PISCES ABDOMINALES. CYPRINUS. 
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No. CCVIII. 
Cyprinus P cor pore lanceolato, aurato; radiis dorsalibus quindecem ; pinnis omnibus viridis- 
centibns. 
The Cyprinus with a lanceolate body of a golden colour ; fifteen dorsal rays ; all the fins 
of a greenish cast. 
Called by the Natives Tooleloo. 
B. iv. D. 15. P. 15. V.W. A. 9. C. 24. 
The body lanceolate, compressed, squamous, the scales small, suborbicular, ciliate, imbricate, tenacious. 
The bead ovate, compressed, without scales; the crown and front a little depressed, striate, the rostrum 
obtuse, emarginate, short. The mouth small, roundish, lips simple. The jaws, when shut, nearly of equal 
length, short, very little extractile, without teeth. The tongue and palate smooth, the former very small, 
hardly moveable. The eyes middle, orbicular, covered with the common skin. The nostrils very small, on the 
edge of the rostrum, single, divided by a valve. The opercula two-leaved, without scales, one angular, the 
posterior rounded ; the branchial membrane has four ossicles; the aperture lateral. 
The trunk. The back rather less arched than the abdomen, both are a little rounded, not carinate; the sides 
and tail compressed; the latter somewhat roundish near the fin. The branchiae four-leaved, pectinate. The 
lateral line bends at first parallel to the belly, afterwards middle and straight to its termination. The anus 
remote. 
The fins. The dorsal centrical, in shape somewhat lunate, has fifteen or sixteen rays; the pectoral low, 
acuminate above, and a lanceolate squama beneath each; the ventral broad, as long as the pectoral, distant, 
acuminate above; the anal very small, lunate like the dorsal, remote; the caudal fin deeply bifid. 
The colour. The head a yellowish green; the opercula and trunk a gold colour; the fins the same colour 
with the head. 
The length nine inches. 
REMARKS. 
The subject described was received in spirits from Madepollam, in the month of September. It was known 
under the name of Mountain Mullet at Madepollam, from being found in the river only when the freshes 
come down; and never caught in the sea outside of the surf. It was represented to be a well tasted fish, but 
full of small bones. 
The specimen sent to me was not accompanied with any description. The golden colour appeared to be 
in tolerable preservation: the other colours had probably suffered some alteration from the spirits. 
It should be remarked of the present subject and the fish immediately preceding it, that the branchial mem¬ 
brane contains four ossicles; in which respect both deviate from the generic character of Cyprinus: their 
agreement with the genus in some other respects obtained them a temporary place here. 
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