G9. DANio. 281 



the trunk. Dorsal fin elongate, with more than nine branched rays, 

 extending from the ventrals to beyond the origin of the anal fin, 

 which is rather elongate. Mouth anterior, small; lower jaw sharp- 

 ish, without labial fold in front. Barbels none. Gill-rakers ex- 

 tremely short; pseudobranchia^ ? Pharyngeal teeth 5 — 5, compressed, 

 denticulated. 

 Japan. 



1 . Pseudoperilampus typus. 

 Bleeker, II. cc. 



D. 14. A. 14. L. lat. ca 65. 

 The height of the body is two-fifths of the total length (without 

 caudal), the length of the head one-fourth. The origin of tlie dorsal 

 fin is somewhat nearer to the root of the caudal than to the end of 

 the snout, and its last ray is opposite to about the eleventh of the 

 anal fin. 

 Japan. 



a. Type of the species, 3 inches long; not in good state. From 

 Dr, Blocker's Collection. 



Tenth Group. DANIONINA. 



Anal fin of moderate length or elongate, with not less, and 

 generally more, than eight branched rays. Lateral line running 

 along the lower half of the tail. Mouth with small, or without 

 any barbels. Abdomen not trenchant. Pharyngeal teeth in a 

 triple or double series. 



69. DANIO*. 



Perilampus, sp., 3f'Clell. 



Danid (Ham. Buch.), sp., Paradanio et Devario, Bleeker. 



Scales of moderate size. Lateral line running along the lower 

 part of the tail. Dorsal fin elongate, with twelve or more rays, the 

 posterior of which are opposite to the anal fin, which is composed of 

 numerous rays. Mouth obliquely directed upwards, narrow. Bar- 



* 1. Perilampus ostreographus, M'CIell. Ind. Cypr. pp. 289, 392, pi. 45. fig. 3. 

 —Assam, Bengal.— D. 12. A. 16. — N.B. The numbers on this plate 

 are erroneous ; the text refers to it as pi. 45 and figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 ; whilst, 

 in reality, the plate bears the number 56, and the figures are numbered 

 7, 8, 9, 10. Dr. Bleeker, not being aware of tliis, actually bestows new 

 names on two of these figures (which, moreover, are very bad), Prodr. 

 Cypr. p."283, viz. Dcmrio cyanotania on Perilampus ostreographus, and 

 Devario macclellandi on P. devario ! 



2. Leuciscus chrysops, C. cf- V. xvii. p. 308. — Bengal. — D. 13. A. 20. 



L. lat. 45. 



3. Perilampus, afilnis, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxix. 1861, ]). 27. — 



D. 13. A. 16. — Tenasserim. 



4. macropodus, Jcrdon, Madr. .Journ. Lit. ^- Sc. 1849, xv. p. 325. — 



Elver Cavcry.— D. 9. A. 21. 



