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Show 100 ON THE FRESHWATER FISHES OF BURMAH. [Feb. 10, Colours. Greyish yellow, darkest above, every scale having a dark spot at its base. Fins yellowish orange ; dorsal darkest in its lower half, a darkish spot near the root of the caudal fin, and another, ill-defined one at the commencement of the lateral line. Hab. Sittoung and Billing, whence I procured seven specimens up to six inches in length. I have named the species after m y esteemed correspondent A. B. Neill, Esq., F.Z.S. BARBUS (BARBODES) STEVENSONII, sp. nov. B.iii. D. 3/9. P. 17. V. 9. A. 3/5. C.19. L.l. 27. L. tr. 4|/5. Length of head f, of caudal nearly \, height of body § of the total length. Eyes. Diameter f of length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, 1 diameter apart. Body elongated, compressed. Dorsal profile but little elevatea. Interorbital space flat. Upper jaw longest. Maxillary barbels extending to below the posterior margin of the orbit; the rostral ones are shorter. Fins. The dorsal arises before the ventral, and midway between the snout and the base of the caudal; its third undivided ray is smooth, weak, and articulated in its whole extent; the fin is slightly lower than the body. Caudal forked. Scales. Two and a half rows between the lateral line and base of the ventral fin. Colours. Silvery ; a black spot at the base of the caudal. Hab. Akyab. Given to m e by Col. Stevenson amongst several other species; and I have named it after its discoverer. BARBUS (PUNTIUS) PUNTIO, H. B. B.iii. D. 3/8. P.15. V. 9. A. 2/5. C. 21. L. 1. 23. L. tr. 4/4. Length of head \, of caudal f, height of body nearly i of the total length. Eyes. Diameter f of length of head, | of a diameter from end of snout, 1 diameter apart. Mouth small, destitute of barbels. Dorsal profile rises to the origin of the dorsal fin. Fins. Dorsal commencing midway between the anterior margin of the orbit and the base of the caudal, rather in advance of the ventrals; its third undivided ray is smooth, weak, and articulated. Caudal deeply forked. Lateral line incomplete, only extending along a few scales. Two rows and a half of scales between it and the base of the ventral fin. Colours. Silvery; a deep wide black band encircles the free portion of the tail, and includes the tip of the anal. Dorsal fin orange tipped with black. Hab. Five specimens captured at Sittoung. I have redescribed the species, as its existence has been doubted, apparently not having been taken since Hamilton Buchanan's time. |