1839.] Indian Cyprinidce. 669 



Variet. Cyp. lata, Buch. P. G. p. 383. 



Upper lobe of the caudal longer than the lower, with an ill defined trans- 

 verse bar, ventrals smaller than the pectorals. D.12: P. 17 : V.9 : A. 8 : 

 C.19. 



Hab. Rivers and ponds in Bengal, where it attains a foot in length. 



Spec. G. limnophilus,* J. M. t. 55. f. 3. 



Scales in parallel rows, thirty-six in each row, and twelve across the body. 

 D.10: P.19: V.9: A.7 : C.19. 



Hab. Ponds in Bengal. Length 12| inches. 

 " In the remaining species the scales are as usual in oblique rows. 



Spec. Cyp. pangusia,~Buch. t. 42. f.l. (3f 



Snout fleshy, porous, and prominent, forty-one scales along the lateral 

 line, and fifteen across the body ; lips fimbriated. D.14 : P. 18 : V.9 : A.7 • 

 C.19. 

 Hab. Bengal, where it attains a span in length. 



Spec. Cyp. ariza, Buch. Jour. Mys. 111. t. 31. 



Snout and under lip smooth, twelve rays in the dorsal ; in other respects 

 it resembles the last. 



Spec. G. ricnorhynchus, J. M. t. 55. f. 1. 



Snout thick and wrinkled, forty-three scales along the lateral line, and 

 ten across the body from the base of the ventrals to the dorsum. D.12; 

 P.17. V.9: A.7: C.19. 



Hab. Northern parts of Bengal, here it was found by Mr. Hodgson. 



Spec G. malacostomus,% J. M. 



C. falcata, Gray Hardw. Illust. t. — ?§ 

 Nepara of the Assamese. 



Snout thick, fleshy, and perforated with numerous large mucous pores, 

 margins of the lips double and fimbriated. D.12 : P. 16 : V. 9 : A. 8 : C.19. 

 Hab. Rapids in Upper Assam. Length from six to twelve inches. Mr. 

 Griffith's Coll. 



« V. Gen — GONORHYNCHUS. 



" Char. Mouth situated under the head, which is long and covered 

 with thick integuments, body long and sub-cylindrical, snout per- 

 forated by numerous mucous pores, dorsal and anal short, opposite, and 

 without spines. The intestine and stomach form a continuous tube 

 about eight lengths of the body. 



* From Aiavrj a swamp or lake, and (biXoq to love or frequent. 



f Its form is not so slender as represented in the figure. Buchanan also gives seven- 

 teen rays to each pectoral, and eight to the anal. 



% From fiiaXaKOQ soft, and aTOfxa the mouth. 



§ This plate is not numbered in Hardwicke's Illustrations, nor is it included in the 

 list of plates prefixed to the volume. 



