1921.] 



vS. L. HORA : Fish of Manipur. 



175 



Serial I 



No. I 



35 

 36 

 37 

 38 



39 



40 



41 



42 



43 



44 

 45 

 46 



47 

 4;! 



40 

 50 



53 

 54 



Fcieritific name. 



Meaning of the local 

 name. 



Economic vaUie of the 



species and other 



particulars. 



Danio dain^ila (Ham 



Buch,). 

 Danio nic/uipinncilus 



(McClelland). 

 Danio (Brachydatiio) 



aculicephala, sp. nov. 

 Danio na^ai^^usis, Chaii- 



dhnri. 



Family Cobu'Idae. 



Bolia bei'dmorei (Blyth). 

 Botia histyionica, Blyth 



Lepidocephnlichthys qiiii- 



tio (Ham. Buch.) 

 Lepidocephalichthvi beid- 



morei (Blyth) 



Lepidooephalichthys irro- 

 rata, sp. nov. 



Sarin Khoibi 

 Nga-rang. 



Nga kahyoii 01 

 Nsa-ki-iarai! 



Nga-iiap 



AcdiiUhipiithalmus pan I Nga sail 



nia (Ham. Buch.). | 



Neniacliilus botia (Ham. 



Buch). 

 Nemachilus .zonnllenians Nga-rem 



(Blyth). 

 Neinachiliis inanipuren- Nga-sarva 



sis, Chaudhuri. 

 Nemach ilus kangjiipkh ul- 



ensis, sp. nov. 



' Otter-mouthed fish." 

 ' Striped fish " in re- 

 ference to its black 

 and white colour. 



kshyou "loose mud." 

 The fish lives in loose 

 mud hence the I'atie. 

 Thesec(n:d name signi- 

 fies its slimy skin like 

 that of a leech jaraii. 

 nap denotes the action 

 • of pressing a thing 

 between the fingers 

 hence ''a compressed 

 fish" 

 1 sang " thin and long ". . 



Very good eating, 

 do. 



It is generally smoked , 

 but people occasionally 

 eat it fresh. 



Manipuris do not like it 

 fresh and generally 

 smoke it. 



[See Nos. 25 — 28 above J 



Nemachilus sikmaiensis 



sp. nov. 

 Nemachilus prashadi, sp. 



nov. 



Family PercidaE. 



Ambassis ranqa (Ham. 

 Buch ). 



Family Nandidae. 



Laingoi- 



phumba or 



Sarin 

 I Nga-ttip . . 



\ 



do. 



Nga-mahi . . 



j phumba '' sand." the fish 

 lives in sand and hence 

 the name. 

 tup " segmented." in re 

 fe ence to the vertical 

 band on the sides. 



" Silvery fish " in refer- 

 ence to the colour of 

 the abdomen. 



Badis badii 

 Buch ). 



(Ham. Pona 



" Deep-black " 



Family MasTACEMBEU- 

 DAE. 



Rhynchobdella dhana- 



shorii, sp. nov. 

 Mast ace mbelus manipn- 



rensis, sp. nov. 



Nga-yin . . " Suakc-fish ' 



[See No. 42 above.) 



Bony, not bitter. 



Fairly .good eating. It 

 is generally smoked. 



