416 INDIAN CYPRINID.E. Sarcohorince . 



back continuous over the nape to the snout, suborbitar plates all of equal 

 breadth, hook or knob on the apex of the lower jaw prominent ; dorsal 

 opposite to the ventrals. The fin rays are, 



D.9:P.13:V.8: A. 17. 



In form this species is not unlike Opsarius leucerus. 



IV. — Opsarius albulus. 



t. 48. f. 10. 



Cyprinus phulo, Buch. Op. Cit. 262. 



Cyprinus phulchela, id. Coll. 



A small species found in the ponds in the north-western parts of 

 Bengal; like the last the sides are silvery without spots or bars. The fin 

 rays are, 



D.9 : P.ll : V.8 : A.20 : C.18, 

 Dorsal placed opposite the ventrals. 



V, -=-Opsaeius cirratus- 



t. 56. f. 5. i3. 



Cyprinus shacra, Buch. Op. Cit. 271. 



Head thick, and less compressed than the body. Pectorals low, and 

 situated at a considerable distance behind the branchial aperture. Brachial 

 plates broad, and a flat space below under the base of the pectoral fins ; 

 scales very small ; suborbitar plates of nearly equal breadth behind as 

 below the eyes; rays of the branchial membrane large and strong. Several 



