270 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AST) PHODCCTIOXS. 



TJppor jaw tlir lonj^ei-. Suboi-bitals broad, especially the liindermost:, wbitli 

 almost covers the cheek. A rudiiiientaiy pair of rostral or maxillary barbels may bo 

 present. Caudal forked, the lower lobc! slightly the longer. Silvery, shot with purple ; 

 one or two rows of blue spots along the side. Lower caudal lob(! orange. Upper lobe 

 dai'k-edged, ami a dark submedian band. Grows to 7 inches. 



The Irrawaddy Kiver above I'romc. 



B. BOLA, Ham. ISuch. 



B. iii. ; D. 10 11; P. 13; V. 9; A. 13; C. 19. 



Head compressed, snout pointed. Suborbital ring of hones wide, especially the 

 third. Barbels none. Silvery, with two or more rows of vertical bluish blotches 

 along the sides. Caudal orange, stained with grey and black. Pectoral, ventral, and 

 anal fins orange. Grows to a toot, and somewhat resembles a 'trout.' It is a very 

 game fish, and takes a fly well. 



Burma. 



Danio, Hamilton Buchanan. 



Body compressed, belly rounded. Cleft of mouth shallow, directed obliquely 

 upwards, the end of the lower jaw falling within the dorsal profile. 



A. spiifosrs, Day. 



B. iii. ; D. lo-16 ; P. 13 ; V. 7 ; A. 19 20 ; C. 19. 



Orbit with an antero-superior sjiine and a blunter one on the prcorhital. A pair 

 of small rostral barbels. Caudal lunate. Silvery, with an ill-defined lateral band 

 and some vertical yellow lines anteriorly. Dorsal and anal greyish, with front margins 

 reddish. In the young a dark shoulder spot and a steel-blue side band posteriorly 

 edged with scarlet. Grows to 4 inches. 



Burma. 



D. ^QTTiPiNNAurs, MacCIell. 



B. iii.; D. 1214; P. 17; V. 8 ; A. 14-16; C. 19. 



The rostral barbel half as long as the orbit, the maxillary minute. Yellowish 

 ■white, a broad bluish band from the eye to the tail, and along it several round 

 silveiy spots. Below it is another band and above it two paler ones, the intermediate 

 space being yellow. Fins yellowish. Dorsal and anal tins each with an outeu bluish 

 band. 



Tenasserim. 



D. BANGiLA, Ham. Buch. 



B. iii.; D. 1M3; P. 12; V. 7 ; A. 17-18; C. 20. 



Rostral barbels a little shorter than the head, the maxillary slightly longer. 

 Back olive, belly silvery, sides with several narrow blue lines, anteriorly handsomely 

 reticulated. A dark spot behind the gill covers. Anal fin with two or three blue 

 stripes. 



Hills about Akyab. 



D. Kakhtenensis, Anderson. 

 D. 10; P. 13; A. 14. 



Barbels two, equalling half the ocular interspa('e. Eleven longitudinal rows of 

 scales between the dorsal and ventral margins. A dark lateral line with obscure 

 dusky bands both above and below, the scales minutely punctulated with black, 

 especially along the margins. 



The jN^ampoung River, Kakhyen Hills. 



D. ALBOLINEATUS, Blyth. 



B. iii.; D. 9; P. 13; V. 7; A. 13-15; C. 19. 



The maxillary barbels reach beyond the base of the pectoral fins, the rostral ones 

 to the back of the orbit. Greenish above. A scarlet band with a dark lower edge 



