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B. iii. D. 8 (2/6). P. 15. V. 9. A. 8 (3/5). 

 L. 1. 30-34. L. tr. 5-6/3. 



Length of head 5| to 5 in the total length. Eyes diameter 

 3| to 3 in the length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout and 

 apart. Barbels the rostral not so long as the head, the maxillary 

 extend to the base of the ventral or even to that of the caudal 

 fin. Fins dorsal commences nearer to the base of the caudal than 



Fig. 106. Nuria danrica, var. cdta. 



to the head ; pectoral varies with age, being generally proportion- 

 ately longer in the immature ; sometimes the anal fin is higher than 

 the dorsal, especially in the immature. Lateral line usually 

 present, entire ; 2 rows of scales between it and the base of the 

 ventral, 18 before the dorsal fin. Colour a broad black lateral 

 band, sometimes absent. 



The variety Nuria alia, Blyth, is a Burmese form, which differs 

 in the height of its body, being 4| (instead of 5^) in the total 

 length, and its anal fin is a little lower. 



Hob. India, Ceylon, Burma, and the Nicobars. Dr. Cumberland 

 found this fish in a hot stream of 112 Fahr. at Pooree, M. Regnaud 

 in a hot stream at Cannia in Ceylon ; it attains 5 inches in length. 



21. Genus RASBORA, Bleeker. 

 Syn. Leuciscus, sp., Cuv. & Val. ; Mcgarasbora, Giinther. 



Abdomen rounded. Pseudobranchia) present. Cleft of mouth 

 oblique, lower jaw slightly prominent, having one central and two 

 lateral prominences, one on each side, fitting into corresponding 

 emarginations in the upper jaw. Barbels two (rostral), or none. 

 Eyes with free lids. Pharyngeal teeth 5, 3 or 4, 2/2, 3 or 4, 5. 

 Dorsal fin without any osseous ray and few branched ones, inserted 

 behind the origin of the ventral but not extending to above the 

 anal, which is short. Scales large or of moderate size. Lateral 

 line concave, continued to the middle or lower half of the caudal 

 fin. Gill-rakers short and lanceolate. 



Geographical Distribution. Africa, Indin, Ceylon, Burma, to 

 the Malay Archipelago. 



