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Show 380 SURGEON F. DAY ON THE FISHES OF ORISSA. [May 27, 114. ROHTEE ALFREDIANA, CUV. & Val. Gunda, Gollund (Ooriah). B. iii. D. f. P. 13. V. 10. A. |. C. 19. L. 1. 57-60. Hab. Rivers and tanks in Orissa. Genus PERILAMPUS, M'Clelland. Cachias, Gunther. 115. PERILAMPUS ATPAR, H. Buch. Perilampus macropodus, Jerdon. Bonkuaso (Ooriah). B. iii. D. 2/7. P. 10. V. 5-6. A. JJf. C. 19. L. 1. 55. T A 10-12 L. tr. -•r-. 4 This fish in some rivers and tanks appears to entirely supersede the Rasbora. 116. PERILAMPUS LAUBUCA, II. Buch. Bankoe (Ooriah). B.iii. D. 2/9. P. 13. V. 6. A. -~. C.19. L. 1. 31. L. tr. 7/5. Length of head £, of pectoral g, of base of dorsal g, of base of anal \, of caudal \ of the total length. Height of head g, of body \, of dorsal g, of ventral T\, of anal g of the total length. Eyes. Upper margin near the dorsal profile, diameter £ of length of head, nearly 1 diameter from end of snout, 1| diameter apart. Body somewhat elevated to the base of the dorsal fin, with a slight concavity over the occiput. The whole of the body much compressed, with the abdominal edge cutting from the pectoral to the anal fin. Teeth pharyngeal, 5, 4, 1/1, 4, 5. Fins. Dorsal arises slightly posterior to the origin of the anal. Pectoral ray elongated and reaching as far as the base of the anal. The outer ray of the ventral slightly elongated. Caudal deeply forked. Scales. Three and a half rows between the lateral line and the base of the ventral fin. Colours. Silvery, with some vertical golden stripes, which disappear after death. The whole of the body with fine black dots, and a black mark, shot with green, above the base of the pectoral fin, and another at the base of the caudal. This fish is common in Orissa, growing to 3 inches in length, and is without doubt Hamilton Buchanan's species delineated by M'Clelland at t. 45 (erroneously also marked 56), and t. 4 (erroneously marked 10)*. Many specimens received from different localities exist in the Calcutta Museum, and have been correctly labelled Perilam- * See M'Clelland, ' Indian Cyprinidse,' p. 314. |
