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17. Genus AMBLYPHARYNGODON, Bleeker. 

 Syn. Mola, Heckel and Blyth ; Bracliyyramma, Day. 



Pseudobranchiae present. Abdomen rounded. Head somewhat 

 compressed; integuments over snout thin; upper lip absent ; only 

 a short labial fold on the side of the mandible. Mouth rather 

 wide, antero -lateral, with the lower jaw prominent. No barbels. 

 Gill-rakers short or absent. Eyes in the middle of the depth of 

 the head, and without any adipose membrane. Pharyngeal teeth 

 molariform, with the crowns flat or concave, 3, 2, 1/1, 2, 3. 

 Dorsal fin short, without osseous ray, and extending to nearly or 

 quite above the commencement of the anal ; ventral in advance of 

 the dorsal. Scales small. Lateral line incomplete. 



Geographical Distribution. From Sind throughout the plains of 

 India, Ceylon, and Burma. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



D. 9-10, L. 1. 55-65. 9 or 10 rows of scales 



between lateral line and base of ventral 



fin. Height of body 3| in the total length 1. A. atkinsonii, p. 290. 

 D. 9, L. I. 05-75. 9 or 10 rows of scales 



between lateral line and base of ventral 



fin. Height of body 4 to 4| in the total 



length 2. A. mola, p. 291. 



D. 9, L. 1. 55-00. Five rows of scales between 



lateral line and base of ventral fin. Height 



of body 4f to 5 in the total length 3. A. microlejns, p. 91. 



D. 9-10, L. 1. 50-57. Four rows of scales 



between lateral line and base of ventral tin. 



Height of body 5 to 5^ in the total length. 4. A. melettinus, p. 292. 



334. (1.) Amfclypharyngodon atkinsonii. 



Mola atkinsonii, Blyth, J. A. S. II. xxix, 1860, p. 164. 

 Amblypharyngodon atkinsonii, Day, Fish. India, p. 555, pi. cxxxiv, 



fig.4(seesynon.). 

 Nga-pan-ma, Burmese. 



B. iii. D. 9-10 (2-3/7). P. 15. V. 9. A. 8 (2/6). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 55-65. L. tr. 14/12. 



Length of head 4 to 4|, height of body 3j in the total length. 

 Eyes in the front half of the head, 4 to 4| diameters in the length 

 of the head, 1 diameter from end of snout, and 1^ apart. Abdo- 

 minal and dorsal profiles about equally convex. Fins dorsal two 

 thirds as high as the body, its upper edge concave, it commences 

 slightly behind the origin of the ventral. Anal arising on the vertical 

 just posterior to the end of the dorsal. Lateral line ceases after 

 19 scales; there are 9 or 10 rows between it and the base of the 

 ventral fin. Colour silvery, with a golden gloss about the head. 



Hob. Throughout Burma ; attaining at least 6 inches in length. 



