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cases, the majority of which are full grown and of which at least 7 are females and 4 males, 

 the spine is like that of typical pitnctatus, equal to the length of the head behind the middle 

 of the eye, whereas only in 6 individuals, which are either half-grown or young, the length 

 of the spine is nearly equal to that of the head behind the nostrils. In reference to the third 

 character, c. g., the length of the anal fin, the table shows that in 12 specimens, all of which 

 are full grown and of which at least 6 are females and 4 males, the anal fin laid flat does 



TAl'.LK I 

 Variation of characters in Scliicothorax csociiuis Heckel 



Y. N. I. E. — Denotes specimens collected by the Yale North India Expedition. 

 I. M. — Denotes specimens preserved in the collection of the Indian Museum. 

 * Denotes typical esocijiits characters, 

 t Denotes typical PHttctatiis characters. 



