INDIAN CYPRINID^. 



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V. Gen— OPSARIUS* J. M. 



Char. Mouth widely cleft, body slender, and usually marked with 

 transverse green streaks or spots, dorsal small without spines, and placed 

 behind the middle, anal long, lower margin of the body more arched than 

 the upper. 



Obs. Intestine very short, and extends almost straight from the stomach 

 to the vent. 



The first three are silvery white, without bars or spots, and have the 

 dorsal opposite to the commencement of the anal and the lower lobe of the 

 caudal longer than the upper. 



Spec. O. pholicephalus, J. M. t. 47. f. 2. 

 Cyp. gora, Buch. P. G. p. 263. 



Pectorals long, ventrals small, scales extended on the crown 

 over the situation of the eyes, dental hook very prominent. D.9 : 

 P.13 : V.8 : A.17. 



Hab. Assam and Bengal. 



Cyp. Imcalia, Buch. P. G. t. 8. f. 76. 



Depth equal to a third of the length of the body, two lateral 

 lines on each side. D.9 : P.12 : V.9 : A.16 : C.I9. 

 Hab. All parts of India. 



Syec. O. leucerus, J. M. t. 47. f. 3. 



Depth equal to a fourth of the length. Ventrals very 

 small. D.9 : P.13 : V.9 : A.14 : CIS. 

 Hab. Bengal and Assam. 



* From <i'^c(piov, pisciculus, a small fish. 



