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INDIAN CYPRINIDiE. 



oblique line from the base of the ventrals to the dorsum. D.15 : 



P.17 : V.9, or 10 : A.8 : C.^ 



Variet. Forty-two scales along the lateral line, and fifteen 

 in an oblique line from the base of the ventrals to the dorsum. 



D.16:P.15: V.9: A.SrC.f^- 

 HAB. Bengal and Assam. 



Sj^ec. C. rohita, Buch. P. G. t. 36. f. 85. 



Length of the head to that of the body somewhat less than 

 one to three ; forty-two scales along the lateral line, and twelve 

 in an oblique line from the base of the ventrals to the dorsum. 

 D.15 :P.16: V.9: A.7:C.^^. 



Variet.^' t. 41. f. 2. Forty-three scales along the lateral 

 line, and thirteen in an oblique row from the base of the ven- 

 trals to the dorsum. D.15 : P.16 : V.9 : A.8 : C.20. 



Hab. Bengal and Assam. 



Spec. C. gonius, Buch. P. G. t. 4. f. 82. 



Scales minute ; snout muscular and perforated by numerous 

 mucous pores. D.15 : P.17 : V.9 : A. 7 : C.19. 

 Hab. Bengal and Assam. 



Spec. C. nancar, Buch. P. G. p. 299- 



Sub-operculum rudimentary, and concealed beneath the 

 integuments. D.20 : P.18 : V.9 : A.8 : C.19. 



Hab. North-eastern parts of Bengal. 



* This fish attains a large size in Assam, and is probably the true Ruee of the natives. That 

 which is figured by Buchanan is as far as I have seen a small fish, though the larger kind which 

 I have figured would seem to be the one he has described- This as well as the preceding species 

 present so many varieties, probably the result of artificial means resorted to for their propagation, 

 from their value as an article of food, that it is difficult to define their true characters. 



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