﻿322 GiiNGETic FISHES. Order V. 



uniting together into a net-work ; with the body much com- 

 pressed ; and with four tendrils, of which two are rather longer 

 than the head. 



I found the Dangila among the rocks and stones which com- 

 pose the bottom of several clear mountain streams, south from 

 Mungger, It is a beautiful fish, about the length of the finger, 

 very much compressed, and of a long form^ more prominent 

 below than above. The back is of an olive colour, and the bel- 

 ly silver, having on each side several blue lines, that form a 

 beautiful net-work. Behind the gill-cover, and above each pec- 

 toral fin, is a large blue spot. The fin behind the vent is edged 

 with green, and has two or three stripes of the same colour. 

 The eyes are silver, with some green on their upper sides. 



The head is half oval and small. Two of the tendinis, pro- 

 ceeding from before the nostrils, are a little shorter than the 

 head; and the two from the corners of the mouth are a little 

 longer. The mouth descends obliquely, and is of moderate size. 

 Theja7vs do not protrude in opening, and the under one is the 

 longest. The eyes are on the sides of the head, and of mode- 

 rate size, with the longest axis of their pupil vertical. The gill- 

 covers are dotted. 



The back, from the head to the commencement of the fin, 

 scarcely rises. The belly is prominent. The lateral line is bent 

 down parallel to the belly. The vent is behind the middle. The 

 scales are rather large in proportion. Above each ventral fin is 

 a scale-like appendant. 



The do7'sal fin, placed far back, and ending sharp behind, has 

 thirteen rays, of which the two first are closely united and un- 

 divided, and the others are branched, the last being divided to 

 the root. The pectoi'al fins are low, sharp above, and nearly of 

 the same length with the head, and each contains about twelve 

 rays. The ventral fins are smaller than the pectoral, do not ex- 

 tend to the vent, and each has only seven rays, of which the 



