354 TELEOSTEI. PIIYSOSTOMI. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



D. 18-19, A. 18-19, L. 1. 41-48. No bar- 

 bels 1. D. devario, p. 354. 



D. 15-16, A. 19-20, L. 1. 55-65. No 

 barbels, or a short rostral pair. One 

 or two spines on the margin of the 

 orbit 2. D, spinosus, p. 355. 



D. 12-15, A. 15-19, L. 1. 35-37. Ros- 

 tral and sometimes rudimentary max- 

 illary barbels 3. D. malabaricus, p. 355. 



IX 12-14, A. 14-16, L. 1. 32-34. Rostral 



and maxillary barbels 4. D. ccquipinnatus, p. 356. 



D. 11-13, A. 17-18. Two pairs of long 



barbels 5. _D. dangtta, p. 350. 



D. 13, A. 18. No barbels 6. D. chryscps, p. 357. 



D. 12-14, A. 13-14, L. 1. 35-37. Rostral 



and sometimes maxillary barbels 1. D. neilgherriensis, p. 357. 



D. 9, A. 15-16, L. 1. 26-28. Long ros- 

 tral and usually maxillary barbels. 

 Blue bands 8. D. rerio, p ; 358. 



D. 9, A. 13-15, L. 1. 31-33. Two pairs 

 of long barbels. A scarlet horizontal 

 band 9. -D. albolmeatits, p. 358. 



D. 9, A. 13, L. 1. 30-32. Maxillary barbels 



only. Blue bands 10. D- nigrofwidatus, p. 359. 



436. (1.) Danio devario. 



Cyprinus devario, Ham. Such. Fish. Ganges, pp. 341, 393, pi. 6, fig. 94. 

 Danio devario, Day, Fish. India, p. 595, pi. el, fig. 4 (see synon.). 



Bonkuaso, Ooriah ; Dcbari, Beng. ; Da-bah and Duth-ri-e, N.W. Pro- 

 vinces; IDian-ye, Maal-le and Pur-ran-dah, Punj. ; Chay-la-rec, Sind. 



B. iii. D. 18-19. A. 18-19. C. 19. L. 1, 41-48. L. tr. 11/5. 



Length of head 5 to 5%, height of body 3^ to 3| (or even 4) in 

 the total length. Eyes diameter 3 in length of head, ^ of a 

 diameter from end of snout, 1| diameters apart. Posterior extremity 

 of maxilla extends beneath anterior margin of the orbit; lower jaw 

 the longer. Third suborbital bone broad. Barbels absent. Fins 

 dorsal commences midway between the anterior margin of the orbit 

 and the base of caudal. Caudal lunate. Scales 2| rows between 

 lateral line and base of ventral fin ; 16 rows before base of dorsal. 

 Colour greenish above, silvery white below. The anterior part of 

 the body is reticulated in its centre by steel-blue lines, divided from 

 one another by narrow vertical yellow bands. Three bluish lines, 

 divided by yellow ones, are continued backwards to the caudal fin, 

 where the two lower amalgamate, and, passing upwards, become lost 

 on the superior half of the fin. 



Hub. Sind, Orissa, Bengal, N.W. Provinces, Deccan, Punjab, and 

 Assam ; attaining 4 inches in length. 



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