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Report on a small collection of fish from Putao (Hkamti Long) on the northern frontier of Burma

1919; Volume: 16; Linguagem: Inglês

10.5962/bhl.part.25923

0375-099X

B. L. Chaudhuri,

Fish Ecology and Management Studies

Manuscript Drawings ' now in the possession of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.The name " Piinelodes Manggoi" appears on the back of this plate in Hamilton Buchanan's handwriting.Subsequently he said of this very fish, '' The Mangoi is a small very ugly Pimelode " ^ in his manuscript reports on the statistical enquiry of Bengal districts in which he was engaged from^ 1807 to 1813.As the type of his P. mangois has been lost, or at least cannot be traced, and as the description in the Fishes of the Ganges is not illustrated, this manuscript drawing is of additional value, as it is the protograph of the species.The type specimens were found in tanks in Northern Bihar and also probably in the R. Kusi near Nathpur.There are only two specimens in the collection.They measure 41 mm. and 38 mm. in length.Both were secured from hill streams in the Putao Plains.Distribution.-Fresh waters of India and Burma usually on or near the hills, including the Himala3'as from Kangra to Darjiling, Ivudhiana, the Jumna (for some considerable distance from the hills), Bihar districts, a stream south of Yembung (Abor country), Nampandet (Southern Shan States), Pegu and Moulmein ; also the Cabul River at Jelellabad.