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Show 1869.] SURGEON F. DAY ON INDIAN FISHES. 549 mandibular pairs. Dorsal fin in the posterior third of the body but anterior to the anal. Ventral fins absent. APUA FUSCA, Blyth, J. A. S. of Bengal, 1860, p. 169. B.iii. D. 2/6. P. 11. A. 2/6. C. 16. Length of head ± of pectoral -fr, of caudal i of the total length. Height of body | of the total length. Eyes small, £ of length of head, 4 diameters from end of snout. Body strongly compressed. A small, erectile, bifid spine below the orbit. Eight barbels-two rostral, two maxillary, aud four mandibular. Anterior nostril lon°* and tubular. ° Fins. Dorsal commences in the posterior third of the total length • it is half as high as the body. Anal arises behind the vertical from the posterior extremity of the dorsal. Caudal rounded. Colours. Brownish, with a darker longitudinal line. Three specimens, to 2\ inches long. Pegu (Major Berdmore). PROSTHEACANTHUS SPECTABILIS, Blyth, is, as suggested by Dr. Gunther, identical with Acanthopsis choiror-rhynchus, Bleeker. BOTIA NEBULOSA, Blyth, J. A. S. of Bengal, I860, p. 165. B.iii. D. 3/12. P. 13. V. 8. A. 2/5. C. 17. Length of head £, of pectoral T 2 T, of caudal i of the total length. Height of head T\, of body -A- of the total length. Eyes. Diameter } oi length of head, 2 diameters from the end of the snout, 2 diameters apart. Profile of back slightly elevated. A bifid, erectile (damaged) suborbital spine. The two pairs of rostral barbels extend as far as to the anterior margin of the orbit, the maxillary ones are slightly longer. Lips thick and glandular; on either side of the symphysis of the lower jaw is a slight elevation studded with pores. Fins. Dorsal commences midway between the snout and posterior margin of the anal fin. Ventral commences under the sixth dorsal ray. Caudal slightly rounded. Scales small, thirteen rows between the lateral line and the base of the ventral fin. Lateral line straight. Colours. Brownish, with a leaden band along the side. Dorsal and caudal barred in spots. An ocellus at the upper margin of the base of the caudal fin. One specimen, 4\ inches long, from Darjeeling, is in the collection ; it was sent by Dr. Wallich. BOTIA BERDMOREI. Syncrossus berdmorei, Blyth, J. A. S. of Bengal, I860, p. 166. B. iii. D. 2/9. P. 15. V. 8. A. 2/5. C. 20. |
