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Ctcnopharyngodon idellus Jordan & Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXV. 1902, 



p. 322. 

 Ctcnopharyngodon idellus Duncker, Mitt. Nat. hist. Museum Hamburg XXI. 



1904, p. 183. 



D. 3.7; A. 3.8; P. 1.20; V. 2.8; L.I. 40 42; L. tr.T. 



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Height about equal to length of head, which is somewhat 

 less than one fourth of the length without caudal. Eye less 

 than 6 to nearly 7 in large specimens, more than twice in 

 snout; interorbital space about equal to half length of head. 

 4 4 ! / 2 series of scales between lateral line and base of ventrals; 

 least height of caudal peduncle surrounded by 16 scales, 7 of 

 which above lateral lines. Ventrals shorter than pectorals, 

 which are longer than head without snout. Caudal deeply 

 incised, equal to or shorter than head. Length 680 mm. [More 

 than 900 mm. according to HERZENSTEIN & WARPACHOWSKl]. 



N o m. i n d i g. : Hwan (Chinese). 



Habitat: Sumatra (Kota radja, in a Chinese fish pond, 

 introduced!). Malacca at Kwala Lumpur, introduced [Duncker], 

 Central Asia, China, Formosa. 



9. Dangila Cuvier & Valenciennes. 

 (CuviER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poissons XVI. 1842, p. 229). 



Oblong, compressed. Snout more or less depressed, obtusely 

 rounded or subtruncate, generally with several series of shallow 

 round pores, frequently carrying horny tubercles, its anterior 



Fig. 52. Dangila f estiva (Heck.). X Va- 



border forming a pendulous fold with an entire border, covering 

 the upper lip, which is pendulous and fringed and continuous 

 with the lower lip. Lower lip connected at the corner of the 

 transverse, inferior mouth with the sharp edge of the mandible, 



