416 TELEOSTEI. P1IYSOSTOMI. 



B. iv. D. 6-7. A. 20-24. C. 15. L. 1. 27. L. tr. 9-11. 



Length of head 4^, height of body 3f to 4 in the total length. 

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

 and also apart. Teeth minute, none on the palate. Fins ventral 

 small, without any prolonged ray. Anal with in some (not all) 

 examples its rays prolonged in a filiform mannerT>ey6nd the mem- 

 brane. Caudal rounded. Colour dull green along the back, 

 becoming dull white on the abdomen, outer portion of anal rays 

 white-edged. A narrow dark line along the middle of the side, 

 terminating iu a dull spot at the centre of the base of the caudal 

 fin. 



Hab. Wynaad, and Madras Presidency, Orissa, Lower Bengal 

 and Burma; attaining about 1| inches in length. 



529. (2.) Haplochilus rubrostigma. 



Aplocheilus rubrostigma, Jerdon, Mad. Jour. L. S. xv. 1849, 



p. 331. 

 Haplochilus rubrostigma, Day, Fish. India, p. 522, pi. cxxi, fig. 5 



(see synon.). 



B. v. D. 8. P. 15. V. 6. A. 17-18. C. 15. L. 1. 33. L. tr. 9. 



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

 diameter 3| in the length of head, l| diam. from end of snout, 

 and 1| apart. Teeth on vomer. Fins ventral with its second 

 ray elongate and reaching to the middle of the anal. Anal much 

 lower in front and increasing in length to the last ray. Central 

 caudal rays rather prolonged. Colour a silver occipital spot. 

 Body reddish brown above, becoming yellowish on the sides and 

 beneath. Each scale along the side with a central red spot. A 

 row, sometimes two, of red spots along the base of the anal fin, 

 some on the dorsal, and a few dark spots on the caudal. 



Hub. Malabar coast of India, and the lower portion of the Coro- 

 rnandel coast ; attaining to at least 3 inches in length. 



530. (3.) Haplochilus lineatns. (Fig. 135.) 



Panchax lineatum, Cuv. $ Vol. H. N. Poiss. xviii, p. 381. 

 Haplochilus lineatus, Day, Fish. India, p. 522, pi. cxxi, fig. 6 (see 

 synon.). 



B. v-vi. D. 8-9. A. 15-17. C. 19. L. 1. 32-34. L. tr. 9. 



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

 Eyes diameter 3| in the length of head, lj diam. from end of 

 snout, and 1| apart. Teeth a single row across the palate. Fins 

 second ventral ray elongate, reaching to nearly the middle of the 

 anal fin ; anal high, the last rays about the same length as the 

 first ; central caudal rays rather prolonged. Colour varying with 

 the seasons and sex ; greenish with a gloss of purple on the cheek 

 and along the abdominal surface. A golden green spot in the 



