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3 3 



4. „ lineolatus, D. •—, A. — , L. 1. 33. Eostral and maxillary barbels. Sik- 



10 14 



Mm, Tenasserim. 



3 / 



5. „ dangila, D. 2/11, A. — . Two pairs of long barbels. Bengal and Bihar. 



*6. „ cfvrysops, D. 13, A. 20. No barbels. Bengal. 



3 2 



7. „ Neilglierriensis, D. ^—r n , A. ■ , B. 1 35. Eostral and sometimes 



maxillary barbels. Neilgherry Hills, Madras. 



8. „ osteographus, D. 2/11, A. -yr. L. 1. 35 — 37. Eostral and usually 



maxillary barbels. India and Ceylon. 



9. „ mquipinnatus, D. 13, A, 13, L. 1. 32. 



1. Danio devario. 



Cyprinus devario, Ham. Buch., Fish. Ganges, pp. 341, 393, pi. 6, fig. 94 ; *Cuv, 

 and Val., xvi, p. 446. 



Perilampus devario, McClell., Ind. Cyp., pp. 288, 391, pi. 45, fig. 2. 



Devario Macclellandii , *Bleeker, Proc. Cyp. p. 283. 



Danio devario, *Gunther 3 Catal. vii, p. 284 ; Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 377. 



Bonlcuaso, Uriah ; Debari, Beng. 



B. III. D. _? — — -, P. 13, Y. 6, A. — i_ , C. 19, L. 1. 41, 



12—14 (17)' ' ' 14—16' ' ' 



L. tr. 11/5. 



Length, of head 1/5, of caudal 1/4, height of hody 1/3, of dorsal fin 1/5 

 of the total length. — JEyes : diameters 1/3 of length of head, 3/4 of a 

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

 maxilla extends to heneath the anterior margin of the orbit ; lower jaw the 

 longer. Third suborbital bone broad. ISTo barbels. — Fins : dorsal commences 

 slightly anteriorly to the anal, and midway between the anterior margin of the 

 orbit and the base of the caudal. In some specimens from Asam the anal 

 had 19 rays. In a few from the Garo Hills there are D. 2/17, A 2/17.- — 

 Caudal lunated. — Lateral line : 1\ rows of scales between it and the base of the 

 ventral fin. — Colours : greenish superiorly,silvery white inferiorly. The anterior 

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

 one another by narrow yellow bands. Three bluish lines are continued to- 

 wards the caudal fin, where the two lower amalgamate, and passing up- 

 wards become lost on the superior half of the caudal fin. 



Hal. — Orissa, Bengal, N. W. Provinces and Asam ; attaining 4 inches 

 in length. 



2. Danio spdtosus. 

 Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 621. 



B. III. D. ?=?, P. 13, V. 7, A. 3 C. 19, L. 1. 52, L. tr. 15/4. 



Length of head 1/5, of caudal 1/5, height of body 1/3 of the total 

 length. — Eyes : diameter 2/7 of length of head, 1 diameter from end of 



