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INDIAN CYPRINID^. 



SarcohorincB. 



XIII. — Opsarius anisocheilus. 



t. 48. f. 8. 



Cyp. harila, Buch. 



Cyp. chedrio, id. Loc. Cit. 



Silvery sides, with a row of incomplete bars or oblong transverse spots on 

 each ; the deepest part of the body would seem, according to Buchanan's figure, 

 to be about the situation of the pectorals ; the head is shorter, and blunter 

 than has been observed in preceding species, and the lower lobe of the caudal 

 is longer than the upper. Buchanan states " the upper jaw is the longest, and 

 is entire at the end," though it would appear to retain the other essential 

 characters of Opsarions. Fin rays are, 



D.8 : P.14 : V.8 : A.13 : 



This species was found by Buchanan in the northern parts of Bengal ; Cypri- 

 nus chedrio, Buch. would appear to be the same, having one additional ray 

 in the dorsal. 



XIV. — Opsarius acanthopterus, J.M.. 

 t. 48. f. 7. 

 BaUsundree of the Assamese. 



The specimen having been lost from my collections before I could 

 make either the necessary corrections of the figure, or of the description, 

 both are to be received with doubt. 



Mouth large, suborbitar plates broadest beneath the eyes, greenish 

 yellow on the back, with a red blush on the other parts of the body. 



