Cyprinus. gangetic fishes. 275 



each side ; with ten rays in the fin of the back ; and with eleven 

 in that behind the vent. 



I found the Bola (Bhola) in the Brahmaputra. It grows to 

 four or five inches in length, and is little valued. It informed 

 like the head of a lance. The golden coloured line on each side 

 passes between the green and silver parts. The longest diame- 

 ters of the spots are vertical, so that they resemble imperfect 

 bars. The fins are yellowish. 



The head is small and sharp. The mouth is very large, extend- 

 ing in a straight line farther back than the eyes. The jaws do 

 not protrude in opening, and the under one is sharp-pointed 

 and the shortest. The nostrils are very near the eyes, which are 

 of a moderate size. The gill-covers are shining, and conceal 

 part of their membranes. 



Thje scales are minute. There is only one lateral line on each 

 side. 



Each pectoral fin contains about sixteen rays. The ventral 

 fins do not reach the vent. The first ray of the fin behind the 

 vent is short, and with the second is undivided : the others are 

 branched. The under lobe of the tail fin is the longest, and the 

 fin contains in all nineteen distinct rays, besides short com- 

 pacted ones. 



18th Species. — Cyprinus goha. 



A Cyprinus of the Barilius kind, devoid of tendrils, with 

 many diffuse scattered spots on the sides ; with ten rays in the 

 fin of the back ; and with thirteen in that behind the vent. 



I have found this fish in the Kosi, Yamuna, and Son rivers, 

 where it is called a Trout by the English. It grows to about 

 the size of a herring, and is a fine flavoured delicate fish, some- 

 what resembling in taste the Smelt of Europe. In other re- 

 spects it has the closest resemblance to the Bola just now de- 



