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FISHES. 
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Family 75. — CYPEINIDiE. (109 Genera, 790 Species.) 
“ Fresh-water fishes, generally scaly, with no adipose fin, and 
pharyngeal teeth only, the mouth being toothless.” 
Distribution. — Fresh waters of the Old World and North 
America, but absent from Australia and South America. 
This enormous family is divided by Dr. Gunther into fourteen 
groups, the distribution of which is as follows : — 
Catostomina (4 genera), North America and North-east Asia ; 
Cyprinina (39 genera), same range as the family ; Eohteichthyina 
(1 genus), Malay Archipelago ; Leptobarbina (1 genus), Malay 
Archipelago ; Easborina (5 genera), East Africa to China and 
Borneo; Semiplotina (2 genera), Western Asia; Xenocypridina 
(3 genera), Eastern Asia ; Leuciscina (10 genera), Pahearctic 
and Nearcti.c regions ; Ehodeina (3 genera), Palsearctic region ; 
Danionina (9 genera), India to China and Japan ; Hypophthal- 
michthyina (1 genus), China ; Abramidina (16 genera), same 
range as the family; Homalopterma (2 genera), India to Java ; 
Cobitidina (10 genera), Pahearctic and Oriental regions. 
The following is the distribution of the genera : — 
Catostomus (16 sp.), Nearctic region and Eastern Siberia ; 
Moxostoma (2 sp.), Eastern United States ; S clerognathus (5 sp.), 
Temperate North America to Guatemala, also' Northern China; 
Carpiodes (1 sp.), United States ; Cyprinns (2 sp.), Temperate 
parts of Palsearctic region (1 sp. British) ; Carassius (3 sp.), 
Temperate Palaearctic region (1 sp. British); Catla (1 sp.), 
Continental India ; Cirrhina (5 sp.), Continental India to China; 
Dangila (6 sp.), Java, Sumatra, Borneo; Osteochilus (14 sp.), 
Siam to Java and Sumatra ; Lctbeo (27 sp.), Tropical Africa and 
Oriental region: Tylognatlms (10 sp.), Syria, India to Java; 
Ahrostomus (2 sp.), South Africa ; Discognathus (4 sp.), Syria to 
India and Java, mostly in mountain streams; Crossochilus (9 sp.), 
India to Sumatra a nd Java; Gymnostomus (7 sp.). Continental 
India; Epalzeorhynehus (1 sp.), Sumatra and Borneo ; Capoeta 
(13 sp.), Western A sia ; Barbus (163 sp.), Temperate or Tropical 
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