth directed upwards, and a single row of large teeth inserted 
along the edges of the lips, which are not protractile as in Pecilia propria, 
Schn. They have five rays in the branchial membrane, the fins thin and 
transparent, and the caudal entire. A short dorsal is placed near the extremity 
of the tail and opposite to a long anal ; the ventrals are very small, and the 
intestine and stomach form together a small tube, scarcely longer than the 
body. Two species are found in the ponds in Calcutta, and were first point- 
ed out to me by my friend Mr. Griffith, in vessels of water in which he kept 
Conferve for botanical purposes. 
I.—APLOCHEILUS CHRYSOSTIGMUS, J. M. 
t. 42. f. 2. 
Little more than an inch in length, with a bright gold-like spot on 
the occiput, and another in front of the dorsal; about twenty-eight scales 
along the lateral line, and nine rows between the ventrals and dorsum ; caudal 
entire, and lanceolate behind. The fin rays are, 
Die: eS ts) Vie AA C18: 
The stomach is large, and with the intestine forms a short conical canal about 
two-thirds of the length of the body. 
