270 TELEOSTEI. PIIYSOSTOMI. 



Length of head 7, height of body 4 to 5 in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 3 in length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, 

 and 1| apart. Mouth transverse, with the snout slightly depressed 

 and rounded ; upper lip fringed ; a small tubercle inside the lower 

 jaw above the symphysis. Barbels the maxillary pair as long as 



Fig. 95. Dangila burmanica. 



the eye, the rostral pair shorter. Teeth pharyngeal, 5, 4, 3/3, 4, 5. 

 Fins dorsal commences above the ninth scale of the lateral line, 

 its upper edge concave, and its highest rays four fifths of the height 

 of the body. Pectoral nearly as long as the head, not reaching the 

 ventral. Upper caudal lobe the longer. Scales five rows between 

 lateral line and base of ventral fin. Colour silvery, some of the 

 scales with dark spots at their bases forming rows or horizontal 

 bands. Pins orange, the edges of the caudal stained. 



Hub. Moulmein and Tavoy (where it does not seem to be un- 

 common) ; several specimens obtained measured up to 10 inches in 

 length. 



319. (2.) Dangila berdmorei. 



Dangila berdmorei, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxix, 1860, p. 162 ; Day, Fish. 

 India, p. 546. 



B. iii. D. 20 (3/23). V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). L. 1. 31. L. tr. O/? 



Length of head 5, height of body 4 in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter two fifths of length of head, three fourths of a diameter 

 from end of snout. Pores on front of snout large. A distinct 

 tubercle above symphysis. Lower lip rather thick, not fringed. 

 Barbels rostral equal to the length of the orbit. Fins dorsal 

 arises in commencement of second third of total length ; the 

 pectoral does not quite reach the ventral. Caudal deeply forked. 

 Scales 3| rows between lateral line and base of ventral fin. 

 Colour uniform in spirit. According to Blyth's description each 

 scale is tipped by a black spot. 



Halt. Tenasserim Provinces of British Burma. 



