Leuciscus. 



INDIAN CYPRINIDiE. 



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VII. — Cyprinus chedra, Buch. Coll. 



Hardwicke's lUust. t. f. 



The most remarkable character of the fish represented by Buchanan 

 under this name, is the contraction of the body between the ventrals and anal, 

 and the recurved direction of the tail, causing a convex, or oblique surface 

 over the insertion of the anal, as in the Barbels. The fin rays, as stated by 

 Buchanan, are, 



D.10:P.14(?) :V.9: A.ll :C.18. 



There are two circumstances that induce me to suspect the peculiarity in 

 form above noticed to be accidental, or a fault either in the drawing or in 

 the specimen from which it was taken ; the first is, that Buchanan does not 

 notice it in his description ; and the second, that the fish from which the 

 following description was taken appears to me to be the same species, though 

 differing in the number of rays in some of the fins. 



VIII. — Leuciscus brachiatus,* J. M. 

 PI. 42. f. 5. 



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

 depth is equal to the length of the head ; suborbitar plates of uniform breadth, 

 scapulary and brachial plates present a broad silvery surface behind the opercu- 

 la ; forty-four scales are ranged along the lateral line, which descends to the 

 fourth row of scales from the ventrals ; ten scales in an oblique row from the 

 base of the ventrals to the dorsum ; at the base of each scale there is a small 

 black spot. The fin rays are, 



D.8 : P.14 : V.9 : A.IO : C.18. 



* Tlie specimen from whicli my figure and description were taken, was presented to tlie Asiatic 

 Society by Mr. Hodgson. I have since liowever obtained several from I\Ir. Griffith. 



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