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INDIAN CYPRINID^. 



Spec. G. malacosfonius* J. M. 



C. falcata. Gray Hardw. lUust. t. — ?f 



Nepura of the Assamese. 



Snout thick, fleshy, and perforated with numerous large 



mucous pores, margins of the lips double and fimbriated. 



D. 12: P. 16: V. 9: A. 8: C. 19. 



Hab. Rapids in Upper Assam. Length from six to twelve 



inches. Mr. Griffith's Coll. 



- V. Gen.— GONORHYNCHUS. 



Char. Mouth situated under the head, which is long and covered with 

 thick integuments, body long and sub-cylindrical, snout perforated by numer- 

 ous mucous pores, dorsal and anal short, opposite, and without spines. The 

 intestine and stomach form a continuous tube about eight lengths of the 

 body. 



Obs. This genus hitherto rested on a single species long since found at 

 the Cape of Good Hope, but the Garrce of Buchanan chiefly belong to it, as 

 well as several species which have since been found in India. 



The first three species are without cirri. 



Spec. G. gohioides, J, M. t. 43. f. 1. 

 Herilwa of the Assamese. 



Altitude of the body to its length as one to four, thirty- 

 seven scales along the lateral line, and nine in an oblique row 



* From i-iaXaKOQ soft, and orofioQ the mouth. 



t This plate is not numbered in Hardwicke's Illustrations, nor is it included in the list of plates 

 prefixed to the volume. 



