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337. (4.) Amblypharyngodon melettina. 



Leuciscus melettina, Cue. # Veil. II. N. Pimn. xvii, p. 804, pi. 501. 

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



fig. 3 (see synon.). 

 Wuniboo, Mai. ; Oolaree, Tarn. ; Kali-Twritfi, Hind. ; Paraya, Can. 



B. iii. D. 9-10 (2-3/7). P. 15. V. 9. A. 7-8 (2-3/5). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 50-57. L. tr. 10/8. 



Length of Lead 5 to 5|, height of body 5 to 5| in the total 

 length. Eyes 4 diameters in the length of the head, 1 diameter 

 from end of snout, and lj apart. Teeth pharyngeal, with rather 

 concave summits. Fins origin of dorsal behind the insertion of 

 the ventral, its upper edge concave ; caudal rather deeply forked. 

 Lateral line extends along 15 to 20 rows of scales, 4 rows 

 between it and the base of the ventral fin. Coloui greenish along 

 the back, becoming silvery on the sides and beneath ; a bright 

 greenish-yellow band divides the colours of the back from a silvery 

 line passing along the side. 



Hub. (Bombay, according to Cuv. and Val.) Malabar coast, and 

 Southern India, from the Nilgiris to Madras, also Ceylon. 



18. Genus MATSYA, gen. nov. 



Syn. Acanthonotus, Tickell, nee Bloch & Schneider. 



Mouth arched, anterior; barbels absent, eyes without adipose 

 lids. Dorsal fin rather short, commencing slightly in front of the 

 root of the ventral, its osseous ray strong, serrated and preceded 



Fig. 102. Matsya arycntea. 



at its base by a small forwardly directed spine; anal short. Scales 

 large, no enlarged row at base of anal fin. Lateral line complete 

 and continued to opposite the centre of the base of the caudal. 



