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Show 616 SURGEON F. DAY ON THE [Dec. 9, rays much longer than the spines, and central ones the longest. Pectoral rounded. Second anal spine strongest, third the longest. Caudal rounded. Scales ctenoid. Lateral line interrupted opposite the posterior extremity of the dorsal fin, being continued three scales lower down to opposite the base of the caudal, on reaching which it curves slightly downwards and is continued to the end of the fin. Colours. Dull greenish, having a jet-black mark in the axil and on the base of the pectoral fin, which otherwise is yellow. The remainder of the fins slate-coloured. Air-bladder large. Two caecal appendages rather long. Pseudo-branchiae absent. One specimen, 8 inches long, from Een-gay-gyee Lake ; another, 4-^- inches long, from Hengada; two from Sittoung, the longest being 6J inches. This species does not quite agree with Bleeker's description, and a comparison of specimens is desirable. Vomerine band of teeth interrupted. CALLICHROUS NOTATUS, sp. nov. D.4. P.l V.8. A.^-0. C. 17. Length of head *-, of caudal ^-, height of body ^ of the total length. Eyes nearly lateral, situated opposite the angle of the mouth. Diameter £ of length of head, 1| diameter from end of snout, 2\ diameters apart. Nape not elevated. Width of head nearly equals its length, and is more than its height. Cleft of mouth equals half its gape. Lower jaw moderately prominent. Maxillary cirri reach to the centre of the total length of the fish ; the mandibular arise opposite the angle of the mouth, and are slightly longer than one diameter of the orbit. Teeth villiform in the jaws; those on the vomer in two distinct patches. Fins. Dorsal fin small, arising a little in advance of the ventrals. Pectoral spine slightly denticulated towards its extremity; it is as long as the postorbital portion of the head. A notch exists between the end of the anal and the caudal; the latter with deep sharp lobes, the upper being the longest. Colours. Silvery, with a deep black round spot on the lateral line some distance above the middle of the pectoral fin. Hab. Rivers of Burma. Many specimens, up to 4 inches in length. CALLICHROUS NIGRESCENS, sp. nov. B. xvi. D. 5. P. 1/13. V. 9. A. ^ . C. 17. Length <jf head 4, of pectoral £, of caudal £, height of body i of the total length. |
