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INDIAN CYPRINID,?;. 



Spec. Cyp. saraiitty Buch, P. G. p. 307. 

 Cyp. kanta, id Coll. 

 Cyp. kunamo Muss ? 



Head blunt, oval, and small, with a small bone at either 

 side of the upper lip, green above, below silvery, scales large. 

 D.IO : R16 : V.9 : A.8 : C.19. 



Hab Ponds and rivers in India. Rarely attaining two feet 

 in length. 



Spec. B. spihpliolus,^ J. M. t. 39. f- 4. 



Head much compressed, cheeks and snout perforated with 

 mucous pores, forty-eight scales along the lateral line, and 

 seventeen in an oblique row from the base of the ventrals to the 

 dorsum ; each scale marked with a black spot at the base. 

 D.ll : P.15: V.9 : A.7 : C.%- 



Hab. Northern parts of Bengal. 



Kariet. Cyp. chagunio, Buch. P. G. 



Scales large and spotted at the base, head much compres- 

 sed, with numerous prominent mucous pores on its fore part. 

 D.12: P.17: V.IO: A.8: C.I9. 



Hab. Northern parts of Bengal. 



Spec. B. cMiciosus, J. M. t. 39. f. 3. 



Head short and blunt, thirty-four scales along the lateral 

 line, eleven in an oblique line from the base of the ventrals to 

 the dorsum, with a bright gold coloured spot on each operculum. 

 D.12: P.16: V.9: A.7: C 19. 



Hab. Assam. Ordinary size about 10 inches in length. 



From spilos a spot, and pholis a scale. 



