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Records of the Indian Museum. 



[Vol. XXII, 



Scientific name. 



Local name. 



Meaning of the local 

 name. 



Garra naganensis, sp. 



nov. 

 Garra abhoyai, sp. nov, 

 Garra rupiciUiis, McClel 



laud. 

 Labeo calbasu ( Ham. 



Buch ). 



Labeo angra (Ham 



Buch.). 

 Labeo pangusia (Ham 



Buch). 



Niignga 



Paing-ha or 

 Pemba. 



Kha-bag. 

 do. 



Crossocliilus latia (Ham. Nga-rohi or 

 Buch.). I ngarohi ma- 



pi. 



Barhus saraiia caudimar- Nga-noi 

 ginatus, Blyth. 



Barbiis oatesii, Bouleu- 

 ger. 



Barbus clavatiis, McClel- 

 land. 



Barbus tor (}ilAVa. Buch.) 

 Barbus hexastichits, Mc- 

 Clelland. 



Barbus ticto (Ham. 

 Buch.) 



Barbus conchonius (Ham 



Buch.). 

 Barbus phntunio (Ham. 



Buch.) 

 Rasbora rasbora (Ham. 



Buch). 

 Rohtee belangeri (C. and 



v.). 



Rohlee alf red tana (C. and 



v.). 



BarilUts bendelisis var. 

 chedra (Ham. Buch.). 



Barilius barila (Ham. 



Buch.). 

 Barilius dogarsinghi, 



sp. nov. 



Samehei 



Hunt 

 Nga-hha 



d '. 

 do. 



Tharak 

 Nga-shiksha 



Nga-wa. 

 do. 



Economic value of the 



species and other 



particulars. 



which lives in grass 

 and by its bite pro- 

 duces a swelling. 



" Stone fish " 



A fish with a red streak 

 below the cheek and 

 with red iris. Pemba 

 denotes red. 



A//fl-mouth : bag de- 

 notes the fleshy ap- 

 pendages which sur- 

 round the mouth. 



rohi "round," in refer- 

 ence to the cylindrical 

 form of the fish. The 

 young are cal'ed nga- 

 rohi and the adults nga- 

 rohimapi the mother 

 of nga-rohi. 



noi '■ fat ;" the young of 

 this fish are called nga- 

 hau at Waugjing vil- 

 lage. 



" Comb fish," in refer- 

 ence tn the denticula- 

 tious along the dorsal 

 spine. 



"Restless fish," makes 

 httr-hur agitation or j 

 trembling in the water. 



khaiba " bitter." The i 

 Manipuris compared 

 the taste of these fishes 

 to that of a tobacco leaf. 



Nagas eat it. 



Good eating but bony. 



Good eating. They are- 

 chiefly used for extrac- 

 tion oi oil in which other 

 fish and vegetables are 

 fried. 



The young are bitter in 

 taste while the adults 

 are slightly bitter btit 

 not bony, 



Full of bones ; though 

 its flesh is sain to have 

 good flavour. 



The fish was obtained at 

 Kairong and only the 

 Naga name i-r. given 

 here. 



Few people eat it fresh. 

 It is generally dried 

 in big trays and then 

 ground int > powder, 

 which is used as a 

 condiment like pep- 

 per with vegetables. 



' Flat and thin ' . . [See No. 17 abovej. 



Compressed fish " . . Fairly good eating. 



wa " air ; " iu reference 

 to the surface feeding 

 habits of the fish. At 

 Kairong some Jlaui- 

 puris called it nga-ra 

 on account of the blue 

 bands on the sides of 

 the body. 



The intestine, .which is 

 also eaten, is said to be 

 bitter. The fish is, 

 however, good eating. 



