JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY, 



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Part II.— PHYSICAL SCIENCE. 

 No. II— 1871. 



Monograph of Indian Cyprinidte, {Part I,) — 

 by Surgeon Francis Day. 



[With Plate IX.] 



[Received and read 4th January, 1871.] 



Whilst employed investigating the present state of the fresh- 

 water fisheries of India, one of the first subjects which engaged 

 my attention, was the completion, as far as practicable, of detailed 

 descriptions of the fishes inhabiting those localities, appending 

 their native names whenever procurable. 



The following papers are transcripts from those notes which, 

 however, still contain many a gap that will have to be filled in, 

 whilst several of the enumerated species, when rediscovered, will 

 also have to be redescribed. Still it appears desirable to publish 

 them in this incomplete form, in the hope that additional informa- 

 tion may be obtained from others who are interested in the enquiry, 

 so as to render it possible at some future date to complete an illus- 

 trated Manual of the fishes of India. The reason why the Carps 

 have been chosen as the first family is merely, because they are 

 the most important in an economic point of view ; and the cypri- 

 nlnte for the same cause are placed before the homalopterin.e and 



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