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Genus. Oeeestus. , 



Capoeta micracanthus, Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 81. 



Tour specimens of this fish " stuffed from 18 to 23 inches long. Puna- 

 ka. From the collection of the East India Company," exist in the British 

 Museum, and are now correctly labelled Oreinus, to which genus they 

 belong. 



Labeo bicnorhtkchtjs. 

 1. c. p. 123, erase " ? Cyprinus musiha, H. B. pp. 333, 392." 



Labeo mtjeta. 

 Cyprinus nuMa, Sykes, Trans. Z. S. ii, p. 325. 



„ auratus, Sykes, 1. c 

 Carassius auratus, Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 32 (not syn.). 



B. Ill, D. 2/9, P. 15, V. 9, A. 2/5, C. 19, L. 1. 38, L. tr. 8/9. 



Length of head nearly 1/5, of caudal 2/9, height of body 2/7 of the 

 total length. Eyes, diameter 1/6 of length of head, 2i diameters from the 

 end of the snout, and slightly nearer the posterior margin of the opercle 

 than to the end of the snout. Head compressed, snout projecting over the 

 mouth and having a deep groove passing from one orbit to the opposite one, 

 thus occasioning the appearance as if there were a blunt compressed knob, 

 between and before the orbits. Mouth transverse. The lips with a distinct 

 inner hold at the angle of the mouth and extending across the outer third of 

 the lower jaw, from which the tip is reflected and rough, but neither are 

 fringed. Some large pores on the snout, forehead and in the rostral 

 groove. Barbels, a fine maxillary pair. Fins, dorsal without any osseus 

 ray, arising midway between the snout and the posterior extremity of 

 the base of the anal fin, its anterior three rays are much elevated and 

 higher than the body, the last besides being divided to its root, being also 

 somewhat prolonged, so the upper margin of the fin is concave. Yentrals 

 arise under the middle of the dorsal and scarcely reach the anal. Pectoral 

 as long as the head. Caudal deeply forked. Lateral line complete to the 

 centre of the base of the caudal, but very badly marked, 4-j rows of scales 

 between it and the base of the ventral fin. Colours silvery with some red 

 marks on some of the scales. 



Sal. — Dakhin (Deccan) ; through the assistance of Colonel Evezard, I 

 obtained two specimens from Puna, 10 and 12 inches respectively in length. 



Genus. Cibbhina. 



ClEBHINA SlNBElSTSIS. 



B. Ill, D. 3/10, P. 15, V. 8, A. 2/5, C. 19. L. 1. 13, L. tr. 8/8. 

 Length of head, of caudal fin, and height of body each 1/5 of the total 

 length. Eyes, situated in the middle of the length of the head, 2 diameters 



