362 LIEUT.-COL. W. H. SYKES ON THE 
8 rays, situated behind the centre of the fish ; anal fin of 1] rays: tail forked, of 18 
rays, besides outer short rays: length about 4 inches ; height, j'5ths of an inch: good 
eating. This fish belongs to Dr. Hamilton’s first sub-genus of Cyprinus, ‘ Chela,’ as far 
as the situation of the back-fin and elongated compressed form is concerned, but it is 
not described by him. Found abundantly in the Beema river, near Pairgaon. 
Curia TEEKANEE. 
A small Chela, with nearly straight back ; snout on the continuation of the line of the back; belly arched ; 
with 10 rays in the dorsal, 12 in the pectoral, and 14 in the anal fins. 
A compressed fish: back very slightly arched: snout nearly in a continuation of the 
same line : body deep: belly convex : dorsal fin situated far back, of 10 rays, large for 
the size of the fish ; pectoral fins of 12 rays ; ventral fins of 9 rays, situated in front of 
a perpendicular let fall from the first dorsal ray ; anal fin of 14 rays: tail forked, of 18 
rays, besides external minute rays. Colour on the back light reddish-brown, softening 
into silver. Length, 2} inches; depth, }ths of aninch. Found in the Beema river, at 
Pairgaon. 
This fish also belongs to Dr. Hamilton’s sub-genus ‘ Chela,’ for the reasons assigned 
with respect to the Jorah ; but it is not described by Dr. Hamilton. 
Cueta ALKOOTEE. 
An elongated, silver-white, slightly compressed, minute Chela, with the dorsal fin of about 8 rays, very 
far back; ventral of about 7, and anal of about 10 rays, with burnished silver gill-covers and black 
orbits. 
Although rarely more than an inch long and not much thicker than a good-sized 
crow-quill, this fish is very beautiful, and is sweet eating. The sides are slightly com- 
pressed : the back and belly rounded : back straight : the gill-covers quite smooth, and of 
a polished silver : pupils black ; a black circle surrounds the eyes, and there is a patch 
of faint yellow on the forehead : all the rest of the fish is of a silver-white colour, and the 
body is semi-diaphanous. The rays are all so delicate that it is only with a microscope 
they can be counted, and then not with absolute certainty. Dorsal fin of about 8 rays, 
situated near to the tail, first ray half as long as the second ; ventral fins a little behind 
the centre of the fish, of about 7 rays; anal fin of about 10 rays, first ray half as short 
as the second, situated on a perpendicular from the dorsal fin ; pectoral fins longer than 
the head, very sharp, situated low, of about 10 rays. Lobes of the tail sharp, lowest 
the longest : lateral line quite straight : scales excessively minute. 
Genus Leuciscus, Klein. 
First division. The dorsal situated a little behind the centre of the back, above the space between the 
ventral and anal fins. 
