INDIAN CYPRINID^. 



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I. Gen.— CIRRHINUS. 



Char. Lower jaw composed of two short limbs loosely attached together 

 in front, where instead of a prominent apex, there is a depression ; lips soft and 

 fleshy with four cirri,* dorsal without spinous rays. 



Obs. This genus would seem to be represented in America by the Catas- 

 tomi of Leseur, and in Europe by Cyprinus proprius, Cuv. In India it 

 affords several of the most favourite, abundant, and wholesome species. 



Spec. C. macronotus, J. M. t. 41. f. 1. 



Length of the head to that of the body as one to four ; 

 forty-one scales along the lateral line, and thirteen in an oblique 

 line from the base of the ventrals to the dorsum. D.23 : P.] 6 : 

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



Hab. Assam and North-eastern parts of Bengal, where it 

 attains from two to three feet in length. 



Spec. C. 7iandina, Buch. P. G.f t. 8. f. 84. 



Length of the head to that of the body as one to three ; 

 forty-four scales along the lateral line, and twelve in an obliqvie 

 line from the base of the ventrals to the dorsum. D.26 : P.16 : 

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



Hab. Bengal and Assam. 



Spec. C. calhasn, Buch. P. G. t. 2. f. 33. 



Length of the head to that of tlie body as one to four and 

 a half ; forty -two scales along the lateral line, and fourteen in an 



' I am not sure as to cirri forming any very valuable character of a natural genus. The lengtli 

 of the dorsal fin certainly does not ; in the first species it is as long as in the Carp, 

 t P. G. These initials refer to Buchanan's work on Gangetic Fislies. 



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