GILL] NOTEWORTHY EXTRA-EUROPEAN CYPRINIDS ciels 
sichling of Germany (P. cultratus) ; indeed, it differs by little more 
than the course of the lateral line which is moderately and regularly 
decurved and continuous, while in the sichling it is abruptly deflected 
behind the base of the pectoral and thence irregularly continuous and 
parallel with the belly and anal to the caudal. Ten Indian fishes are 
referred to the genus, all being of small size, relatively to the large 
fishes already noticed, that is, nine inches or less. The most im- 
portant of the species is the Chela argentea, distinguishable from its 
fellows by the combination of a moderately long anal fin (with 
seventeen to nineteen rays) and large scales (forty-three to forty- 
five along lateral line). It is an inhabitant of the streams and tanks 
of northern India, and is in many places “a very common fish.” It 
is, according to Thomas, “a delicate fish both to eat and to keep 
alive, so that it requires care to keep them alive, but, once in, they 
will live in any pond, and keep its surface alive with rises. They 
thrive in any still water. In the river they are to be found in the 
still water.” The Chelas generally “are most game fly-takers, 
springing into the air after the fly. They‘want striking very quickly, 
and especially they want the smallest possible fly.” Detailed instruc- 
tions for fishing are given by Thomas. 
AFRICAN CyPRINIDS 
The Cyprinids of tropical and southern Africa are of the same 
general type as those of India and the prominent genera of the 
latter region are also the chief ones of Africa. Thus, Barbus is 
represented by one hundred and thirty-three species, Labeo by thirty- 
two, and Barilius by sixteen, consequently by more than in India 
itself, but by many less than in the Indian realm, which also in- 
cludes Further India and the Indo-Moluccan archipelago. The 
figures here given are those presented by Boulenger in “A List of 
the Freshwater Fishes of Africa” (July, 1905). In this list just two 
hundred species of Cyprinids (including one Cobitid) are attributed 
to Africa and, with the exception of a Phoxinellus and an Alburnus, 
are of or related to warm Asiatic types. Other species, especially 
of barbels, have been added since. 
The genus Barbus as here accepted is a polymorphous group 
which will doubtless be ultimately subdivided into various genera 
and would be now if the classification was brought into harmony 
with American usage as well as that generally applied to the Euro- 
pean species. A prominent African type is that represented by a 
celebrated species, the bynni of modern Egyptians. 
