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The bola, according to Day, is a native of “ Orissa, Bengal, 
Northwest Provinces, Assam, and Burma,” where it is most at home 
in “clear streams with stony bed.” Its average weight is about 
three-quarters of a pound, and the maximum near five pounds. 
Fishes are “ taken with the fly, and likewise with small spinning bait ; 
a small phantom is very good bait to use.” A hooked fish “ will 
Fic. 98.—Nuria danrica. After Day. 
jump repeatedly out of the water and dash about in a perfect frenzy 
and is game to the last.” 
Another remarkable oriental type is the genus Nuria, also a repre- 
sentative of the group Danionine distinguished by the inferior posi- 
tion behind of the lateral line which runs nearer the lower edge; the 
dorsal is also farther back and little in advance of the anal. Nuria is 
further distinguished, not only from the other species of Danionines, 
but from all other Cyprinids, by the very long maxillary barbels 
which are quite as prolonged as those of an ordinary catfish. The 
Nuria danrica is a fish which “ attains five inches in length” and 
Fic. 99.—Chela argentea. After Day. 
occurs in India as well as Burma, Ceylon and the Nicobars. It was 
also found “in a hot stream of 112° Fahr. at Pooree” and likewise 
“ina hot stream at Cannia in Ceylon.” 
Another characteristic Indian genus is Chela, whose name is 
latinized from the Hindustanee name Chilwa, applied to the principal 
species. The group is closely related to Pelecus, whose type is the 
