THE FISHES OF MALABAR. 
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high as the third, the last being half as high as the front of the fin. Caudal cleft in its posterior 
two-thirds, the lobes pointed. 
Scales—None on the bases of the fins. 
Lateral line—Commences opposite the upper margin of the opercle, and curves downwards 
until it reaches the fifth scale, from whence it follows the curve of the abdomen to the lower half 
of the caudal. 
Colour’s—Back greenish. A narrow streak of yellow passes from the eye to about the centre 
of the caudal fin, and beneath this there is a broad leaden-coloured line. The whole of the fish 
has a purplish reflection. Fins reddish orange. Caudal tipped with black. 
Yery common in the rivers, small streams, and tanks of Malabar. It takes a fly or bait 
readily. 
Habitat—Malabar. 
Fam. CYPRINODONTOIDES, BleeTcer. 
Sub-Fam. APLOCHEILIFQRMES, Bleeker. 
Genus PANCHAX, Guv. and Val. 
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Branchiostegals, from five to six: pseudobranchise absent. Body elongated, sides compressed, upper 
surface of head and muzzle broad and depressed; jaws protractile. Maxilla thrown behind the descending 
branch of the intermaxillary, so that only the lower part contributes to form the angle of the mouth. 
Teeth in jaws in several rows, of which the external is the largest: a narrow band of minute teeth on the 
vomer. Dorsal fin short, a portion of it being placed opposite to the commencement of an elongated anal. 
Scales large or of moderate size, extended over the head. 
Pancpiax lineatum. 
Panchax lineatum, Guv. & Val. xviii. p. 381, pi. 346. 
Aplocheilus chrysostigmus, McClelland , J. A. S. xix. p. 301. 
Aplociheilus vittatus, rubrostigma et affinis, Jerdon , Madras Journal, xv. pp. 330, 
331. 
B. v-vi. D. 8-9. P. 15. Y. 6 . A. 15-17. C. 19. L. 1. 34. L. tr. 9. 
Length of head of pectoral jj, of caudal nearly 5 , of base of dorsal J 3 , of base of anal Ar 
of total length. Height of head |, of body A, of dorsal of ventral A, of anal 3 of total 
length. 
Eyes—Oval, upper margins close to the profile. Horizontal diameter and vertical diameter 
l of length of head, 2 diameters apart, ~U 2 - diameters from end of snout. 
Body elongated, laterally compressed. Upper surface of head broadly depressed. Profile 
straight from the end of the upper jaw along the back, but that of the abdomen more curved. 
Mouth large, broad anteriorly, its gape extending quite across the head. Snout semi-oval 
anteriorly, formed by the anterior margin of the intermaxillaries, which are large, semi-circular, 
flat above, very protractile, and slightly moveable up and down like lids. Jaws of equal length. No 
lips. Maxilla extending posteriorly to the anterior margin of the orbit. Lower jaw the widest, and 
