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Show 704 SURGEON F. DAY ON THE [DeC 5, strong, two fifths as long as the head, and enveloped in skin. Pectorals horizontal. Adipose dorsal low, shorter than the rayed fin. Anal with its posterior rays longest. Caudal very deeply forked. Skin smooth. Lateral line present. Air-vessel small, in the abdominal cavity, not enclosed in bone. Colours. Uniform brown. Hab. Pegue Yomas. . -. One specimen of this small species was collected in 1871 by ». Kurz, Esq., after whom I have named it. The genus extends to the Malay archipelago, but has not yet been recorded from India. Genus HARA, Blyth. Air-vessel rather large (H. buchanani) and situated in the abdomen, not enclosed in bone. HARA ELONGATA, sp. nov. D.-Jlo. P. I V. 6. A. f. C. 17. Length of head -f^, of caudal {, height of body \ of the total length, Eyes small, situated in the posterior half of the head. Gill-opening narrow, extending from opposite the upper margin of the opercle to the thoracic surface, on to which, however, it is scarcely continued, but where its gill-membrane joins a very thick isthmus. No groove behind the chin. Barbels generic, maxillary ones reach the gill-opening. Occipital process three times as long as wide at its base; humeral process about half as long as the pectoral spine, aud with one oval-shaped ossicle posterior to it. The process intermediate between the occipital and humeral ones is much longer than either, and rather deflected at its posterior extremity. Basal bone of dorsal fin very slightly dilated. Fins. The base of the anal one half longer than that of the first dorsal, adipose fin short. Dorsal spine stout, laterally compressed, very strongly denticulated anteriorly, slightly so posteriorly ; it is as long as the head. Pectoral spine one fourth longer than the dorsal, serrated on both edges, but most strongly so externally; the fin reaches the ventral, which last extends two thirds of the distance to the base of the anal. Caudal very deeply forked, the outer rays in both lobes being prolonged. Skin covered with blunt spines, those on the body mostly directed backwards. Lateral line as in H. buchanani. Colours. Brownish, banded. Pectoral, ventrals, and anal yellow, each having a black band. Some black markings also on caudal and dorsal. Hab. A stream near the Garrow hills. One specimen 2\ inches long. The genus appears to extend from the Kistna through Assam to Burmah, but has not been recorded further to the east. |