276 gangetic fishes. Order V. 



scribed ; and I have only in addition to state, that the spots on 

 the sides of the Goha are more numerous, more irregularly 

 scattered, and rounder than those on the Bola. 



19th Species. — Cyprinus tileo. 



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

 many diffuse spots in two rows above each lateral line ; with 

 nine rays in the fin of the back ; and with fourteen in that be- 

 hind the vent. 



The Tileo (Tilei) I found in the Kosi river, where it grows 

 to about a span in length. The form is somewhat like that of 

 the blade of a knife, straightish on the back, prominent below, 

 and flat on the sides. The lower fins are of a yellowish colour, 

 those of the back and tail dotted. 



The head is small and bluntish, with a notch at the end of 

 the nose. The mouth is large, and descends obliquely. The 

 upper Jaw protrudes in opening, and is the longer and broader 

 of the two. There are scarcely any lips. Each nostril has 

 only one opening, near the eye. The eyes are far forward. 

 The gill-covers are shining, and rounded behind. 



The scales are of moderate size, and firmly fixed. The 

 shoulder-blades are naked and shining. Above each ventral 

 and pectoral fin is a scale-like appendant. On each side there 

 is only one lateral line. 



Each pectoral fin contains about fourteen rays. The two in- 

 nermost rays of each ventral fin are closely united. The first 

 ray of the fin behind the vent is very short, and is united to 

 the second and third, which, like it, are undivided j the others 

 are branched. The fin of the tail has in all nineteen distinct 



rays, besides short compacted ones. 



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