1871. J F.Day — Monograph of Indian Cgprinida. 361 



Geographical distribution. ' Throughout Bengal, Assam, Bombay 

 and Orissa as far as the Kistna river, and also in Burma. 



Synopsis of species. 



2 3 2 



1. Aspidoparia morar, D. -= — -, A. - — — -, L. 1 38 — 42. India generally, ex- 



cept the western coast and south of Kistna ; Burma anoZ Assam. 



2. „ jaya, B. 2/10, A. 2/8, L. 1. 58. N. W. Provinces and Assam. 



1, Aspidoparia morar. PL xxiii, f. 4. 



Cyprinus morar, Ham. Buch , pp, 264, 384, pi. 31, f. 5 ; Gray and Hard., Ill 

 Ind. Zool. (from H. Buch.) ; *Cuv. and Val., xvi, p. 459. 



Leuciscus morar, McClell., Ind. Gyp., pp. 294-, 410; Sykes, P. Z. Soc. 1841, 

 p. 363 ; Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen., xxv, Beng. and Hind. p. 136 ; *Jerdon, M. 

 J. L. and S., 1849, p. 323. 



Morara morar, Bleeker, Prod. Cyp. p. 115. 



Aspidoparia sardina, Heckel, Buss. Reis. ii, 3, p. 288 ; Giiather, Catal. vii, 

 p. 285. 



Aspidoparia (?) morar, *Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 285. 



Bayi, Ooriah ; Morari and Morar Beng. ; Nga-hpy en-boo and Yen- 

 boung-za, Burmese ; Amlee, Deck. ; Chipjpuah, Chelluah, Hind. 

 (N. W. P.). 



B. III. D. ?=i, P. 15, V. 8, A. ^A^, G. 19, L. 1. 38-42, 



L. tr. 5J/5, Vert. 14/21. 



Length of head 2/9, of caudal 2/9, height of body 1/4 of the 

 total length. 



Eyes. Diameter 1/3 of length of head, 3/4 of a diameter from 

 end of snout and apart. 



The cheek is covered by a broad suborbital ring of bones. 



Pins. Dorsal higher than long, with a concave superior margin ; 

 it arises midway between the posterior margin of the orbit and 

 the base of the caudal ; pectoral as long as the head. 



Lateral line ; — 2\ rows of scales between it and the base of the 

 ventral fin. 



Colours — silvery. 



Sab. Continent of India (except the western coast, and places 

 south of the Kistna river), also Assam and Burma. It attains 6 

 inches or even more in length. In one specimen, captured in 

 Orissa, the anal fin was entirely absent. 



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