284 F. Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinidce. [No. 3, 



Eyes. Diameter 1/3 of length of head : 1 1 diameters from end 

 of snout : 1£ diameters apart. 



A small tubercle above symphysis of the lower jaw. 



Teeth pharyngeal, — 4, 4, 3/3, 4, 4, the crowns somewhat resem- 

 bling the inferior surface of a grain of wheat. 



Fins. Dorsal commences above the ventral and slightly nearer 

 the snout than the base of the caudal, which latter is forked and 

 its lower lobe the longest. 



Scales. Seventeen rows between the lateral line and the base 

 of the ventral fin. 



Colours. Silvery, head purplish. 



Hob. Godavery and Kistna rivers, where it attains above a 

 foot in length ; it also breeds in tanks. 



B. Lateral line incomplete. {Amblypharyngodon.') 

 2. Mola (Amblypharyngodon) Buchanani. 



Cyprinus mola, Ham. Buch., pp. 334, 392, pi. 38, f. 92 •* Cuv. and Val., xvi, 

 p. 440. 



Leuciscus mola, McClelland, Ind. Cypr., pp. 293, 407 ; Bleeker, Verh. Bat. 

 Gen., Beng. en Hind., p. 140. 



Leuciscus pellucidus, McClelland, 1. c. pp. 293, 408. 



Mola Buchomani, Blyth, J. A. S. of Beng. 1860, p. 164. 



Leuciscus microlepis, Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen., xxv, Beng. en Hind. p. 141. 



BTiodeus macrocephalus ? Jerdon, M. J. L. &. S. 1849, p. 324. 



Amblypharyngodon mola, Bleeker, Prod. Cyp. p. 409 ; Giinther, Catal. vii, 

 p. 202. 



Amblypharyngodon microlepis, Bleeker, 1. c. p. 409. 



Amblypharyngodon pellucidus, pt. Giinther, 1. c. p. 202. 



Talla-maya, Tel. : Morara, Ooriah : Moah, Assam : Mukni, Punj. : 

 Nga-beli-byoo and JVga-zen-zap, Burmese. 



B. III. D. 2/8, P, 15, V. 9, A. 2/5, C. 19, L. 1, 55-75, 

 L. tr. 25/28. 



Length of head from 1/4 to 2/9 : height of body from 1/4 to 1/5 

 of the total length ; but the relative proportions vary much in 

 different localities. 



Pins. The origin of the dorsal arises in a line with the inner 

 ventral ray. 



Scales. The numbers are subject to a wide variation. 



