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Show 294 MR. F. DAY ON INDIAN FISHES. [Mar. 14, PUNTIUS ARULIUS, Jerdon. B.iii. D.3/8. P.15. V.8. A. 2/5. C. 18. L.l. 23. L. tr. 5/2. Length of specimens up to 2 inches. Length of head I, of pectoral \, of base of dorsal ^, of base of anal fa, of caudal | of the total length. Height of head \, of body I, of dorsal fin A of anal \ of the total length. Eyes. Diameter nearly h of length of head, | of a diameter apart, | a diameter from end of snout. Profile of dorsal and ventral aspects about equally convex, the greatest depth of the body being opposite the commencement of the dorsal fin. Cleft of mouth extending nearly to under the anterior margin of the orbit. Nostrils generic. Preeorbital pentagonal. No cirri. Fins. The dorsal commences midway between the snout and the base of the caudal, and opposite the posterior third of the pectoral. Anal arises midway between the centre of the orbit and the extremity of the caudal, which last is deeply emarginate in its posterior three-fourths. Scales large, and extended over the bases of the dorsal, anal, and caudal fins. Lateral line in single tubes, first curving downwards to opposite the posterior end of the pectoral, whence it proceeds direct to the centre of the caudal. Teeth. Pharyngeal teeth in three rows, crooked at their extremities and sharp, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Colours. Olive-green on the back, becoming silvery white dashed with green on the abdomen. A black band of about two scales in width passes from under the commencement of the dorsal fin, as low as the lateral line; a second from just below the posterior extremity of the dorsal to the base of the anal fin ; and a third across the base of the caudal. Dorsal, caudal, and anal pinkish; the first with a black bar along its summit, whilst the caudal has also a slightly black termination. Hab. Bowany River. AMBLYPHARYNGODON JERDONI, Day. B.iii. D. 3/7. P.15. V. 9. A. 3/5. C.19. L.l. 60. L.tr. 10/6. Length of specimens up to 3 fa inches. Differs slightly from the Malabar species in having a minute first undivided ray in the dorsal fin, and in the latter being rather lower posteriorly. The colours also are not so bright, being more of a bluish green along the back, whilst the lateral stripe is more of a steel-colour. Hab. Bowany River. BARILIUS RUGOSUS, sp. nov. Aart candee, Tam. River-Carp. B.iii. D.3/8. P.15. V.10. A. 3/14. C.18. L.l. 40. L. tr. 8/3. Length of specimens from fa of an inch to 4fa inches. |
