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caudal fin of 20 rays, in two divisions; dorsal fin on the centre of the back, of 10 
strong rays. General form of the fish salmon-like : scales large, silvery : gills without 
bony rays : length about a foot ; height nearly 4 inches. Bones somewhat numerous, 
of several prongs at each end, easily separating from the flesh: flesh remarkably sweet 
and firm. The Fulungee, which bears the same name as the fish closely allied to the 
Cyprinus Bacaila, would be referred to Dr. Hamilton’s third subgenus of Cyprinus 
“* Bangana,” but it is not to be identified with any of the species, although in outline it 
has a close resemblance to the figure of Cyprinus Mrigala, and has other general points 
of resemblance. In 86 species described by Dr. Hamilton, only one, like the Fulungee, 
has an anal fin with 6 rays (C. Puntio), but the resemblance ceases here ; nor does the 
Fulungee belong to the sub-genus Puntio. 
Cuonprostoma Boeeur. 
A Chondrostoma, without tendrils or tubercles on the nose; with 12 rays in the dorsal, 15 in the pectoral, 
and 8 in the anal fin ; body of an elongated form. 
Pectoral fins small, of 15 rays, sharp, situated low; ventral fins of 9 rays, small, 
situated on a perpendicular let fall from the centre of the dorsal fin ; anal fin of 8 rays, 
including the first two undivided rays, first ray short ; caudal fin of 19 rays, in 2 lobes, 
lobes sharp ; dorsal fin of 11 rays, besides one short ray in front of the longest, two first 
rays osseous and undivided. Fish elongated; from 7 to 11 inches long; 13ths to 2 
inches high. Scales hexagonal, silvery, reflecting gold and purple, each with a mar- 
ginal line of very minute dots. Lateral line in the centre, straight : arches of the back 
and belly very low, that of the back somewhat more convex than that of the belly: 
eyes large, high up ; trides broad, silvery: nostrils double, seated near the eyes. Fish 
very bony: flesh dry, somewhat insipid. 
This fish has much the aspect of the Cyprinus Orfus ; possibly it is a little less deep. 
The Boggut belongs to Dr. Hamilton’s third division, or sub-genus ‘ Bangana’ of the 
Carp family, but differs, in having 2 rays less in the pectoral fins, from the Cyprinus Cata, 
and in the scales having strie. The Boggut has much the aspect also of the Cyprinus 
boga of Dr. Hamilton’s drawings. In some parts of the country it is called ‘ Kolees.’ 
Cuonpvrostoma Muttya. 
Tab. LXII. Fig. 3. 
A Chondrostoma, with a short obtuse head, without tubercles or tendrils; sub-cylindrical body, with 11 
rays in the dorsal, 14 to 16 in the pectoral, and 8 in the anal fins. 
Fish sub-cylindrical: head very short, obtuse; upper lip projecting far over the 
mouth ; mouth small ; a red process or protuberance on the snout, between the nostrils ; 
a reddish transverse process on the upper lip. Dorsal fin situate a little before the 
centre of the fish, of 11 rays, including the first double ray, its edge concave ; pectoral 
fins ef 16 rays, situated very low, longest rays in the centre; ventral fins of 9 rays, 
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