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INDIAN CYPRINID^. 



SarcoborincB. 



VII.— .Cyprinus conchonius, Buch. 

 t. 44. f. 8. i3. 



KoncJion pungti of the fishermen. 



One black spot near the middle of the tail as in S. pt/rropterus, but the 

 body is shorter and deeper ; colour greenish above, and silvery below ; fins 

 pale ; second ray of the dorsal spinous and serrated behind. The fin rays are, 



D.10:P.10:V.9: A.8 :C.19. 



In the waters of Behar, Buchanan observes, the fins are blackish in this species, 

 and still farther west in a stagnant river full of weeds it had the belly stained 

 with black, while the dorsal and caudal were yellow, tipt with black. 



VIII. — Cyprinus chola, Buch. 



t. 56 f. 3. ^. 



Chola pungii of the fishermen. 



Depth equal to half the length ; arch of the back rising abruptly from the 

 nape to the base of the dorsal ; two very small cirri ; third ray of the dorsal 

 spinous, but smooth-edged ; scales large, twenty-six in a line along each side, 

 and nine in an oblique line from the base of the ventrals to the dorsum. The 

 fin rays are, 



D.11:P.15:V.9:A.7:C.19. 



Ventrals bright red, pectorals, anal, and opercula stained red, and an indistinct 

 blackish spot on the tail ; above olive green, below silvery. 



The alimentary canal is very small, and about twice the length of the 

 body. 



Casting a net into a pond in Middle Assam, not presenting any remark- 

 able appearance of containing fish, about 120 were brought up at a single 

 draught; of these forty were S. pyi'ropteruSf thirty Cyprinus chola, fifteen, 



