360 R Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinidce. [No. 4, 



Hab. Rivers on and around the Neilgherry Hills, attaining 8 

 inches in length. 



4. Rasbora Buchanant. 



Cyprinus rasbora, Ham. Buch., pp. 329, 391, pi. 2, f. 90 ; *Cuv. and Val., xvi, 

 p. 438. 



Leuciscus rasbora, McClell., Ind. Cyp. pp. 292, 407 ; Cantor, Catal. p. 268 ; 

 Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv, Beng. and Hind. p. 140. 



Leuciscus presbyter, Cuv. and Val., xvii, p. 307. 



Easbora Buchanani, Bleeker, Prod. Cyp. p. 451, and Atl. Ich. Cyp. p. 125, 

 pi. 14, f. 3 ; Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 196. 



Leuciscus xanthogramme et microcephalics, Jerdon, M. J. L. and S. 1849, p. 321. 



B. III. D. 2/7, P. 15, V. 9, A. 2/5, C. 19, L. 1. 26—29. 



Length of head 1/5, of caudal 1/5, height of dorsal 1/6 of the 

 total length. 



Eyes. Diameter 2/7 of length of head, 1 diameter from end of 

 snout, and rather more apart. 



Posterior extremity of maxilla extends to under the anterior 

 margin of the orbit. Prominences on jaws well developed. 



Pins. Dorsal commences slightly nearer snout than base of 

 caudal. 



Lateral line — ceases about 2 scales anterior to the base of the 

 caudal. 



Colours, — silvery, a faint streak along the side, caudal usually 

 tipped with black. 



Hah. Continent of India, Assam, Burma and Pinang ; attaining 

 4 or 5 inches in length. 



Genus — Aspidoparia (Heckel) Bleeker. PL xxiii, f. 4. 



Morara, Bleeker. 



Abdomen rounded. Mouth small, inferior, the lower, jaw having a 

 sharp crescentic edge destitute of lip. Barbels absent. Suborbital ring of 

 bones of moderate width or broad. Pharyngeal teeth, 4, 4, 2/2, 4, 4. 

 Dorsal fin without osseous and with rather few branched rays, commen- 

 cing opposite to or behind the origin of the ventrals, but not extending to 

 above the anal, which latter has a moderate number (10 to 12) of rays. 

 Scales of moderate size. Lateral line concave, and passing along the 

 lower half of the base of the caudal fin. 



