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S. L. HoRA : Fish of Manipur. 



173 



Serial 

 No. 



Scientific name 



Local name. 



Meaning of the local 

 name. 



Economic value of the 



species and other 



particulars. 



Family Sv.mbr.\nciiidaE, 

 MiDiopteriis a:'biis (Zuiew), 



Family Siluridae. 



2 I Clarias batrachtts [lAan.). 



3 I Wallago atlii (Schn.). 



4 Callichrous hiinaculalits 

 (Bloch). 



Nga param. \ No explanation was 

 given by the Mani 

 puris. Kaboi Nagas call 

 it kha-roi, snake-fish 



Nga-kara . . 



Sareng . . 

 Nga tin. . . 



5 I A\Jaciones bleekeit, Day. Nga-chep 



Macrones (Macroitnides) Wga-rang . 

 afjini^ (Blyth). 



Glyptitthora.y dorsalis | "- 



(Viiiciguerra) (Nga-pang. 



Glyptolliornx ininiitns, ' ( 



sp nov 



9 Guga'.a cenia (Ham. 

 P.uch.). 



10 Eieihisles hara (Ham. 



i>uch.). 



11 hretliistes elongata.Day. 



Family CvprinU).\e. 



12 Psiloihvnchus fp.fHoiu. 



13 Gana nasutus, McClel- 



land. 



Nga-rang 



Burnt black fish " 

 The name refers to its 

 black colour. 



" Big fish ■'.. 



tin "to spit" or "a bow." 

 The dorsal profile in 

 this fish is like a bow ; 

 also, according to the 

 Manipuris, the fish 

 .spits whe'i taken out 

 of water. 



cheh implies the habit 

 of the fish when taken 

 out of water. It 

 shuts and opens its 

 mouth constantly. 



"Striped fish." ' The 

 name is derived from 

 arangbah. This adjec- 

 tive is used for other 

 things also. 



pang irom pangwa "inno- 

 cent." This implies the 

 habit of the fish which 

 does not dart away 

 when disturbed but re- 

 mains quietly in the 

 same place and is easi- 

 ly caught. 



[See No. 6 above] 



Manipuris do not eat 

 this fish, because, as 

 they informed me, this 

 name comes after thoise 

 of all other eatable fish 

 in their holy book, the 

 Puranas. Nagas catch it 

 by f two pronged spear 

 and smoke it without 

 salting. 



Fairly good eating. This 

 is captured in large 

 numbers in swamps by 

 cutting the grass and 

 scooping out the water. 



Good eating The big- 

 gest fish sold in the 

 market. 



Fairly good eating. 

 During the rainy sea- 

 son, its roe is ground 

 and fried and is used 

 in making a kind of flat 

 cake. 



Fairly good eating. It is 

 said to have few bones. 



Good eating. 



It is said to be full of 

 fat and oil. 



The Manipuris do not 

 distinguish this species 

 from .1/. afjinis. 



These species are not re- 

 presented in our collec- 

 tion. They are known 

 to occur in the Naga 

 Hills. 



Nga-nm-san- 

 gum. 



mu "black"; sangum'' Fairly good eating, 

 " an umbrella" or " a I to be rich in oil. 

 mushroom" in refer- 

 ence to the mental disc. 

 According to others 

 sangum is an insect I 



said 



