126 B. L. Chaudhuri : A new species of Danio. [Voi.. II, 1908.] 



{h) Longitudinal markings. — -From above downwards — (ist) 

 one faint steel-blue-gray band, short and thin, only- 

 one- fourth of the total length, occupying about the 

 middle portion ; followed by (2nd) a thin yellow band 

 which loses itself behind in a yellow background; 

 (3rd) a long steel-blue band, broad but rather 

 faint, running as far back as the posterior end of the 

 dorsal fin ; (4th) three broad yellow dashes (broken 

 up) in a steel-blue ground, continuous in a line, 

 with a yellow band behind commencing about the 

 middle and running to the root of the caudal fin, 

 where it loses itself in the yellow ground colour ; (5th) 

 a broad steel-blue band getting broader behind 

 and ending at the third row of scales before the com- 

 mencement of the caudal fin ; (6th) four or five blurred 

 dashes or round yellow markings losing themselves 

 behind in the steel-blue ground of the band above (5th) , 

 which is broader posteriorly ; (7th) three or four b.right 

 yellow dashes in a steel-blue ground continuous with a 

 yellow band that commences above the origin of the 

 anal fin and continues towards the caudal fin, but 

 loses itself in the yellow background ; (8th) a steel-blue 

 band tapering posteriorly, gradually disappearing 

 before the yellow band (7th) above ; (9th) a few faint 

 yellow dashes, terminating as it were in the steel-blue 

 background. 



Besides other apparent and conspicuous dift'erences the new 

 species differs from D. spmosus in possessing appendants to the 

 pectoral fins (whereas D. spinosus has none), and from D. dangila, 

 which possesses appendants to the ventral fins. 



Two specimens were obtained by Dr. Annandale in March, 

 1908, in a small jungle stream near Kawkareik, at the base of the 

 Dawna Hills in the interior of the Amherst district of Tenasserim. 

 Together with them were taken several specimens of Danio dangila 

 and D. albolineatus. 



The name of the genus is derived from the word " Dhani " 

 (belonging to dhan -■= paddy), by which name all the allied species 

 are collectively called by the Bengalese, probably referring to the 

 smallness of their size or to their being found in grassy jungles 

 in the edges of rivers and lakes. In this habitat these coloured 

 stripes, loops and dashes are of great importance to these small 

 fishes. 



