398 INDIAN CYPRINID^. SarcohorincB. 



commencement of the anal, and is rounded, the middle rays beirig longest. 

 The fin rays are, 



D.8:P.9: V.7: A.17:C.18. 



The figure, which is from Buchanan's collection, is an excellent representation 

 of this remarkably brilliant species. 



X. — Perilampus uecurvirostris, J. M. 

 t. 46. f. 2. i3. 

 Cyprinus jogia, Buch. 



A small species with four fine setaceous cirri, and a dark blue stripe 

 extending from the eye along the middle of each side to the caudal. Length 

 of the head equal to the depth of the body, and one third of the lenth exclu- 

 sive of the head and caudal. The jaws are slightly recurved, and the form 

 slender and graceful ; the anal small, but placed far back and opposite to the 

 end of the dorsal. The fin rays are, 



D.8: P.IO: V.8: A.7 : C.19. 



Twenty nine scales along the lateral line, and six rows across the body from 

 the ventrals to the dorsum on either side. Found by Buchanan in the Kosi 

 river, but also very common in the Sunderbuns and in ponds at Calcutta. 

 The following is perhaps a variety only,— 



XI.— Perilamfus macrouru, J. M. 

 t. 46. f. 

 Cyprinus sutiha. 



A small species with four fine setaceous cirri, two of which are very long. 

 The form is much compressed, the first ray of the fins prolonged to a slender 

 point ; the sides are marked with a faint blue silvery line. The fin rays as in 

 the last. This species is found in like manner throughout Bengal. 



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