418 INDIAN CYPRINID^. Sarcohorince. 



upper jaw : intermaxillary fixed, suborbitar plates broadest below the eyes, 

 brachial plates broad, and extend obliquely backward and downward, termi- 

 nating in a rounded point on either side over the base of the pectorals. Pec- 

 torals and ventrals small, sides silvery, back green, caudal tipt with black, 

 lower lobe longer than the upper. Fin rays are, 



D.9 : P.14 : V.8 : A.15 : C.|,- 



Stomach strong and muscular, intestine consists of a short muscular canal ex- 

 tending straight from the pyloris to the vent. 



VIII. — Opsarius brachialis, 

 t. 48. f. 6. 



This is probably only a variety of the last. The suborbitar plates are 

 very narrow behind the eyes and broad below, on which account the head is 

 short and deep. The pectoral fins are also placed very low down, and consi- 

 derably behind the operculum ; but the fin rays are nearly the same as those 

 of the last species, and the sides are similarly marked, so that it is doubtful 

 whether the slight diversity of form between the two can be considered of 

 suflBcient consequence to render them distinct species. The jaws are narrow, 

 but the gape is wide, and when taken out of the water the jaws are 

 usually much distended. 



IX. — Cyprinus bendelisis, Buch. 



Jour. Mys. vol. iii. p. 32, P. G. p. 270. 



This species though described in both the works of Buchanan above re- 

 ferred to, does not appear to be found in any other part of India than My- 

 sore, unless its place in the Gangetic Fishes be taken as evidence of its being 



