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This is a beautiful fish, about an inch and a half in length, 

 which I have found in the ponds and ditches of the north-east 

 parts of Bengal. It is of rather a deep form, and more protu- 

 berant above than below. 



The head is rather large, oval, and without tendrils. The 

 mouth descends obliquely from the extremity of the head, and 

 is small. There are no lips. The eyes are large and high. 



The slope of the back, from the fin to the head, is rounded 

 on the edge. The lateral line is straight. The scales, in pro- 

 portion, are very large. 



The bach fin slopes behind, and contains ten rays, of which 

 the first is short, and closely united to the second, which is 

 simple ; the others are branched. The pectoral fins are low, 

 and shorter than the head, each having about eight rays. Each 

 of the ventral fins has nine rays ; and the anal, which slopes 

 behind, has seven, of which the first two are undivided and 

 closely united, the first being short : the others are branched. 



VI. Division. — Cyprinus danio. 



Fishes of the genus Cyprinus, without any resemblance to 

 other genera, of a small size, and marked with longitudinal 

 lines, without remarkable spots. 



Several species of this division, especially such as have the 

 strongest resemblance to the Minnow, ( Cyprinus phoxinus,) are, 

 by the Bengalese, called Dhani, or some variation of that name, 

 with different additions ; and it is on this account that the name 

 Danio has been adopted. In an economical view, the fishes of 

 this division are of still less value than the preceding, as they 

 are equally insipid and smaller ; nor does their number any 

 where compensate for these defects. 



57th Species. — Cyprinus dangila. 

 A Cyprinus of the Danio kind, with blue stripes on the sides, 



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