126 COMMERSON'S AMBASSIS. 



but they are all of little comparative interest. The 

 A. nama is common in ponds throughout Bengal, 

 and seldom exceeds three inches in length. A. 

 baculis is found in the north-eastern parts of 

 Bengal, and seldom exceeds an inch and a half 

 in length ; while the A. ranga of a similar size 

 is found in the fresh waters of all the Gangetic 

 provinces. The whole of these pretty little fish 

 are diaphanous in the structure of the skin and 

 sides, that the muscles, ribs, and even the intes- 

 tines, can be traced ; and the intensity of their 

 bright colouring is from this cause considerably 

 weakened. 



