INDIAN CYPRINIDiE. 293 



Spec. Cyp. mola, Buch. P. G. t. 38. f. 92. 



A lead-coloured streak along the lateral line, scales small 

 and easily detached, depth equal to a third of the length. 

 D.9 :P.15: V.9 : A.7: C.19. 



Hab. Ganges and Bramanutra. 



Spec. Li. pellucidus, J. M. 



A lead-coloured streak along the lateral line, depth equal 

 to a fourth of the entire length. D.8 : P.16 : V.9 : A.6 : C.19. 

 Hab. Ganges and Bramaputra. 



In others the anal contains as many and even more rays than the dorsal, 

 but they are short ; in these the mouth is horizontal. 



Spec. Cyp. apiatus, Jaquem. Voy dans I'lnde. t. 15. f. 3. 



Spec. L. branchiatus, J. M. t. 42. f. 5. 



Scapulary and branchial plates present a broad silvery sur- 

 face behind the opercula, forty-four scales along the lateral line, 

 and ten in an oblique row from the base of the ventrals to the 

 dorsum. D.8 : P.14 : V.9 : A.IO : C.18. 



Hab. Assam and the northern parts of Bengal.* 



Spec. Cyp. checlra, Buch. Hardw. Illust. t. 87. f. 3. 



Scapulary plates exposed, caudal extremity of the body re- 

 curved. The fin rays are, D.IO : P.14 : V.9 : A.ll : C.18. 

 Hab. Northern parts of Bengal. 



* A variety of this species lias a row of black dots crossing the rays of the dorsal^ which with 

 each ventral has nine rays. 



