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17 Ahaiha, Siluridae, Diaphanous, 3-5 irregular longish stripes.
18 Mhullee, Silurus, Silvery-blueish.
19 Mh.o.a.rree, Cyprinidae, Yellowish-green, fins reddish. 5 seers.
20 Dhumpurra, " Brownish-green, 6 seers.
21 Pho-eikee, " Perilampoid.
22 Putollee, Cyprinidae, Back and sides light-green.
23 Poapree, " Back greenish-brown, sides greenish.
24 s.h.i.+ngra, Siluridae, No stripes, lightly tinged with brown.
25 Dhimmurr, Silurus.
26 Ghoa-gha, " Back greenish, punctulate, head reddish.
27 Mokkhurr, Opiocephalus.
28 Dhujjha, "
29 Thailla, Cyprinidae, 5 to 6 seers.
30 Mhorakkee, " Much like 19.
31 Singarhee, " Much like 4, 5, 6, 7.
32 Logurr, Siluridae, 3 to 4 faint punctulate longish lines.
33 Ghoje, Not noted.
34 Tupree, "
37 Ghunghutt, Perilampus.
38 Soourr, Siluridae, Diaphanous. Faint punctulate lines.
39 Soonaree, Cyprinidae.
40 Phunnee, " Perilampoid.
41 Kutchoo, " Much like the preceding.
42 Saisurr, " Ditto ditto.
43 Coommee, " Much like no. 4.
44 Saluree, " Ditto ditto.
45 Shumsheer, " So called because of its voracity, (Shumsheer a sabre.) 46 Ghora, " Same as Soonee.
47 Saboan, " Same as the preceding.
48 Bhambhun, Cyprinidae, Same as Dhurra.
All the above from the Indus, at s.h.i.+karpore.
No. Family. River. REMARKS.
49 Cyprinidae, Nari, Small size, colour-silvery, except upper back, which is bluish-green.
50 Siluridae, Mysore.
51 Ophiocephalus, "
52 " "
53 Cyprinidae, " Same as 49.
54 " Systomus. " A beautiful fish, bright green back, otherwise bright orange-red, fins stained with black colours; fugacious.
55 Cyprinidae, "
56 " Systomus, " Back greenish, opercle orange spotted, one black spot near tail.
57 Percida Chamda "
58 Perilampoid, "
Water of both these rivers, quiescent: bunded up.
59 Cyprinoid, Dadur.
60 " " Same as 54.
61 " Systomus, " Same as 56.
63 Cyprinoid, "
64 " "
65 " "
66 " " Same as 59.
67 Cobites, "
68 Cyprinoid, Bolan, Bluish-green, blue bars and dots. Takes the fly.
69 Barbus? " Intestines very long, much like Naipoora.
70 Gonorhynchus? "
71 " " Probably a small specimen of 69.
72 Cyprinoid, "
73 " Gonorhyncus, Gurmab, Same as 70?
74 " "
75 Cyprinoid, " Closely allied to the Mahaseer.
76 Ditto Mahaseer, " Beautiful fish with yellow-brown back, golden sides. Takes fly greedily.
77 " Gonorhynchoid, "
78 " "
79 Silurida, " In Bolan river, deep still water.
80 Cyprinoid, " In small streams.
81 Macrognathus, " Tenacious of life, belly puffy, common throughout; a good deal like a Gudgeon.
82 Loach, Quettah.
83 Cyprinoides, " A beautiful silvery-leaden backed fish, with a streak of bright-red along the side.
Common, very like the preceding: of these Quettah fish No. 83 is the most common, 82 the least so.
84 Cyprinus, curious, "
not being a mountainous form.
86 " "
87 Cyprinoides, Lora, Same mountain form, Gonorhynchoid.
88 " "
89 Loach, " Ditto ditto ditto.
90 " " Perhaps same as the preceding.
91 Cyprinoides, "
92 " " Like the Adoee.
93 " " Mountain form.
94 " " Large size for the genus.
95 " " _Note_.--Probable number of species 47, deducting those supposed not different 96 Cyprinoid, Urghundab.
97 Loach, "
98 Siluridae, "
"I subjoin a list given me by a fisherman at s.h.i.+karpore, with his divisions into large and small:-- Large. Small.
Dhumpurra, Ghunghut.
Buree Phookee, Pedir.
Buree Thaillee, Soonnee.
Mh.o.a.rrhee, Phokee.
Moukkur, Mogullee.
Gundhan, Dhimmur.
Singaree, Ghoagar.
* Pulla, Khuggur.
Seenra.
Mhorr.
Bhangun.
Ghurr.
Soourr.
Morakee.
