278 INDIAN CYPRINID^. 



Spec. Cyp. hoga, Buch. P. G. t. 28. f. 80. 



Snout perforated with numerous mucous pores, lower lip. 

 fimbriated, scales raised on either side of the base of the dorsal, 

 lobes of the caudal slightly divided. D.12 : P. — V.9 : A.8 : C. — 

 Hab. Bramaputra. Usual length about nine inches. 



Sjjec. G. hicolor, J. M. t. 40. f. 1. 



Snout smooth, long, and rather pointed, lower jaw shorter 

 than the upper, forty-two scales on the lateral line, thirteen in 

 an oblique row from the base of the ventrals to the dorsum. 

 Blue above, beneath silvery, pectorals small. D.12 : P.16 : V.9 : 

 A.7:C.19. 



Hab. Rivers on the northern side of Assam. Griff. Coll. 



Sjjec. G. cmisurus,* J. M. t. 40. f. 2. 



Snout blunt, lower jaw shorter than the upper, lips hard and 

 smooth, thirty -nine scales along the lateral line, and thirteen in 

 an oblique row from the base of the ventrals to the dorsum, 

 lower lobe of the caudal longer than the upper. D.12 : P.17 : 

 V.9 : A.7 : C.^^. 



Hab. Upper Assam. Griff. Coll. 



Variet. Cyp. hata, Buch. P. G. p. 383. 



Upper lobe of the caudal longer than the lower, with an 

 ill defined transverse bar, ventrals smaller than the pectorals. 

 D.12:P.17: V.9: A.8:C.19. 



Hab. Rivers and ponds in Bengal, where it attains a foot 

 in length. 



* From anisos unequal; and oura a tail. 



