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INDIAN CYPRINID^. 



Spec. O. maculatus, J. M. t. 57- f. 6. Journ. A. S. vii, t. 56. f. 6. 



Mouth situated on the lower surface of the head, small 

 shapeless spots irregularly distributed over the body, but not 

 on the fins, scales minute. D.ll : P.18 : V.IO : A.5 : C.19. 



Hab. Mountain streams at Simla, elevated between 5000 

 and 6000 feet, where it was found by Dr. Macleod. 



Spec. O. progasius* J. M. t. 40. f. 4. 

 Adoee of the Assamese. 



Muzzle fleshy and pointed, lips thick, somewhat pendulous 

 and muscular, abdomen very prominent beneath the pectorals. 

 D.12 : P.13 : V.IO : A.7 : C.19. 



Hab. Rapids in Upper Assam, where it occasionally at- 

 tains 18 inches in length, but its flesh is believed to produce 

 vertigo and other alarming effects on those who use it. 



III. Gen.— CYPRINUS Proprius. 



Char. Body elevated, lower jaw short and rounded in front, lips hard, 

 thick, and without cirri ; dorsal long. Dorsal and anal usually preceded by 

 spinous rays. 



Obs. Only two species of this group have been as yet found in India, and 

 one of these is without the dorsal and anal spinous rays.f 



Spec. C. semiplotus, J. M. t. 37. f. 2. 

 Sentooree of the Assamese. 



Head slightly depressed, with a single row of large mucous 

 pores extending horizontally in front of the snout, back gibbous, 



* [Ipo-yaffTwc, that has a prominent belly. 



+ They have little affinity to each other ; in C. semiplotiis, the head is small and fleshy, so as to 

 conceal the opercular plates, and in C. catla, it is large with naked opercula. 



