1849.] 



Fishes of Southern India, 



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Perilarri'pus Malaharicus> New Species. 

 Head is nearly 5 times in total length ; height of body is 3 times 

 in the same ; about 35 scales along the sides in 10 rows ; lateral line 

 parallel to the abdomen — D. 15, A. 17 — green above, silvery beneath, 

 sides blue with 2 or 3 longitudinal streaks, and several vertical 

 streaks and spots of yellow ; dorsal, anal and caudal, pink ; the lat- 

 ter with the central rays blackish ; pectoral and ventral fins colour- 

 less ; length about 4 inches ; common in all the streams of Malabar 

 out of reach of the tides, taking both fly and bait readily. It is a 

 very pretty fish, and appears closely allied to the P. asteo^rapJius, 

 P. per sens J &c. of McLelland. 



Perilamfus Canarensis. New Species. 



Very closely allied to the last, head larger, being about 4| times in 

 length of body ; height rather more than 2\ times in the same ; D. 

 15, A. 20. Color similar, to the las-t, but with the vertical streaks of 

 yellow less developed, and the horizontal ones more so ; dorsal fin 

 greenish, tipped orange ; anal and caudal yellowish orange, the for- 

 mer with a greenish mark on the base of central rays ; pectoral and 

 ventral fins greenish ; about 3 inches long. 



Found in the streams of Ganara. 



Perilampus Mysoricus. New Species. 



Head A\ times in total length of body; height 3| times; lateral 

 line bending down rapidly from top of opercule till on a line with the 

 base of the pectoral fin ; thence parallel with the abdomen — D. 11, 

 A. 15 — green above, silvery beneath ; yellow and blue stripes on the 

 sides. Dorsal, anal, and caudal fins yellow, tipped with orange; the 

 caudal with the central rays yellow ; pectoral and ventral fins colour- 

 less; usual length about 2^ inches. 



Found in the Cavery, and all its tributaries ; most abundant, like 

 the two last species, in the rapid mountain streams. 



Perihmpus macropodus. New Species. 

 Head small, recurved, 4 J times in total length of body; height 

 3| times in the same; profile of back rising gently to the dorsal, fall- 

 ing thence to the tail; abdomen regularly arched — D. 9, A. 21. Pec- 

 toral fin long; ventral fin with the 1st ray larger than pectoral; 

 green above, silvery beneath, fins yellowish ; 2 inches long. I have 

 only seen this little fish from the Cavery near its source in Coorg. 



