INDIAN CYPRINID^. 



Spec. Cyp. mrigala, Buch. t. 38. f, 1. P. G. t. 6. f. 7. 



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

 a half, depth of the body about one-fourth of the length, forty- 

 four scales along the lateral line, and fourteen in an oblique line 

 from the base of the ventrals to the dorsum. D.16 : P.17 : V.9 : 

 A.8 :C.19. 



Hab. Rivers and ponds throughout Bengal and Assam. 

 Ordinary length two feet. 



Variet. Rewah of the Natives, t. 58. f. 1. 



Head less compressed than the body, upper jaw somewhat 

 prominent, forty-three scales on the lateral line and thirteen in 

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

 D.15:R16:V.9: A.8:C.19. 



Hab. Ponds in the vicinity of Calcutta. Length from six 

 to twelve inches. 



Spec. Cyp. curmuca, Buch. Jour. Mys. IH. t. 30. 



Snout prominent and furnished with tubercles or mucous 

 pores, lips smooth, and on each there is a small bone. D.ll : 

 P.16:V.9: A.8:C.18. 



Hab. Rivers in Southern India, where it occasionally 

 reaches three feet in length. 



Spec. Cyp. reba, Buch. P. G. p. 280. 



Head blunt, mouth small and directed downwards, lips 

 soft. D.ll : P.17 : V.9 : A.8 : C.19. 



Hab. Northern parts of Bengal and Behar, where it attains 

 two feet in length. 



