Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 725 pages of information about Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 725 pages of information about Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the.

16 Cyprinoid like a " Back brownish:  this colour
       Bleak, Schizo- limited to a narrowish line,
        thorax, otherwise entirely pearly. 
                                          Peritoneum covered with black
                                          pigment.  Intestines rather
                                          large, in 3 or 4 folds.

17 Cyprinoid.  A nar- " A very pretty species,
      row deep fish. brownish back, marked faintly
       Perilamp.  An both longitudinally and
        Opsarion? transversely with iridescent
                                          patches, abdominal fins
                                          reddish.

18 Cyprinoid, Jheels, etc, Bus- A handsome species allied to
                        soollah, very the Mahaseer; back black,
                         common, otherwise yellowish, fins
                                          tinged with red, scales as it
                                          were bordered with
                                          dusky-black.  Intestines
                                          short.

19 " " An oval, rather thick fish,
                                          of obscure colours.

20 " Schizo- " An elegant species, back
          thorax. obscurely brown, otherwise
                                          pearly.  Peritoneum black,
                                          covered with pigment. 
                                          Intestines very long and
                                          narrow.

21 Racoma nobilis{0c} Lalpoor, Cabul A stout fish, with a large
                        river, head, not unlike a trout at
                                          first sight Sides bluish
                                          silvery grey, back obscurely
                                          brown, remarkable for
                                          frequent irregular
                                          well-defined black spots,
                                          faintest in small specimens,
                                          fins tinged with reddish. 
                                          Head flat at top, with some
                                          spots.  Peritoneum with black
                                          pigment.  Intestines of large
                                          size, loaded with fat, short,
                                          not twice the length of the
                                          abdomen, cavity loaded with
                                          fat.  As usual no caeca.  A
                                          remarkable type:  aspectu
                                          omnino carnivoris.

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