1918.] N. Annandale : Fisli of Ihc J nU iMhe. il 



Barbus schanicus, Boulenger. 

 (Plate III, fig. 4.) 



1893. Barhuft srhoiiruff, Boiilena;er, oj). cit., \). 21)1. 



This is perhaps the largest and heaviest Cyprinid fish caught in the 

 lake. It is stated to attain a weight of 7 lbs. Large individuals 

 are commonly 18 inches long and very deep in proportion. The back 

 in living specimens is of a deep blackish green and the fins and tail 

 are tinted with a paler shade of the same colour. 



At any rate in February and March, the Nga yit is not so abundant 

 in the markets round the lake as its two congeners. It is, however, 

 said by the Intha fishermen to be caught chiefly in canals and at the 

 mouths of the rivers that open into the lake near its southern extremity, 

 and to be much more abundant in these localities at some seasons than 

 others. It is, therefore, in all probability a fluviatile fish that 

 migrates into the lake occasionally in search of food or in order to breed. 

 The species is only known from the Inle Lake. 



The fish is caught with cast-nets in canals and streams and speared 

 in the lake. 



Barbus stedmanensis, Boulenger. 



(Plate III, fig. 2.) 



1893. Barbus compressus, Boulenger, op. cit., p. 202 {nom. preoc. ^.) 

 1917. Barbus stedman''nsis, id., in lilt. 



The name Barbus stedmanensis is suggested by Dr. Boulenger in 

 place of Barbus compressus, the name he originally gave the species. 

 The fish has no resemblance to the Barbus compressus of Day, which 

 probably came from Kashmir. The type of the latter is in the collection 

 of the Indian Museum and I have been able to compare it with a co-type 

 of Barbus sledmanensis aent from the British Museum some years ago. 



This fish has a very herring-hke appearance owing to the shape of 

 its body and head and the direction of the mouth. It is said to attain 

 a weight of 3| lbs. The back in fife is almost black and the dorsal and 

 caudal fins are margined with the same colour, while the tip of the anal 

 and the upper border of the pectoral are also infuscated. 



B. stedmanensis, as its shape suggests, is an active and probably to 

 some extent a predacious species, though I found the stomach full of 

 weeds in some specimens. It is usually caught in a dip-net, speared or 

 captured in special traps. 



Cyprinus carpio intha. subsp. no v. 

 (Plate III, fig. 1.) 



1893. Cyprinus carpio, Boulenger, op. cit., p. 200. 



1904. Cyprinus carpio, Regan, ibid. XIII, p. 190 {in part). 



Tate Regan has pointed out that the Carp of the Southern Shan States 

 is a distinct race, distinguished by the largeness of its scales. This race 



^ Barbus compressus. Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 555. 



