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INDIAN CYPRINID^. 



Sarcohorinae. 



IV.--.CypiiiNus soPHORE, Buch. 



Op. Cit. t. 19. f. 86. 



Without cirri Short and elevated body with large scales, green above, 

 below silvery, with a distinct black spot on the lower part of the dorsal fin, 

 and another at the end of the tail ; and a diffuse yellow spot on the opercula. 



D.IO: P.14: V.9: A.7: C.19. 



Buchanan states that this species is common in the ponds throughout 

 Bengal. A small collection of fishes forwarded to me by Dr. Macleod, Insp. 

 General of Hospitals, from Hazareebagh, a place about one thousand feet 

 above the plains, contained examples of this species. 



V. — Cypeinus ticto, Buch. 

 Op. Cit. PI. 8. f. 87. 



Mouth small, without moveable intermaxillaries, lower jaw rather longer 

 than the upper, formed of two limbs placed parallel to each other, and 

 affording a slight prominence at the apex ; intestine twice the length of 

 the body. 



The depth of the body is equal to half its length, exclusive of the head 

 and caudal ; scales large, twenty -four on the lateral line, and eight in 

 depth from the base of the dorsal to the ventral on either side. The dorsal 

 is placed on a high and sharp ridge, the arch of the back extending equally 

 from the base of the fin to the snout ; the lower margin of the body is less 

 prominent than the upper ; there is a black spot at either extremity of the 

 lateral line, and one on the dorsal fin ; the first three rays of the dorsal are 

 united, and spiny. Fin rays are, 



D.ll : P.15 very small : V.9 : A.7 : C.20. 



