268 BURMA, ITS PEOI'LE AXD I'RODVCTIOXS. 



Boclj^ stronfjly compressfd, and risinp; alii'uptly fmm tlie nape to the liasc of the 

 dorsal fiii. UpptT jaw overlaps. Silviay, catli scale dark-spotted. Grows to 8 

 inches. 



Mandalay to Tenasserim. 



B. Stoliczkanus, Day. 



B. iii. ; D. 1011; P. 14; V. 9; A. 7; C. 19. 



Mouth small. Silvery, an oblong black mark on the lateral line about the third 

 scale, and a deep black mark above and behind the hinder extremity of the anal fin, 

 on the eighteenth and nineteenth scales, reaching almost to the back, and edged in 

 front with yellow. Fins orange. Grows to ■i inches. 



Darj ceding to Maulmain. 



B. THUTUNio, Ham. Buch. 



B. iii. ; D. 10-11 ; P. 15 ; V. 9 ; A. 8 ; C. 19. 



Mouth small. Reddish-brown, with a bhick Inind from the back to opposite the 

 the middle of the pectoral, and another to the end of the base of the anal tin. Two 

 other light bands pass down from either end of the dorsal. A dark band down the 

 centre of the dorsal, and another at the base of the tail. Grows to 3 inches. 



Burma. 



b. Osseous dursdl raij entire. 



B. STIGMA, Ham. Buch. 



Kga-khoug-mfi. 



B. iii.; D. 11-12; P. 17; V. 9 ; A. 8 ; C. 19. 



Upper jaw sliglitly the longer. Lower labial fold interrupted. Silvery, with a 

 seasonal scarlet, lateral baud, and a dark mark across the base of the middle dorsal rays. 

 A round black blotch at tlie root of the tail. Grows to 5 inches. The flesh is bitter. 



Burma. 



B. PUNTio, Ham. Buch. 



B. iii.; D. 11; P. 15; V. 9; A. 7; C. 21. 



Mouth small. Colour silvery. A wide black band encircles the free porticjn of 

 the tail, and includes the tip of the anal fin. Dorsal orange, tipped with black. Grows 

 to 3 inches. 



Burma. 



NuEiA, Cuvier et VaJeneiennes. 



Mouth narrow, directed obliquely, upwards. Barbels 4, the rostral shorter than 

 the maxillary pair. Dorsal fm without osseous rays. 



S DAURicA, Ham. Buch. , 



Kga-zyn-byun. 



B. iii.; D. 8; P. 15; V. 9; A. 8. 



The maxillary barbels reach to the base of the tail, or a little less. A broad 

 black lateral band (sometimes absent). Grows to 5 inches. 

 Burma. The Nicobars. 



Rasboea, Bleelcer. 



Cleft of mouth oblique, lower jaw slightly prominent, having one central and 

 on either side a lateral prominence fitting into emarginations in the upper jaw. 

 Eyes with free lids. Dorsal fin witliout any osseous ray. 



R. ELANGA, Ham. Buch. 



B. iii. ; D. 9 ; P. 15 ; V. 8-9 ; A. 7 ; C. 19. 



Head pointed. One pair of short rostral barbels. Silvery, witli sometimes 

 a pliiml)eous band along the top of the side. Grows to 8 inches. 

 Burma. 



