352 F. Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinidce. [No. 4, 



Fins. Dorsal osseous ray of moderate strength, its stiff por- 

 tion as long as the head without the snout, its serrature being 

 rather feeble ; the fin commences somewhat in advance of the 

 ventrals, and midway between the end of the snout, and the root 

 of the caudal ; anal narrow but its rays rather long, the scales 

 along its base well developed, the largest being nearly the size of 

 the orbit. 



Colours, — uniform silvery. 



Hab. Afghanistan and Cashmere. Heckel's specimen, by the 

 figure, appears to have had pores on the snout and a shorter anal. 



0. Griffithii, McClelland, 1. c. p. 581, is said to differ but 

 little from the above, its intestines are six times the length of the 

 body, its habitat is Afghanistan, Koonur river, Pushut. 



4. Oreinus Richardsonii. 



Cyptinus Ricliardsonii, Gray and Hard., 111. Ind. Zool. 



Gonorliynchus petrophilus, McClelL, Journal As. Soc. of Bengal, iv, p. 39, 

 c. fig. ; *Cuv. and Val., xvi, p. 466. 



Oreinus maculatus, *Cuv. and Val., xvi, p. 228 ; Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1861, p. 224 



Oreinus Richardsonii, McClell., Ind. Cyp. pp. 273, 345 ; *Cuv. and Val. xvi. p. 

 227 j Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 162. 



Asia, Nipal, 



B. III. D. 3/8, P. 15, Y. 10, A. 3/5, C. 19, L. 1. ca. 140. 



Length of head 1/7, of caudal 2/11, height of body 2/11 of the 

 total length. 



Eyes. Diameter from 2/9 (in young) to 1/6 of length of head, 2 

 diameters from end of snout. 



Interorbital space slightly convex, and broad. Mouth broad, 

 margin of lower lip straight. Barbels small. 



Fins. Osseous dorsal ray strong, its stiff portion being as long 

 as the head without the snout, it commences midway between the 

 end of the snout and the root of the caudal, and slightly in 

 advance of the ventrals. Anal rays long, the scales on the sheath 

 nearly as large as the orbits. 



Colour, — uniform silvery. 



Hob. Nipal specimens 18 inches long exist in the British 

 Museum. 



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