328 gangetic fishes. Order V. 



longest, and ending in a sharpish point, while the upper ends 

 in a notch. The eyes are high, convex, and rather large, with 

 circular pupils. The gill-covers are rounded, and consist of two 

 bony plates, which do not entirely conceal the membranes. 



The back, from the fin to the nose, forms a regular slight 

 curve. The lateral line is straight and above the middle. The 

 vent is behind the middle. The scales adhere slightly, are large, 

 and are dotted and marked with lines diverging from the 

 centre. 



The fin of the back is rather behind the middle, slopes back- 

 ward, and contains nine rays, of which the first is short, and 

 with the second is undivided, the others being branched. The 

 pectoral fins are low, shorter than the head, and sharp above, 

 each having thirteen rays. The ventral fins are small, and each 

 has nine rays, of which the first is undivided. The anal fin is 

 under the middle of the tail, slopes backward, and contains seven 

 rays, of which the first is short, and, like the second, is undivid- 

 ed, the remainder being branched, and the last divided to the 

 root. The fin of the tail is divided into two equal lobes, and 

 contains nineteen distinct rays, besides several short compact- 

 ed ones. 



64th Species. — Cyprinus anjana. 



A Cyprinus of the Danio kind, with two dotted longitudinal 

 stripes on each side ; with the form somewhat compressed ; 

 with no tendrils ; and with nine rays in the dorsal fin, and seven 

 in the anal. 



The Anjana (Angjana) I found in the ponds of the Puraniya 

 district. It is a small fish, very like the Daniconius, and is of 

 an oblong form, and thick make. The colour of the upper 

 parts is green, and of the lower silver. The upper dotted 

 stripe runs straight along the middle of the side, and is edged 



