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in the dorsal, 12 in the pectoral, and 8 rays in the anal fiu. 



Length about 4 inches, height xVths of an inch. 

 Excellent eating. Found abundantly in the Beema river near 



Pairgaon. 

 Chel. Teekanee, Sykes. A small Chela, with nearly straight 



back ; snout on the continuation of the line of the back ; 



belly arched; with 10 rays in the dorsal, 12 in the pectoral, 



and 14 in the anal fins. Length 2^- inches, height 4 inch. 

 Found in the Beema. 

 Chel. Alkootee, Sykes. An elongated, silver-white, slightly 



compressed, minute Chela, with the dorsal fin of about 8 



rayB, very far back ; ventral of about 7, and anal of about 10 



rays, with burnished silver gill covers and black orbits ; 



rarely more than an inch long, and not much thicker than 



a good- sized crow quill. 

 This very beautiful fish has a sweet flavour. 



Leuciscus, Klein. First division. The dorsal situated a little behind 

 the centre of the back, above the space between the ventral 

 and anal fins. 



Leuc. Morar, Cyprinus Morar, Buchanan Hamilton. A Leu- 

 ciscus allied to Chela, but with the dorsal fin a little behind 

 the centre of the back, with 8 rays in each ventral fin, 1 2 in 

 the anal, and 10 in the dorsal, and with the edge of the 

 belly smooth. Length 4^^ inches ; height ,V- 



Differs slightly from Buchanan Hamilton's L. Morar, 



Leuc. Sandkhol, Sykes. A Leuciscus, with nearly cylindrical 

 body ; dorsal fin of 12 rays, pectoral of 14, and ventral of 10 

 rays; gibbous head; 8 to 10 inches long by I4- to 2 inches 

 high ; eyes with whitish narrow irides. The dorsal in this 

 fish is situated a little hefore the centre of the back. 



Found in the Goreh river at Kullumb. 



Leuc. Chitul, Sykes. A Leuciscus, with 14 rays in the dorsal, 

 14 in the pectoral, and 8 in the anal fins ; of a reddish grey 

 colour, and rounded head. Sub-cylindrical. Length about 5 

 inches, height l-J- inch. 



Found in the Inderanee river near Chakun. 



It being found impracticable to arrange, in any of the sub-genera 

 described, the following fishes of the Carjj family, it is proposed to 

 place them in a new sub-genus, which I will call by the native 

 Mahratta name of Rohtee. 



RoHTEE, nov. genus. 

 Carps with a lozenge-shaped body, rather long dorsal and anal 

 fins, the former seated on the angle of the back, with the 

 first complete ray serrated posteriorly ; scales minute. 



Rohtee Ogilbii, Sykes. A Rohtee, with 12 rays in the dorsal, 



9 in the ventral, and 1 7 in the anal fins ; the body very 



; compressed, and very high, with the back sloping to each 



