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2. AsPIDOPARIA JAYA. 



Cyprinus jaya, Ham. Buch., Fish. Ganges, pp. 333, 392 ; *Cuv. and Val., xvi, 

 p. 439. 



Leuciscus margarodes, McClell., Ind. Cyp. pp. 294, 411. 

 Aspidoparia jaya, # Giintker, Cafcal. vii, p. 286. 



Chola, Assam ; Pahruah, Hind. (N. W. P.). 



B. III. D. 2/10, P. 15, V. 8, A. 2/8, C. 21, L. 1. 58, L. tr. 7/10. 

 Length, of head nearly 1/5, of caudal 1/5, height of body 1/5 



of the total length. 



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

 snout, \\ diameters apart. 



Mouth generic, considerably overhung by the snout. Both the 

 preorbital and second suborbital bones touch the upper lip ; scarce- 

 ly above half the cheek is covered by the suborbital ring of bones. 



Fins. Dorsal commences nearer to the snout than to the base of 

 the caudal, and above the ventral. Caudal lobes of equal length. 



Scales — deciduous. 



Lateral line — curving at its termination on to the lower half of 

 the caudal fin. 



Colour — silvery, back darkest. 



Bab. Hurdwar on the Ganges and Assam. Perilampus elingulatus, 

 McClelland, is probably this species, it is said to have come from 

 Simla? and to have D. 9, A. 10, L. 1. 46. 



C. Dorsal fin commencing in the interspace between the ventral? and 

 anal, generally extending, to over the latter, ivhich is of moderate length 

 or elongated (7 to 33 branched rays). 



Genus— Eohtee, Sykes. PI. xxiii, f. 7. 



Osteohrama, Heckel. 

 ? Smiliogaster, Bleeker. 



Abdomen rounded. Pseudobranchice present. Mouth anterior, lips 

 thin. Barbels absent. Pharyngeal teeth, 6 or 5 or 4, 4 or 3, 2 or 3/ 

 3 or 2, 3 or 4, 4 or 5 or 6. Dorsal fin short, having an osseous serrated 

 spine, and commencing opposite the interspace behveen the bases of the 



