INDIAN CYPRINID^. 



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S'pec. Cyp. gohama, Buch. P. G. p. 346. t. 43. f. 6.|3 

 Cyp. dyangra, id. Coll. 



Is shorter in proportion, and more arched above and below 

 than the former, and has eight rays in the anal. 

 Hab. Northern parts of Bengal. 



Spec. G. brachypterus, J. M. 



Lower surface of the head flat with a cartilaginous zone 

 behind the mouth like G. rupiculus,* a few irregular pores on 

 the snout, thirty-six scales on the lateral line and seven rows 

 across the body. 



Hab. Mishmee mountains. Griff. Coll. 



II. Sub-Fam.— SARCOBORIN^,f J. M. 



Char. Mouth directed upwards, or more widely cleft and horizontal, 

 with a bony prominence more or less distinct, serving as a prensile tooth on the 

 symphysis of the lower jaw; colours bright, disposed in spots and streaks, or 

 evincing an uniform lustre. The stomach is a lengthened sack ending in a short 

 abdominal canal. Three rays in the branchial membrane. 



Obs. Like the Fceonomincs, they occur only in fresh water, and al- 

 though they are generally small, yet from the vast numbers in which 

 they abound in every pond they must be considered as of considerable 

 importance. 



* It also agrees with tliat species in the form of its fins ; tlie presence of two very minute cirri 

 being my cliief reason for separating them, I have not thought it necessary to give a figin-e. 



t From 2f(p/vo/3opoc, carnivorous. 



