CIPRINID.E. CYPEIJttN^:. 337 



anterior margin of orbit. Teeth pharyngeal, curved, sharp, 5, 3, 

 2/2, 3, 5. Fins dorsal commences rather nearer to origin of the 

 ventral than to that of anal in some examples, at an equal distance 

 from both in others. Lateral line descends very gradually for 

 the depth of 2 rows of scales ; 2 rows between it and ventral fin, 

 14 rows in front of dorsal fin. Colour a black band, more or less 

 distinct, passes from the eye to the base of the caudal. Sometimes 

 this band only exists just at its termination and thus forms a 

 spot at the side of the base of the tail ; or in some young specimens 

 a bright silvery band edged above with yellow is seen along the 

 sides. Caudal occasionally with its lobes tipped with grey. 



Hob. Continent of India, Ceylon, Burma, Malay Archipelago, 

 and Zanzibar ; attaining 8 inches in length. Much more common 

 than R. buchanani. 



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412. (3.) Rasbora buchanani. (Fig. 107.) 



Cyprinusrasbora, Ham. Such. Fish. Ganges, pp. 329, 391, pi. 2, fig. 90. 

 Rasbora buchanani, Sleeker, Prod. Gyp. p. 451 ; Day, Fish. India, 

 p. 584, pi. cxlv, fig. 10 (see synou.). 



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

 L. 1. 20-29. L. tr. 41/3. 



Length of head 5, height of body 4 in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 3| in length of head, about 1 diameter from end of 

 snout, and rather more apart. Prominences on jaws well-deve- 

 loped. Fins dorsal commences nearer to the base of the caudal 

 than to the snout. Lateral line concave, 2 rows of scales between 



Fig. 107. Rusbora, buchuitaiti. 



it and the base of the ventral fin ; 12 rows anterior to the base of 

 the dorsal fin. Colour silvery, a faint streak along the sides ; 

 caudal usually tipped with black, especially in Burmese examples. 



Hob. Continent of India, Assam, Burma, and Pinang; in Inbia 

 most common in the valley of the Ganges and along the Coromandel 

 coast. This species attains 4 or 5 inches in length. 



