602 FISHES. 



The genera belonging to this gxoup are Banio, Pteropsarion, 

 Aspidoparia, Barilius, Sola, Scharca, Opsariichthys, Squalio- 

 barbus, and Odietohius : altogether about forty species. 



XI. Hypophthalmichthyina. — Anal Jin elongate. Lateral 

 line running nearly along the median line of the tail. Mouth 

 without barbels. Abdomen not trenchant. No dorsal spine. 

 Pharyngeal teeth in a single series. 



One genus {Hypophthalmichthys) with two species from 

 China. 



XII. Abeamidina. — Anal fin elongate. Abdomen, or part 

 of the abdomen, compressed. 



Abramis.- — Body much compressed, elevated, or oblong. 

 Scales of moderate size. Lateral line present, running in the 

 lower half of the tail. Dorsal fin short, with spine, opposite to 

 the space between ventrals and anals. Lower jaw generally 

 shorter, and rarely longer than the upper. Both jaws with 

 simple lips, the lower labial fold being interrupted at the sym- 

 physis of the mandible. Upper jaw protractile. Gill-rakers 

 rather short ; pseudobranchi^. The attachment of the branchial 

 membrane to the isthmus takes place at some distance behind 

 the vertical from the orbit. Pharyngeal teeth in one or two 



Fig. 275. — The Bream (Abramia brama). 



series, with a notch near the extremity. Belly behind the 

 ventrals compressed into an edge, the scales not extending 

 across it. 



The " Breams " are represented in the temperate parts of 



