296 MR. F. DAY ON INDIAN FISHES. [Mar. 14, 



Barilius (Pachystomus) cocoa, Buch. Ham. 



B.iii. D. 2/7. P. 13. V. 9. A. 2/7. C. 18. LA. 42. L.tr.9/3. 



Length of specimens to 5 inches. 



The existence of a short pair of nasal, and a second pair of maxil- 

 lary cirri about equally long was very apparent. Ilaving captured 

 an identical fish at Kurnool, I have but little doubt that it is Bu- 

 chanan Hamilton's fish, with which it exactly agrees. 



Hall. Bowany Kiver, where, however, it is not common. 



Paradanio aurolineatus, Day. 



Poai'ah cimjoo candee, Tarn. 



B.iii. D.y^,. P.14. V.7. A. j-^. C.19. L.L35. L. tr. 7/2. 



Length of specimens to 4^ inches. 



The coloration differs slightly from the INfalabar species, in that 

 here there are some irregular vertical yellow lines on the fore part of 

 the body, and the blue between the yellow lines and the opercular 

 spot is less distinct. The lower half of the dorsal fin is also darker. 



Hab. Billicul, where it was imported and breeds ; also the Bowany 

 and Seegoor Rivers. Some were placed in the Ootacamund Lake. 

 It grows to about G inches in length. 



Paradanio neilgherriensis, sp. nov. 



Cowlie, Tarn. 



B.iii. D.^„. P. 15. V. 10. A. 2/10. C. 20. L.1.35. L. tr. 



•V2. Vert.H 



Length of specimens up to 3h inches. 



Length of head |- , of pectoral ^, of base of dorsal ^, of base of 

 anal g, of caudal | of the total length. Height of head -^^, of body 

 \, of dorsal ^, of anal g of the total length. 



Eyes. Diameter ^ of length of head, 1| diameter apart, f of a 

 diameter froui end of snout. 



Profile more convex on the ventral than it is on the dorsal aspect. 

 Body compressed. 



Cleft of mouth extending to under the anterior margin of the 

 orbit, with the lower jaw directed rather upwards, and having a 

 slight knob at its termination, so that when the mojith is closed it 

 forms the anterior end of the fish. Nostrils at anterior superior 

 angle of the orbit, nearer to it than to the end of the snout, and di- 

 vided from each other by a membranous valve. 



Fins. The dorsal commences midway between the snout and the 

 middle of the caudal fin, and opposite the posterior third of the 

 ventral, extending to above the fourth anal ray. Caudal emarghiate 

 in its posterior fourth. Anterior ends of dorsal and anal fins the 

 highest, 



Scales of medium size ; none over the bases of dorsal or anal fins, 

 but a few over the caudal. 



Lateral line commencing from the upper posterior margin of the 



