INDIAN CYPRINID^. 



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A variety of this last species with twenty-three scales along 

 the lateral line, and ten in an oblique row from the base of 

 the ventrals to the dorsum, is common in swamps about the 

 neighbourhood of Calcutta. 



Spec. S. leptosomus,* t. 44. f. 2. (3 



Cyp. phutuniOf Buch. P. G. 319- 

 Cyp. phutunipungto, id. Coll. 



Twenty scales along the lateral line and seven across the 

 body, a black streak over the pectorals on either side, and another 

 over the anal, with an obscure streak in front of, and another 

 behind the dorsal. D.IO : P.12 : V.8 : A.7 : C.19. 



Hab. Bengal, where it attains about \^ inches in length. 



Spec. Cyp. canius, Buch, t. 44. f. 6. /3 P. G. p. 320. 

 Cyp. ranipungti, id. Coll. 



Red. Abdomen silvery and diaphinous, base of the fins 

 and body marked with dark spots. D.IO : P.8 : V.9 : A.7. 

 Hab. Bengal. I-^ength about 1^ inches. 



Spec. S. malacopterus, t. 44. f. 9- i3 



Cyp. cosuatis, Buch. P. G. 338. 

 Cyp. costvati, id. C. D. 



Back abruptly arched, no spine in the dorsal, which with 

 the ventrals is marked with an irregular black stain. Twenty- 

 three scales along the lateral line, and either five or six rows 

 from the base of the ventrals to the dorsum. D.IO : P. 15 : 

 V.9 : A.7 : C i» 



Hab. Bengal, and is seldom above two inches in length. 



* From Icptos small., and aai/ui tli*' body. 



