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larger than the inner ones. Fins dorsal higher than long, with a 

 concave superior margin ; it arises midway between the posterior 

 margin of the orbit and the base of the caudal ; pectoral as long as 

 the head. Scales 2| to 3 rows between lateral line and base of 

 ventral fin ; 20 rows before base of dorsal fin. Colour back light 

 brown, divided from the silvery side by a burnished streak. 



Hob. Sind, Punjab, Continent of India (except the Western 

 coast, and localities south of the Kistna river), also Assam and 

 Burma ; attaining at least 7 inches in length. 



414. (2.) Aspidoparia jaya. 



Cyprinus jaya, Ham. Such. Fish. Ganges, pp. 333, 392. 

 Aspidoparia jaya, Day, Fish. India, p. 585, pi. cxlv. fig. 9 (see 



Chola, Assam ; Pahruah, Hind. (N.W. Prov.). 



B. iii. D. 9 (2/7). P. 15. V. 8. A. 9 (2/7). C. 21. 

 L. 1. 52-60. L. tr. 7/10. 



Length of head 5? to 5|, height of body 5 in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 3| in length of head, | to 1 diameter from end of 

 snout, 1| diameters apart. Mouth considerably overhung by the 

 snout. Both the preorbital and first suborbital bones touch the 

 upper lip ; only about half the cheek is covered by the suborbital 

 ring of bones. Teeth pharyngeal, 4, 3/3, 4, the outer row 

 plough-shaped and compressed, the inner consisting of very minute 

 teeth. Fins dorsal commences midway between the snout and 

 the base of the caudal, and opposite the insertion of the ventral. 

 Scales deciduous. Lateral line curving at its termination on to 

 the lower half of the caudal fin ; 4| rows of scales between it and 

 the base of the ventral fin. Colour silvery, back darkest. 



Hob. Hardwar on the Ganges and Assam. 



23. Genus ROHTEE, Sykes. 



Syn. Osteobrama, Heckel ; Smiliogaster, Bleeker. 



Abdomen rounded. Pseudobranchise present. Mouth anterior, 

 lips thin. Barbels present or absent, sometimes quite rudimentary. 

 Pharyugeal teeth, 6 or 5 or 4, 4 or 3, 2 or 3/3 or 2, 3 or 4, 4 or 5 

 or 6. Dorsal fin short, having an osseous serrated spine, and 

 commencing opposite the interspace between the bases of the ven- 

 tral and anal fins, the latter of which has many rays. Scales 

 small. Lateral line passing nearly to the centre of the base of the 

 caudal fin. Gill-rakers short. 



Geographical Distribution. India generally and Burma. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



A. With four barbels. 



I). 11, A. 14, L. L 44 1. R. bakcri, p. 340. 



\).}2, A. 20, L. 1. 5!) 2. R. neilli, p. 340. 



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