Cyprinus. gangetic fishes. 3.17 



scarcely reach to the vent, and each has nine rays. The fin be- 

 hind the vent slopes toward the tail, and has eight rays, of which 

 three are undivided, and closely conjoined, the second being 

 longer than the first, and shorter than the third : the others 

 are branched. 



51st Species. — Cyprinus pausio. 



An opaque Cyprinus of the Punlius kind, with one black spot 

 near the end of the tail on each side, and with the second ray 

 of the dorsal fin, and the edge of the under lip, smooth. 



The Pausio (Paungsi) I found in the river Kosi ; and it has 

 such a strong resemblance to the Joalius, that I noted down 

 only the differences, which, besides those mentioned in the spe- 

 cific character, are as follows : 



The head is narrower. The dorsal fin has thirteen rays, of 

 which the last is divided to the root. The fin behind the vent 

 has seven rays, the four last being branched, and the last divid- 

 ed to the root. 



52d Species. — Cyprinus conchomius. 



An opaque Cyprinus of the Puntius kind, with one black spot 

 near the middle of the tail, and with no spots on the dorsal fin, 

 the second ray of which is indented behind. 



I found the Conchonius (Kongchon pungti) in the ponds of the 

 north-east of Bengal, and in the rivers Kosi and Ami, which are 

 far to the west. It probably, therefore, is found in all the 

 northern borders of the Gangetic provinces. 



This is deeper in the form than either the Terio or Ticto, to 

 both of which it has a strong affinity. In Bengal it has clear 

 coloured fins, without spots or dots, and is greenish above, and 

 silver coloured below ; but the specimens which I saw in Behar 

 had blackish fins j and those which I observed farther west, in 



