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closed. The colours above are dark olive green or blue, below white; the 

 pectorals and ventrals are of equal size ; the caudal is more divided than that 

 of Cyp. hoga, Buch. Intestines and stomach form a canal of great length. 

 The fin rays are, 



D.12: P.16: V.9 : A.7 : C.I9. 



There are forty-three scales along the lateral line, and about fifteen from the 

 base of the ventrals to the dorsum. 



XI. — GOBIO RICNORHYNCHUS, J. M. 

 t. 55, f. 1. 



This species I am inclined to think is identical with that which is figured 

 in Hardwicke's Illustrations under the name of Cyprinus falcata, although if 

 the figure is to be depended on, (and it is large enough for any purpose) the 

 dorsal would seem to contain thirteen, and the anal eight rays. In Assam I 

 Avas familiar with a fish which I have since lost from my collection, called 

 Nepura by the fishermen, which I considered to be the one figured by Hard- 

 wicke. In this opinion I was farther confirmed by a sketch of the same fish 

 which Mr. Grifiith had made. Still as a specimen of the Assam fish is 

 wanting, and no description of Hardwicke's figure that I am aware of pub- 

 lished, I think it safer to keep the two apart until they are proved to be 

 the same. In the latter case the best of the three names proposed may be 

 selected, or the one applied to Hardwicke's figure by Mr. Gray retained. 

 Should it prove to be a Gohio rather than a Laheo, either ricnorhynchus or 

 malacostomus, as proposed in the synopsis, would be equally applicable to it, as 

 the only species in the group with a wrinkled snout and soft pendulous lips. 

 The contents of the abdomen were removed from the only specimen I have 

 seen, and in deciding as to whether it be a Laheo or a Gohio, perfect speci- 

 mens ought to be examined. 



