406 INDIAN CYPRINID^. Sarcohorinee. 



with the axis of the body, as in the genus Leucisciis, with which it corres- 

 ponds in the form and disposition of the fins ; the rays of which are, 



D.9 : P.14 : V.9 : A.8: C.20. 



There are forty scales along the lateral line, and nine rows from the ventrals 

 to the dorsum. 



III. — Leuciscus dystomus, J. M. 



Cyp. elonga. Buch, Op. Cit. 281. 



Length of the head to that of the body as one to three, mouth small and 

 directed upwards, with a round knob at the apex of the lower jaw very 

 prominent, two minute cirri are placed at either side of the mouth, opercula 

 slightly pointed behind, suborbitar plates a little broader behind than below 

 the eyes ; brachial plates projecting slightly over the origin of the pectorals. 

 The fin rays are, 



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



Forty scales extend along the lateral line, which descends to within four rows 

 of the ventrals, and eleven scales are found in each oblique line from the base 

 of the ventrals to the back. The scales are soft, quite transparent, with a 

 silvery lustre and colour except on the back, where the colour is greenish 

 yellow. 



The stomach is small and pyriform, terminating in a short straight intes- 

 tine ; the liver consists of (two ?) elongated lobes. The spleen is in this species 

 of considerable size, and of a bright red colour and elongated shape, and is placed 

 between the left lobe of the liver and the stomach. This species, which may 

 be considered to partake equally of the habits of the Perilamps and Opsarions, 

 is very common in most of the rivers and ponds of Bengal and Assam ; its 

 usual size is from six to eight inches in length ; its flavor is good, but it is not 



