XANDIDJE. 8 1 



Kulu-poo-ti-uh and Chiri, Punj. ; Kundata and Ka-sundara, Tel. ; 

 Knhlee-poee and Bundei, Ooriah ; Nabat and Han-djh-nce, Assam. ; Pin- 

 lay-nya-la-mah and Nya-inee-loung, Burm. 



D. 10-18/7-10. P. 12. A. 3/6-8. C.16. L.I. 26-33. L.tr.2|/8. 



Length of head 4 to 5, height of body 2f to 4^, in the variety 

 figured, in the total length. Eyes di'ameter C'f in length of 

 head, f from end of snout, and 1 apart. Form of body an elon- 

 gated oval, sides compressed. Teeth villiform in jaws, voiner, and 

 palatines, also on pre-sphenoid and epi-hyal. Fins dorsal spines 

 somewhat slender, the soft portion of the fin rather elevated and 

 pointed ; anal spines short, caudal pointed. The number of spines 



Fig. 38.Badis buchanani. 



and rays A'aries : in Bengal and Madras the formula is generally 

 D. 16-17/8-7, A. 3/6-7, L. 1. 26-28 ; but in Assam and Burma it 

 is mostly D. 17-18/9-10, A. 3/8, L. 1. 28-33. Scales ctenoid, ex- 

 tending over the body and head, there are two or three small rows 

 along the bases of the dorsal and anal fins, and some minute ones 

 often present on the rajs of the vertical lins, one entire row inter- 

 venes between highest portion of lateral line and the small scales 

 along base of dorsal fin. Lateral line interrupted below posterior 

 extremity of dorsal. Colour subject to great variation. In India 

 proper, including the Punjab and Sind, the body is variegated with 

 alternate belts of black and green ; but in old fishes, especially if 

 captured in dirty water, these bands are black and dirty red. On 

 each shoulder there is usually a bluish-black spot, another is often 

 present on the opercle, and a third at base of caudal. In Assam 

 these fishes are dull red, blotched or spotted with black ; but in 

 Burma the spots take the form of six vertical bands, each formed 

 by four transverse blotches one above the other ; a large one is 

 situated on the shoulder, and another on the side of the free por- 

 tion of the tail ; all the vertical fins have a narrow white edge. 



Hah. Fresh waters of India and Burma, attaining at least 

 3| inches in length. I obtained several at Mandalay in Upper 

 Burma from a canal which was being baled out. 



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