86 INDIAN FRESH-WATER FISHES. 



GENUS DANIO. 



Char. Dorsal fin long (with nine, or more, branched 

 rays), mouth directed obliquely upwards, narrow. 

 Barbels generally four, sometimes two only, or none. 



1. Danio dangilia. 



Hab. Bengal and Behar. 5 or 6 inches. 



Char. Dorsal rays 2 + 10. Anal 17 to 20. Scales 

 36 to 38. Barbels four, the upper pair being rather 

 shorter than the head, the lower pair longer than the 

 head. 



Sides with a network of narrow blue lines, anal fin 

 with two or three blue stripes. 



2. Danio lineolatus. 

 Hab. Sikkim. 3 inches. 



Char. Dorsal rays 13 or 14. Anal 16 or 17. Scales 

 32 or 33. 



Barbels four, the upper pair as long as the diameter 

 of the eye, the lower pair very short. 



Sides with three straight, bluish bands, the middle 

 one being the broadest, alternated with yellow. 



3. Danio osteographus, (micronema, Giinther). 

 Hab. India generally. 6 inches. 



Char. Dorsal 12 or 14. Anal 15 to 17. Scales 

 34 to 37. 



Barbels four, the upper pair half as long as the 

 orbit, the lower pair minute or absent. 



Sides with straight bluish bands, the centre one 

 being the broadest, and being continued clown the 

 caudal fin. 



