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INDIAN CYPRINIDA;. 



sions of every group are characterised by definite peculiarities of form, struc- 

 ture, and economy ; which, under diversified modifications are uniform 

 throughout the animal kingdom, and are therefore to be regarded as the 

 frimary types of nature^ I shall now merely copy from the work referred 

 to, one of the tabular views of the parallel relations of well known groups of 

 Mammalia and birds, adding in the first column what appears from my 

 analysis of Indian Cyprinidce to be equivalent groups, and thus shew at once 

 how far this family of fishes is calculated to exemplify the great leading 

 principles of analogy discovered by Mr. Macleay. 



Fam. of 

 Cyprinidce. 



PiEONOMrNiE, 



Sarcoborin^, 



Platycaka 



P^CILIAN^, 



Analogical Characters. 



Typical. 



f Pre-eminent in their 

 j powers of prehension, 

 ■I and in general organi- 

 I zation — claws, spines, j 

 [ or nails not acute. . . J 



Sub-typical. 



f Rapacious, feeding^! 

 j upon live animals — j 

 ] claws, or other organs ( 

 [of torture acute. . . J 



Aberrant. 



Natato7'ial. 

 f Head or rostrum flat 

 and large, anterior ex- 

 and J tremities more de- 

 veloped in proportion j 

 than the posterior — j 

 habits carnivorous. . . J 



Order a of the 

 Mammalia. 



Orders of 

 Birds. 



Tribes of 

 Insessores. 



QuauruaianjE, . .Insessores Conirostbes. 



Fer^ Raptores. .. .Dentirostres- 



CeTACEA NatA tores FiSSIROSTRES. 



PsiLORIiyNCHUS, 



Suctorial. 



f Size diminutive, upper 1 

 j jaw, mandible, or [ 

 1 snoutprolonged,— run, f 

 [fly, or swim very fast. J 



Glires. . , Grallatores...Tjenuibostres. 



Rasorial. 

 fHead ornamented 

 I either with horns or 

 CoBiTiN^ii, . . { soft appendages — ha- 

 I bits granivorous or 

 [herbivorous. 



Ungulata Rasores Scansores. 



