t)!i. DANIO. 283 



h, c, d-e,f~h. Adult and half-grown. Ceylon. 

 i-m. Fine specimens. Mlgherries. Purchased of Mr. Day (erro- 

 neously named by him '' Faradanio cmrolineatus "). 

 H. "ioung. iVorthern India. Presented by Licut.-Col. Playfair. 



Dr. Bleeker, 1. c, distinguishes two species from Ceylon— an ele- 

 vated form, B. lineolatas, with L. lat. ^7 and A. 17-18, and an 

 elongate form with L. lat. 34 and A. 15-16. These differential 

 characters do not hold good, and happen to be exactly reversed in 

 our specmiens. 



4. Danio alburnus. 



Chela alburna, Heckd, Fisvhe Kaschnirs, p. 390, c. fig. 

 D. 13. A. 16. y. 9. L. lat. 37. L. transv. 7/?. 

 Barbels none (?). The length of the head is one-fifth of the total 

 (without caudal), the height of the body two-sevenths. Cleft of the 

 mouth not quite extending to below the nostrils. ' Coloration uni- 

 form. (Heel'.) 

 Bombay. 



5. Danio malabaricus. 



Perilampus malabaricus, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit ^- Sc xv 1849 

 p. .325. ■ ^' 



Perilampus aurolineatus, Bai/, Proc. Zool. Soc. 186.5, p. 306. 



Paradanio aurolineatus, Bleeker, in Dm/s Fish. Malab. p 219 pi 17 

 fig. 2. ■ f J v ■ 



D. 14. A. 18. L. lat. 34. L. transv. 8i/4. 

 ^^ The upper barbels only are present, and half as long as the eye*. 

 The height of the body is one-third, or rather more tham one- 

 third, of the total length (without caudal), the length of the head 

 one-lourth. Sides of the body with narrow, straight, bluish streaks- 

 end of the tail and middle of caudal fin with a broad bluish lono-i- 

 tudinal band. ^ 



Malabar. 



a, b-c. Three of the typical specimens of P. aurolineatus. From 

 the Collections of Dr. Bleeker and Surgeon Day. 



6. Danio nilgherriensis. 



I'aiadanio noilgherriensis, Dai/, Proc. Zool. Sue. 1867, p. 296. 

 D. 12-13. A. 13-14. L. lat. 3.3. L. transv. ^". 

 Tlie upper barliels only arc present and quite rudimentary f. The 

 height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, and 

 one-fourth, or ratlier less than one-fourth, of the total (without 

 caudal). A steel-blue band along the middle of the tail. 

 iS^ilgherries. 



a-d. Four of the typical specimens. Purchased of Mi-. Day. 



* Tlicy liave esc;ii)ed tlie notice of Bleeker, who, consistently enough, at onic 

 tornied u new generic name. Pfiradan/o'. 



t They have been overlooked by Mr. Bnv— Paradanio I 



