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193. Semiplotus modestus, Day. D. 24, A. 9, L. 1. 32-3*, L- tr. 

 l\ll\. Last undivided dorsal ray osseous and serrated. Hills above 

 Akyab. 



194,. Semiplotus McClellancli, Bleeker. D. 28, A. 9, L. 1. 27, L. 

 tr. 6/5. Last undivided dorsal ray osseous and entire. Assam. 



Genus — Catla, Cuv. 8f Val. 

 Gibelion, Heckel : Rypselobarbus, Bleeker. 



Read broad : snout with very thin integuments : upper lip absent : the 

 lower moderately thick, having a continuous free posterior margin. The 

 lower jaw with a moveable articulation at the symphysis, but destitute of 

 any prominent tubercle. Eyes with free orbital margins. Barbels absent. 

 Pharyngeal teeth plough-shaped, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Dorsal fin with rtlther 

 an elongated base, destitute of osseous ray, and commencing someivhat in 

 advance of the ventral : anal short : caudal forked. Scales of moderate 

 size, no tiled ones along the base of the anal fin. Lateral line complete, 

 continued to the centre of the base of the caudal fin. Gill-rakers long, 

 rather strong, and moderately wide apart in the adult, but fine and closely 

 set in the immature. 



195. Catla Buchanani, Cuv. and Val. Bo-assa, Hind., and Cutla, 

 Panj. : Tay-lee, Sind : Catla, Beng. : Bar-kur, Ooriah : Nga-thaing, Burm. 

 D. 17-18, A. 8, L. 1. 40-43, L. tr. 7i/9. Throughout the fresh- 

 waters of India and Burma, so far as the Pegu River : is not found in 

 the southern and western portions of Madras. It attains several feet in 

 length, and is excellent eating. 



Genus — Mola, Reckel. 



Thynnichthys, pt., Bleeker : Amblypharyngodon, pt., Bleeker : Bra- 

 chy gramma, pt. Day. 



Pseudobranchia present. Read compressed, integuments over snout 

 thin : upper lip absent ; only a short labial fold on the side of the mandi- 

 ble. Mouth rather wide, antero-lateral, with the lower jaw somewhat 

 prominent. Byes in the middle of the depth of the head, and without any 

 adipose membrane. Barbels absent. Pharyngeal teeth molar-form, close 

 together, 5, 3 or 4, 2 or 3/2 or 3, 4 or 3, 5 : or 5 or 3, 2 or 3 or 4, 2 

 or 1/1 or 2, 4 or 3 or 2, 3 or 5. Dorsal fin short, without osseous ray, 

 commencing nearly opposite the ventrals : anal short. Scales small. 

 Lateral line complete, running to the centre of the base of the caudal fin 

 (Thynnichthys) : or incomplete (Amblypharyngodon) . Intestinal tract 

 narrow, with numerous convolutions. Gill-rakers very short or absent. 



196. Mola harengula, Cuv. and Val. Kala-tala and Ahku-chappah, 

 Tel. D. 9, A. 8, L. r. 120, L. tr. 22/25. Lateral line complete. Found 

 in the Godaveri and Kistna Rivers, attaining upwards of a foot in 

 length. 



197. Mola Buchanani, Blyth. Talla-maya, Tel. : Morara, Ooriah : 

 Moah, Assam: Mukni, Panj. : Nga-beh-byoo and JVga-zen-zap, Burm. D. 

 10, A. 7, L. 1. 55-75, L. tr. 25/28. Lateral line incomplete. Fresh- 

 waters of India and Burma, to four inches in length. 



198. Mola melettinus, Cuv. & Val. Wumboo, Mai. : Oolaree, Tarn. : 

 Kali-korqfi, Hind. : Paraga, Can. : Muckni, Panj. D. 9-10, A. 7-8, L. 1. 



