250 gangetic fishes. Order V. 



surface, and terminating forward in a point. The back and 

 belly are nearly equally prominent. The tail, towards the end. 

 is narrow, and bent down. There is no lateral line. 



The back fin extends from above the ventral fins to the com- 

 mencement of that behind the vent, and slopes backward with 

 a concave edge. Its three first rays are undivided, and the first 

 is very short ; the others are branched. The pectoral fins are 

 low, shorter than the head, and sharp above: each contains 

 thirteen rays. The ventral fins are much smaller than the pec- 

 torals, each having eight rays, of which the first and last are un- 

 divided, and the others branched. The fin behind the vent 

 slopes backward, and ends in a point. The two first of its rays 

 are undivided, and the others branched. The fin of the tail is 

 divided, beyond the middle, into two equal sharp lobes, and 

 contains nineteen distinct rays, besides some short compacted 

 ones at each side. 



7th Species. — Clupanodon cagius. 



A Clupanodon with fifteen rays in the back fin, and twenty- 

 three in that behind the vent ; with some black spots disposed 

 in a row on each shoulder ; and with the ridge of the back 

 sharp. 



This fish very much resembles the Chanpole, but grows to 

 twice the size, being usually about a span in length. I found 

 it in the rivers and ponds of Northern Behar. It is shaped like 

 the head of a broad lance ; and in colour it is above green, and 

 below white, with an indeterminate number of black round 

 spots in a row upon each shoulder. The eyes are silver. 



The head is oval, moderate sized, and rather blunt. The 

 mouth is horizontal. The jaws are nearly of equal length ; the 

 upper one has a notch at the end, and the under terminates in 

 a point, and is veiled by a dotted membrane. The bones of 



