Cyprinus. Gangetic fishes. 329 



above with gold : the under is parallel to the belly, and is in- 

 terrupted. The fins are yellow, with dark dots. The eyes are 

 silver 



The head is narrower and more compressed than the body, 

 and it is flat above, and blunt. The mouth is of a moderate 

 size, and descends backward. The jaws are flattened, without 

 lips, and protrude in opening, the under one being rather the 

 longest, and ending in a sharp point, while the upper one ends 

 in a notch. The eyes are high, and of moderate size, and have 

 circular pupils. The gill-covers are somewhat angular, and ex- 

 pose part of their membranes. 



The edge of the back is rounded, and slopes suddenly at the 

 nape. The lateral line is low, and runs parallel to the belly. 

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

 but slightly, and are both dotted and marked with diverging 

 lines. Above each ventral fin is a scale-like appendant. 



The dorsal fin, situated behind the middle, has nine rays, of 

 which the first is short, and, with the second, is undivided, the 

 others being branched, and the last divided to the root. The 

 pectoral fins are shorter than the head, and each has about thir- 

 teen rays. The ventral fins are small, and each has nine rays. 

 The anal fin slopes backward, and has seven rays like those of 

 the dorsal. The tail fin is divided into two lobes, and contains 

 about nineteen distinct rays, besides some short compacted 

 ones. 



65th Species. — Cyprinus rasbora. Plate II. Fig 90. 

 A Cyprinus of the Danio kind, with one slightly dotted lon- 

 gitudinal stripe on each side ; without tendrils ; with the form 

 slightly compressed ; with nine rays in the fin of the back, and 

 eight in that behind the vent ; and with the lateral line bent 

 parallel to the belly. 



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