ig2r.] S. L. HOKA : Fish of Maui par. 187 



colour of the living specimens was noted down by Dr. Annandale in 

 the field-book : — " The dorsal surface brownish, deeply tinged with 

 metaUic green and dotted with black, sides metallic crimson, each 

 scale edged with black ; ventral surface silvery; pelvic, anal and 

 caudal fins crimson ; dorsal and pectoral bright olivaceous green 

 with the rays more or less infuscated and with black spots on the 

 dorsal. Iris crimson, lower part of the cheek and operculum sil- 

 \'ery white densely speckled with black," 



S. Dogar Singh informed me that these fish were introduced 

 into the Residency ponds from outside the Manipur Valley on 

 account of their beautiful colouration. 



Barbus ticto (Ham. Buch ). 



iSmi. Hiii-bri', tiiio. 1 )a\-, nf. cit.. p. JJ5. 



This is the commonest fish in the valley and is daily captured 

 m large quantities with baskets. 



Rasbora rasbora (Ham. Buch.). 



iSSc). A'i/,s7j('/'./ brichiimni! , 1 ).'i\', t)f>. cit., p. ^i/, tii^. 107. 



Only two specimens were captured from the Dhanashori 

 stream, near Dimapur, Assam. In both specimens the scales have 

 been rubl)ed off leaving the black edged membranes behind. The 

 caudal fin is tipped with black as in the Burmese examples. 



Rohtee, Sykes. 



Some ichthyologists have adopted the generic name Ostcobra- 

 ma, Heckel, in preference to Rohtcc ^ Sykes, probably owing to a 

 confusion as to the dates of publication of the works of Heckel 

 and Sykes. Gnnther in his "' Catalngiie of l/ic Fislics in the British.. 

 Museum," VTI, p. 122, gives 1842 as the date of publication of 

 the two works and selects Osteobrama, with Sykes' genus Rohtcc 

 as a sjnionym. \'inciguerra [op. cit., p. 313) in adopting the same 

 course writes as follows : — " Ho adottato il nome generico di Os- 

 teohrama, a preferenza di quello di Rohtee, perche, mentre e.ssi sono 

 di data sincrona, poiche il lavoro di Heckel in cui il primo e pro- 

 posto (Russegger's Reisen I, p. 1033) fu pubblicato nel 1842 data che 

 porta anche quello di Sykes. in cui e stabilito il secondo (Trans. 

 Zool. Soc. Lond. II, p. 364), quello ha sull'altro il vantaggio di 

 non essere barbaro come esso." T do not agree with the authori- 

 ties quoted above and find that Sykes' work was published on 

 27th February, 1841 ; while Heckel established Ostcobrania in 

 1843. According to the rules of ]>riority, therefore, Rohtcc must 

 have preference over Osteobraiiia. Vinciguerra's second argument 

 for adopting Osteobraiiia is purely sentimental and tlierefore needs 

 no consideration. 



Another point deserving some consideration is, as to whether 



