FISHES OF THE DUKHUN. 353 
Subcylindrical, long, straight, greenish-white, checquered brown, semi-diaphanous. 
Greatest length 7} inches. Very delicate: eyes large, prominent, on the top of the 
head, and approximating ; under jaw longer than upper; head flattish, wider than any 
part of the body : pectoral fins round, of 19 rays ; ventral fins of 6 rays, insertions of 
both adjoining forming a kind of hood ; first dorsal fin of 6 strong rays, rapidly sloping 
from the first ; second dorsal fin with 10 strong rays, nearly equal in length, excepting 
the first ray, which is only half the length of the others ; anal fin in size, situation, and 
number of rays, corresponding to the second dorsal fin, situated far from the tail-fin : 
tail oval, acuminate at the end, of 14 rays, independently of 5 conglomerate rays on 
each external edge. The whole of the rays of the fins, with the exception of those of 
the ventral, are barred with transverse red-brown bars, which in the tail-fin are confined 
to the membrane between the rays. Lateral line not discoverable: scales imbricate. 
Fish not bony, and excellent eating. In an examination of a Kurpah 7} inches long 
(its largest size) I found the ventral fins united at both extremities, and arranged in a 
circle on the thorax. The dorsal fins were distinct, but instead of the first fin consisting 
of 6 rays, it had only 5, and the second dorsal fin had 11 instead of 10 rays. A third 
specimen examined had 7 rays in the first dorsal fin, and 11 in the second. A fourth 
specimen was found exactly the same. I have experienced in other genera of fishes 
that the rays are not rigidly definite in number in different individuals of the same 
species. Found in the Beema river, at Pairgaon. The Mahratta name is ‘ Kurpah.’ 
This fish corresponds very closely in its outline to Dr. Hamilton’s drawing of the 
Gobius giurus, and in its general description ; but, independently of discrepancies in the 
number of the rays of the fins, all the rays of the second dorsal and anal fins of Dr. 
Hamilton’s fish are divided, whereas in the Kurpah they are strong undivided prickles. 
The first dorsal fin also differs in form. The red-brown bars are also wanting in the 
Gobius giwrus, and it has a marked lateral line. This Gobius has also a general resem- 
blance to Nos..51 and 53 of ‘ Russell’s Fishes’ Koku and Bullee Kokah, but the number 
of rays and the markings are not the same. 
Ord. Matacoprerycir ABDOMINALES. 
Fam. Cyprinip&. 
Genus Cyprinus, Linn, 
Cyprinus ABRAMIOIDES. 
Tab. LXI. Fig. 2. 
A Cyprinus, with 20 rays in the dorsal, 8 in the anal, and 18 in the pectoral fins; without tendrils; with 
tuberculated nose ; red-edged fins; and with a red lunule on each scale. 
This is a very large, fleshy, deep fish, somewhat compressed on the sides: the back is 
ridged, and the belly rounded. Scales large, of a silvery flesh-colour, and each marked 
with a red lunule, the edges of all the fins being tinged with bright copper-colour : back 
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