It 
F. Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinidce. [No. 1, 
snout. Suborbital ring of bones broad, the third nearly covering the cheek. 
The posterior extremity of the maxilla reaches to below the anterior third of 
the orbit. No barbels. — Fins : dorsal arises midway between the eye and the 
base of the caudal, its anterior rays as long as the head without the snout, 
the posterior rays extend half way to the caudal fin which is lobed. — Scales : 
21; rows between the lateral line and the base of the ventral fin. — Colours : 
silvery, above tinged with green, lighter below ; fins yellowish, the upper half 
of the dorsal stained greyish. Eyes silvery. 
Ilab. — Gangetie provinces ; attaining 4 inches in length. The Solio is 
said to differ in its abdomen not being yellow, and having a scale-like 
appendant above both pectorals and ventrals. 
22. # Babilius hoaiitts. 
Oyprinm hoalius, Ham. Buch., Fish. Ganges, pp. 336, 392; # Cuv. and Yal., xvi, 
p. 442. 
Hayali, Beng. 
B. III. D. 9, Y. 9, A. 10. 
“ Eorm much compressed, straightish above and prominent below. # # # 
The head is small, the jaws equal in length, # # * the lateral line is bent 
parallel to the edge of the belly.” — Fins : “ The fin of the tail is divided into 
two lobes.” — Colours : green above, silvery below. 
Ilab.-— Eivers in Northern Bengal ; attaining six inches in length. 
Genus. Danio, Ham. Buch. sp. (see PI. I.) 
Perilampus sp., McClelland. 
Paradanio et Devario, Bleeker. 
Body compressed , abdomen rounded. Pseudobranchice present. Mouth 
narrow , directed obliquely upwards. Stcborbitals broad. Barbels four , or 
two , or none. Pharyngeal teeth hoolced, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Dorsal fin moder- 
ately elongated , its posterior rays being opposite the anal which is long. 
Scales of moderate size. Lateral line concave, passing to the lower half of 
the tail. Gill rakers short. 
Geographical distribution. — These prettily marked little fish are found 
throughout India, Burma, and Ceylon. 
Synopsis op Species. 
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1 Danio devario, D. - ■ , A. — — tt, L. 1. 41. No barbels. Orissa, Bengal, 
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2. „ spinosus, D. A. L. 1. 62. No barbels, or a short rostral pair, 
One or two spines on the margin of the orbit. Pegu. 
3. ,, aMA-olineatus, D. A. L. 1. 34 — 40. Rostral barbels. South Malabar. 
