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INDIAN FRESH-WATER FISHES. 
There are no representatives of this family in 
India, nor indeed anywhere south of the Equator, 
excepting that lately Salmon and Trout have been 
naturalized in Australia and New Zealand. They 
have an adipose fin, hut no barbels, and are covered 
with scales. 
Esocidce. 
This family includes the English Pike, a carnivorous 
and most voracious fish. 
Scombr esocidce. Mackerel-pike, 
Include the Gar-fish, Belone vulgaris, a long, queer- 
shaped fish which is often taken in mackerel nets ; 
also a fish very closely similar, Belone cancila, which 
is found in Indian rivers. 
The genus Exocetus, or Flying-fish, belongs to 
this family. 
C/jprinidce. Carp family. 
This family is perhaps the largest in actual num- 
bers of all the families; it contains 107 genera, and 
being confined to the fresh waters of the Old World 
and North America, the members of it are well 
known. 
By far the greater number of Indian fresh-water 
fish belong to this family. The Carp, Barbel, Roach, 
Bream, etc., are English representatives. 
They have scales, and frequently barbels, but no 
adipose fin. 
Clupeidce. Herring family. 
Are well known for their excellence as food. 
