DISTRIBUTION OF INDIAN FRESHWATER FISIIES. 



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68. B. viTTATUs\ JDiiy. Cutcli, Soutlieru India, Malabar coast, 

 and Cejlou. 



09. B. FILAMENTOSUS-, Cuv. ^' Val. Canara, Malabar coast, 

 and^Southern India. 



70. B. puNTio, Ham. Bach. Bengal and British Burma. 



Amongst the foregoing 70 species ofJBarhus, we find 6 restricted 

 to the Himalayas and rivers near their bases ; 10 to the Gangetic 

 delta and Assam, or Orissa, some likewise being found in Sind ; 

 2 restricted to Sind and the Punjab ; 2 to Assam ; 5 extend from 

 Bengal, or Assam to Burma ; 6 local to Burma ; 3 Burma and 

 the Malay archipelago ; 2 throughout India; 1 from Central to 

 South India ; 1 Lower Bengal down the Coromandel coast to 

 Madras ; 3 Deccan ; 6 Mysore and Southern India ; 11 Western 

 coast and Ghauts ; 4 "Western coast and South India ; 3 Western 

 coast, South India, and Ceylon ; 5 Ceylon. Thus we find 2 species 

 generally distributed ; 25 found in the deltas of the Indus, 

 Ganges, or Brahmaputra, of which 5 extend to Burma ; 9 more 

 are found in Burma ; 1 species from Bengal to Madras ; 10 from 

 Central and Southern India ; 18 from the Western coast, some of 

 which are likewise found in Southern India and 3 in Ceylon, 

 whilst 5 are peculiar to that island. Out of 14 of the above spe- 

 cies found in Burma, 3 (none of which are found in India) extend 

 to the Malay archipelago. 



Genus Nueia. 



1. N. DANRiCA^, Hain. Buck. India, Ceylon, Burma, and the 

 I^icobars. 



Genus Easbora. 



1. E. ELANGA^, Ham. BucJi. Gangetic delta, Assam, and Burma. 



2. E. DANicoNius^ Bleelce7\ West coast of Africa, continent 

 of India, Ceylon to the Malay archipelago. 



3. E. BucHANANi^ BleeJcer. Continent of India, Assam, and 

 Burma to Pinang. 



1 Includes Puntius sopkore, Kner. 



^ Includes Systomus assimilis and madraspatensis, Jerdon. 



2 Includes: — Cyprinus sutiha and Jog ia, Ham. Buch, ; Perilampus rccurvi- 

 rostris, macrurus and thermophilus, M'Clelland ; Esomus vittatus, Swainson ; 

 Nuria alta, Bly th ; Esomus malabaricus and madraspatensis, Day. 



* Includes Leuciscus dystomus, M'Clelland. 



^ Includes: — Cyprinus anjana. Ham. Buch.; Leuciscus rasbor a and lateralis, 

 M'Clelland ; L. dandia, Cuv. & Val. ; L. malabaricus, Caverii, and flavus, 

 Jerdon ; Easbora woolaree and neilyherriensis, Day. 



6 Includes : — Cyprinus rasbora. Ham. Buch. ; Leuciscus presbyter, Cuv. & 

 Val. ; L. xanthogramme and microcephalus, Jerdon. 



