FISHES OF THE DUKHUN. 355 
Cyprinus Nuxta. 
A Cyprinus, with two tendrils on the under jaw, and with two short horns or bosses on the space between 
the eyes, which, together with the reflected upper lip, are tuberculated ; large scales. 
I have mislaid my notes of the number of rays in the fins of this fish, but it is too 
remarkable, from the character of its head, to be mistaken for any other species of 
Cyprinus ; and as I have drawings of two individuals of the same species, I am enabled 
to give a sufficient description of it. The natives call it ‘ Nukta,’ from the two knobs 
or short horns on the nose, between the eyes. I have met with it but at Mahloongeh, 
18 miles north of Poona: brought from the Inderanee river. Body subcylindrical and 
elongated, but higher at the shoulders than in any other part. Of a rich brown colour, 
softening towards the belly, with a golden reflection, and each scale furnished with a 
carmine lunule. It does not exceed the length of 5 or 6 inches. Head abrupt ; upper 
lip reflected ; chin supplied with two short fleshy feelers ; gill-covers rounded ; the space 
between the eyes furnished with two short horns or bosses, which, together with the 
upper lip, are tuberculated ; eyes circular, high up; irides reddish. Dorsal fin before 
the centre ; ventral a little behind a perpendicular from the last dorsal ray ; pectoral 
fins very low down: tail two-lobed; lobes sharpish. Both Mr. Ritppell and Mr. 
Yarrell, who have done me the favour to look over my fishes, express their belief that 
the present fish is only a monstrosity of C. auratus, but it is worthy of notice, from its 
peculiarities. In the domesticated state we meet with these deviations from nature, 
but where man does not interfere I had thought them rare, and yet in the Dukhun 
I found them so common as to have a specific native name. 
Genus Varicoruinus, Ritppell. 
VaricoruInus Bosree. 
Tab. LXI. Fig. 3. 
A Varicorhinus, with tuberculated nose ; without tendrils ; with 17 rays in the dorsal, and 8 in the anal fin; 
with the form of a tench. 
An erect tench-like fish, attaining a foot in length. Pectoral fins of 16 rays; dorsal 
fin of 17 rays, including the first double dorsal ray ; ventral fins of 9 rays ; anal fin of 8 
rays, including minute rays before the longest ray: tail forked, of 19 rays, exclusive of 
6 outer minute rays: scales rounded, darkish on the back, softening to silvery towards 
the belly, with a gloss of greenish-gold ; and some of the scales on the centre of the 
body have a carmine spot. Length of the fish described, 6 inches; height before the 
dorsal fin, 1;%ths. Head conic; nose tuberculated ; head and gill-covers of a brown 
chestnut colour ; gill-plates rounded ; eyes far back, circular; pupils surrounded by a 
yellow and carmine ring ; nostrils near the lips: ventral fins situated a little behind a 
perpendicular from the first dorsal ray. The lateral line is a little below the centre, 
bent slightly, with the concave side uppermost. Fish full of minute bones, but very 
