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Show 1869.] SURGEON F. DAY ON THE FISHES OF ORISSA. 377 104. NURIA DANRICA, H. Buch. Dundikerri (Ooriah). B. iii. D. 2/6. P. 12. V. 9. A. *f. L. 1. 32-34. L. tr. b-f. Hab. Rivers and tanks. 105. ASPIDOPARIA MORAR, H. Buch. Aspidoparia sardina, Heckel. Bayi (Ooriah). Morari (Bengali). B. iii. D. 3/8. P. 15. V. 8. A. 2/10. C. 19. L. 1. 42. L. tr. |. Vert. g. This species is very common in Orissa, but still more so in the Cossye river, where it attains 4h inches in length. I obtained one adult specimen in which the anal fin was entirely absent. 106. DANIO (PARADANIO) DEVARIO, H. Buch. Bonkuaso (Ooriah). B.iii. D . ^ . P. 13. V. 6. A. J. C. 17. L. 1.41. L.tr.g. Length of head j-, of pectoral i-, of base of dorsal ^, of base of anal |-, of caudal | of the total length. Height of head -A-, of body \, oi dorsal fin ^, of ventral ^, of anal \ of the total length. Eyes. Diameter £ of length of head, f of a diameter from end of snout, 1\ diameter apart. Posterior extremity of upper jaw extends to beneath the anterior margin of the orbit. The lower jaw is the longest. Third suborbital bone broad. Barbels absent. Fins. Dorsal commences midway between the anterior margin of the orbit and the base of the caudal fin. Pectoral reaches the ventral, which last extends nearly to the anal. The anal commences below about the third dorsal ray. Caudal lunated. Scales. Two and a half rows between the lateral line and the base of the ventral fin. Colours. Superiorly greenish, becoming silvery white on the abdomen. The anterior portion of the body is reticulated in its centre with steel-blue lines, divided from one another by narrow yellow bands. Three bluish lines are continued towards the caudal fin, where the two lower coalesce, and passing upwards become lost on the upper half of the caudal fin. Hab. Salundee river, in Orissa. This species varies but slightly from the D. devario, H. Buch., of which I consider it a variety. Some five specimens of the D. devario have been received from Assam at the Calcutta Museum, and they 3 . . . have A. ^, but do not otherwise differ from the Orissa fish. 107. BARILIUS (PACHYSTOMUS) COSCA, II. Buch. Bahgra bahri (Ooriah). B.iii. D.f. P. 13. V. 9. A. ~. C. 18. L. 1. 42. L. tr.f. Hab. Common in rivers in Orissa. |
