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behind the ventrals and its origin is almost equidistant from the 

 tip of the snout and the base of the caudal fin , it contains six 

 branched rays besides two unbranched raj's anteriorly. The pec- 

 torals are shorter than the head and are separated from the ven- 

 trals by a distance equal to their length. The ventrals extend 

 considerably beyond the vent and are separated from the anal by 

 a considerable distance. The anal fin is likewise short and con- 

 tains six rays. It is separated from the root of the caudal fin by a 

 distance almost equal to its length. The caudal fin is slightly 

 shorter than the length of the head and its free posterior border 

 is convex. The caudal peduncle is long and broad ; it is 17 limes 

 as long as high. 



Colour ■ — The sides and the upper surface of the head and 

 body in front of the dorsal fin are dusky, while the under surface 

 in the same region is either white or dull pale-olivaceous. From 

 behind the origin of the dorsal fin to the base of the caudal fin 

 the body is marked by a number of broad black bands alternating 

 with narrow bands of a yellowish-orange colour. The bands form 

 almost complete rings with slight interruptions on the extreme 

 dorsal and the ventral sides. The pectoral, ventral and the anal 

 fins are dull white while the dorsal fin is streaked with black along 

 the rays. The caudal fin is dusky with a whitish margin In 

 the middle of the fin there are two short whitish bands. There is 

 an intensely black ocellus at the upper corner of the root of the 

 caudal fin. 



In 3'oung specimens the bands on the body extend forward 

 to the middle of the pectoral fins. The caudal fin is marked by a 

 number of black blotches forming three bands. 



Type-specimen. — F10087/1, Zool. Surv. Lad. (lud. Mus.) 



Locality. — Two young specimens and one adult were collected 

 by Mr. Shaw in the Reang River at an altitude of 2000 ft. in 

 the Darjiling District. The only other species of the genus, A. 

 kempi, has been recorded from the Abor country, the Garo Hills 

 and the Putao Plains in Upper Burma." 



Measurements in niillimetrcs. 



ToUil length L-xcluding caudjil tin 74 



Length ol catKi;il (in , ... 13 



Depth of body .. ... 9'8 



Length of head . . .. .. ... i,v6 



,, ,, snonl ... ... 



Diameter of eye , ... .. i'^* 



Length of pectoral tin if- 



,, ventral .. ... 9',t 



Longest ray of an.il Hn 9'i' 



,', ,, ,, dorsal.. 6'^ 



Macroues (Macronoides) merianiensis, Chaudhuri. 



11)1 1. Macroues nieviainetisis, l_'h;indhni i, Rec. hid. Mus. \ IIL |>. 

 ?53, pi. ix, tigs. I , la, lb. 



1 Chaudhuri, Rec. Ind. Mus. X\' I, p. 278 (1919). 



