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Genus — Eretristes Mull, fy Trosch. 



Hara, Blyth. 



Head someivhat depressed, osseous superiorly. Gill -openings narrow, 

 the membrane being confluent with the skin of the isthmus. Mouth small, 

 terminal. Barbels eight, the maxillary ones with broad bases. Villiform 

 teeth in the jaws, and in a band on the palate. First dorsal fin arising 

 anterior to the ventrals, having an osseous serrated spine, and five or six 

 branched rays : adipose dorsal of moderate extent : ventral with six rays ; 

 anal of moderate length (10 rays) : caudal forked. Air-vessel not enclosed 

 in bone. 



52. Erethistes hara, Ham. Bucli. Nga-kyouk-yia, Burm. D. ^/0, 

 A. 10. Brown banded. In the large rivers of Orissa, Bengal, Assam, 

 and Burma, attaining 2^ inches in length. 



53. Erethistes conta, Ham. Buch. Nga-thit-lo and Nga-kouk-thwa, 

 Burm. D. ^/0, A. 10. Lower Bengal and Burma, attaining 4 inches 

 in length. 



54- Erethistes Jerdoni, Day. D. £/0, A. 10. Another small 

 species from Sylhet. 



55. Erethistes elongata, Day. D. i/0, A. 10. From the Naga 

 Hills. 



G en us — Ma cr ones. Du merit. 



Bagrus, pt., Cuv. & Val. : Hypselobagrus, Hemibagrus, Pseudobagrus, 

 and Aspidobagrus, Bleeker : Batasio, Blyth. 



Branchioslegals from about six to twelve. Eyes with free circular 

 margins. A separate inter-nettral shield on the nape (Macrones), or no 

 such shield (Hemibagrus) . 31otilh terminal, transverse : iijjper jaio generally 

 the longer. Barbels eight, one nasal, one maxillary, and Uvo mandibu- 

 lar pairs. Villiform teeth in the jatvs, and in a more or less uninterrupted 

 curved band on the palate. First dorsal fin with one sptine, and from jive 

 to seven rays : adipose dorsal of varying length : pectoral spine 

 serrated: anal short or of moderate length : ventral with six rays : caudal 

 forked. Air-vessel of moderate or large size, attached to the under 

 surface of the bodies of the anterior vertebra. 



a. With a separate inter-neural shield on the nape. 



56. Macrones aor, Ham. Buch. Seng-ga-la and Sang-go-ah, Panj. : 

 Sing-ha-ree, Sind and N. W. Provinces : Cumboo kelletlee, Tarn. : Mtiti 

 jella, Tel.: Alii or Addi, Ooriah : Nga-joung, Burm. D. -i/0, A. 13. 

 Maxillary barbels extend to the end of the caudal fin. Adipose dorsal 

 with a black spot at its posterior extremity. This large cat-fish is 

 found throughout the plains of India and Burma, attaining several feet 

 in length. 



57. Macrones Lamarri, Cuv. and Yal. Teng-ga-ra, Panj. D. f/0, 

 A. 12. Maxillary barbels extend to the end of the first dorsal fin. A 

 black spot at the posterior end of the adipose dorsal. Found in the upper 

 portions of the Ganges and Jumna, attaining several feet in length. 



58. Macrones affinis,J5\yth. D. -I/O, A. 12. Maxillary barbels do 

 not pass the eye. Body with cross bands. A small species from the 

 Tenasserim Provinces. 



