286 INDIAN CYPRINID^. 



Spec. Cyp. chola, Buch. t. 58 f. 3. /3 



Two cirri, a yellow spot on the opercula, and a black spot 

 on the middle of the tail ; the spinous ray of the dorsal smooth 

 behind. D.IO : P.13 : V.9 : A.7 : C.19- 

 Hab. Northern parts of Bengal. 



Spec. S. gibhosus, t. 44. f. 7. /S 



Cyp. terio, Buch. P. G. 313. Cyp. teripungti, id. Coll. 



Back abruptly arched, below straight, no cirri, dorsal 

 spine smooth behind, with a black spot near the middle of the 

 side. D.l l : P.13 : V.9 :A.8 : C.19. 

 Hab. Northern parts of Bengal. 



All the remaining species but the last two are furnished with a dorsal 

 spine serrated behind ; none of them have cirri. 



Spec. Cyp. conchonius, Buch. t. 44. f. 8. /3 



A black spot on the lateral line over the insertion of the 

 anal, fins pale, dorsal spine serrated behind ; the fin rays are 

 D.IO : P.IO : V.9 :A.8 : C.19. 



Hab. Northern parts of Bengal. 



Spec. Cyp. gelius, Buch. t. 44. f. 4. /3 



An irregular black spot or streak at the base of all the fins 

 but the pectorals ; abdomen silvery, bounded behind with a 

 dark streak, twenty-five scales on the lateral line, and eight 

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

 D.IO: P.13: V.9: A.7: C.19. 



Hab. Bengal; and scarcely attains two inches in length.* 



* It is not improbable that as Buchanan gives eight rays to the ventrals, he may have described 

 the following variety for the one figured. 



