1873.] ' FISHES OF BENGAL.' 745 



It is the most common fish in the southern portions of the district, 

 and grows to 2 feet in length " (Ronggopur list). "101. The 95th 

 fish of the Ronggopur list, the Reba of the banks of the Kosi, and 

 the Raikhari of the Mahananda. This fish seems to suffer consider- 

 able alterations in colour from the nature of the water in which it 

 lives. In marshes and small channels overgrown with weeds its back 

 is green with a gloss of gold ; while in clear water the whole is 

 white and shines like silver " (Puraniya list). "60. The Bangjhi 

 rewa is a Cyprinus approaching to a Mugil, and is the Bhanggon of 

 the Ronggopur list, ijJo. 95 " (Bhagalpur list). 



Cyprinus ariza, Ham. Buch. 



Cyprinus acra, Ham. Buch. 



" 96. The Akhra of the Korotoya is called Khoskibata at Calcutta, 

 and simply Khoski in the central rivers of Dinajpur, No. 63. In 

 my account of Mysore I have given a drawing of it under its Karnata 

 name Ariza. It is the Kindu of the Tamuls " (Ronggopur list). 



Cyprinus chagunio, Ham. Buch. 



Cyprinus knnta, MS. Ham. Buch. 

 Barbus beavani, Giinther. 



As far as concerns this fish, I have briefly to observe I captured 

 specimens of what I had no doubt corresponded with Buchanan's 

 C. chagunio in Orissa — that it equally agreed with Barbus beavani, 

 Giinther — that in the Calcutta Museum I found specimens labelled 

 0. chagunio of this species — that on investigating Buchanan's MS. 

 drawing I found a copy of one of his originals representing it, and 

 labelled C. chagunio, besides which it had portions of another name 

 on it, as observed by Dr. Giinther, viz. C. kunta. 



The drawing which I found* thus labelled, Dr. Giinther observes, 

 "represents Barbus beavani," "that it is Cyprinus kunta," that "it 

 is equally certain that it is not intended for the fish described as 

 Cyprinus chagunio." Thus we both agree that B. beavani and C. 

 kunta, labelled C. chagunio, are one and the same species. 



In the Puraniya list we find "112. Gdrhdn, R. 110." If we 

 turn to the Ronggopur list referred to, we find " 110. The Ba- 

 ranggi of the Tista is in some places called kunta. It has a great 

 affinity with the Curmuca, which is described in my account of 

 Mysore, and with the following f, being about the same size and 

 having nearly the same proportions and qualities." In the ' Fishes of 

 the Ganges,' p. 294, we find the C. curmuca and C. chagunio placed 

 next each other, and with the following remark : — " This and the 

 following species have a great resemblance to the Cyprinus cirrhosus 



* Dr. Giinther, before entering upon the question of what Buchanan's draw- 

 ing is, corrects me on a matter of fact respecting the length of the barbels. My 

 remark on such had reference to his description, " barbels subequal in length, 

 rather longer than the eye." 



f C. sarana. 



