III. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FAUNA OF 



YUNNAN BASED ON COLLECTIONS 



MADE BY J. COGGIN BROWN, B.Sc , 



1909 — 1910. 



PART II.— FlvSHES. 



By B. L. Chaudhuri, B.A., B.Sc, Assistant Superintendent , 



Indian Museum. 



The fishes collected by Mr. J. Coggin Brown in Yunnan 

 and its neighbourhood belong to the sub-orders Ostariophysi and 

 Percesoces. Some of them are reported for the first time from 

 the Province and four are believed to be new to science. For 

 want of sufficient preserving fluid and bottles Mr. Coggin Brown 

 had to put a large portion of his collection in local Chinese spirit 

 in ill-fitting Chinese vases and pots, with the result that, notwith- 

 standing all his care and trouble, a considerable number of the 

 specimens arrived here in a condition unfit for identification. 

 Nineteen different species have, however, been identified and are 

 enumerated below, the report being supplemented with the des- 

 criptions of the four new species. 



Fam. CYPRINIDAE. 



Sub-fani. Cyprininae. 



I. Cyprinus hybiscoides, Richards. 



Giinther, CataL, vii, p. 27. 



Hab. — Lake Tali Fu, 7,000 ft., Yunnan. 



Reported from China^ Amoy, Formosa, Japan and Java. 



2. Cypriniis fossicola (Gray). 



Giinther, Catal., vii, p. 28. 

 Hab. — Yungpe Lake, Yunnan. 



Some female specimens with matured ova ; month of collec- 

 tion June. 



Reported from China. 



3. Carassius aiiratus (L.). 



Giinther, Catal. ^ vii, p. 32. 



Hab. — Lake Tali Fu, 7,000 ft., and Yung-chang Fu, Yunnan. 



A very large number, mostly damaged. 



China is the home of the gold carp. 



