Further Observations on the Fish Fauna of the Manipur State
1955; Zoological Survey of India; Volume: 52; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.26515/rzsi/v52/i1/1955/162090
ISSN0375-1511
Autores Tópico(s)South Asian Studies and Conflicts
ResumoThe earliest record of any comprehensive list of the fish faWla of Ms,nipur is by Rora l' who made an extensive survey of this State in February and March 1920.In his introduction on page 166, Hora IDBlkes a reference to another small collection made in 1910 by Rev. lV1r.Pettigrew and observes that "the species in this collection, as Dr. Annandale informs me, were aU obtained in the hill cOlmtry, probably from the neighbourhood of Ukhrul which is situated at an altitude of 6,000 fe~t.Two new species found by Mr. Pettigrew, N.ema~hilus manipurensis and Danio naganens.iswere described by Dr. B. L. Chaudhuri, while notes on some of the other species are incorporated here" The only addition to our knowledge of the ichthyology of Manipur since Rora's account of it is a report by Menon 2 on the collection made by Dr. Roonwal from Central Manipur, about thirty
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