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Show 1873.] 'FISHES OF BENGAL.' 745 It is the most common fish in the southern portions of the district, and grows to 2 feet in length " (Ronggopur list). "101. The 95th fish of the Ronggopur list, the Reba of the banks of the Kosi, and the Raikhari of the Mahananda. This fish seems to suffer considerable alterations in colour from the nature of the water in which it lives. In marshes and small channels overgrown with weeds its back is green with a gloss of gold ; while in clear water the whole is white and shines like silver " (Puraniya list). " 60. The Bangjhi rewa is a Cyprinus approaching to a Mugil, and is the Bhanggon of the Ronggopur list, No. 95 " (Bhagalpur list). CYPRINUS ARIZA, Ham. Buch. Cyprinus acra, Ham. Buch. " 96. The Akhra of the Korotoya is called Khoskibata at Calcutta, and simply Khoski in the central rivers of Dinajpur, No. 63. In my account of Mysore I have given a drawing of it under its Karnata name Ariza. It is the Kindu of the Tamuls " (Ronggopur list). CYPRINUS CHAGUNIO, Ham. Buch. Cyprinus kunta, MS. Ham. Buch. Barbus beavani, Gunther. As far as concerns this fish, I have briefly to observe I captured specimens of what I had no doubt corresponded with Buchanan's C. chagunio in Orissa-that it equally agreed with Barbus beavani, Gunther-that in the Calcutta Museum I found specimens labelled C. chagunio oi this species-that on investigating Buchanan's MS. drawing I found a copy of one of his originals representing it, and labelled C. chagunio, besides which it had portions of another name on it, as observed by Dr. Gunther, viz. G. kunta. The drawing which I found* thus labelled, Dr. Gunther observes, "represents Barbus beavani," "that it is Cyprinus kunta," that "it is equally certain that it is not intended for the fish described as Cyprinus chagunio." Thus we both agree that B. beavani and C. kunta, labelled ft chagunio, are one and the same species. In the Puraniya list we find "112. Gdrhdn, R. 110." If we turn to the Ronggopur list referred to, we find " 110. The Da-ranggi of the Tista is in some places called kunta. It has a great affinity with the Curmuca, which is described in my account of Mysore, and with the following f, being about the same size and having nearly the same proportions and qualities." In the ' Fishes of the Ganges,' p. 294, we find the G. curmuca and G. chagunio placed next each other, and with the following remark: - " This and the following species have a great resemblance to the Cyprinus cirrhosus * Dr. Gunther, before entering upon the question of what Buchanan's drawing is, corrects m e on a matter of fact respecting the length of the barbels. My remark on such bad reference to his description, " barbels subequal in length, rather longer than the eye." t C. sarana. |