Leuciscus. INDIAN CYPRINID^. 407 



so common as to entitle it to any degree of importance, and its habits would 

 render it objectionable in fish ponds. Its food consists chiefly of small fishes 

 and insects, the remains of which have been found in its stomach. 



IV. — Cyprinus rasbora, Buch. 



Op. Cit. PI. 2. f. 60. 



Depth equal to one-fourth of the entire length ; body much compressed, 

 and equally arched above and below ; mouth directed upwards, with three 

 blunt knobs on the lower jaw ; head small ; opercula sharp-pointed behind ; 

 scales large, about twenty-five along the lateral line, and seven in an oblique 

 row from the base of the ventrals to the dorsum. The fin rays are, 



D.9: P.13: V.9 : A.8 : C.f. 



Caudal fin tipt with black ; body greenish grey above, with a leaden hue on 

 the lateral line ; dirty greyish yellow below. This description is taken from a 

 specimen in spirits brought from Upper Assam by Mr. Griflith ; the colours 

 are no doubt more marked in fresh or living specimens. 



The stomach and intestine taken together are scarcely longer than the 

 body, the abdominal canal is however capacious, and loaded with the remains 

 of insects. 



V. — Cyprinus mola, Buch. 

 Op. Cit. PI. 38, f. 92. 



Moah, of the Assamese. 



Scales very small, colour white, opercula rounded behind, and tip of the 

 caudal witliout any dark colour. The fin rays are, 



D.9 : IM5 ; V.9: A.7 : C.19. 



