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Sub -Fa m ily — Hom alopterin.e, Me Clella nd. 



(Air-vessel absent) . 

 Pseudobranchise absent. Branchial aperture vertical and narrow. Body elongated 

 and anteriorly depressed, having a broad smooth abdomen. Snout prominent, before 

 the mouth, which latter is small, transverse, central, inferior, and with fleshy 

 lips. Barbels present. Pharyngeal teeth in a single row, conical. Pectoral and 

 ventral fins horizontal, forming half discs. Body scaled. Air-vessel absent. 



Genus — Homaloptera, v. Hass. 



Balitora, Gray : Platycara, McClell. 



Head and anterior part of body depressed : snout more or less spatu- 

 late. Mouth, small, inferior, with two pairs of rostral barbels, and one at 

 either angle of the mouth. Pharyngeal teeth small [from 5 to 15), and in 

 one row. Pectoral and ventral fins with many rays, the outer of which are 

 simple : dorsal short, situated opposite to the ventral : anal likewise short. 



320. Homaloptera Brucei, Gray and Hard. Cul cundee, stone carp, 

 Tarn. D. 11. A. 7. L. 1. 70. Brown, blotched with darker. This fish is 

 found in the rivers of the Wynaad, attaining at least 3^ inches in length. 



321. Homaloptera maczilata, Gray and Hard. D. 11, A. 7. L. 1. 

 70, L. tr. 10/7. Found in the Eastern Himalayas, from about. 

 Darjeeling, through Bootan, Assam and the Khasya Hills. 



Sub- Family — Cobitidin-E. 



Air-vessel present, partially, or entirely enclosed in a bony capsule conghina. 



Pseudobranchise absent. Body elongated, oblong, compressed or cylindrical, but not de- 

 pressed. Eye with or without an erectile spine near the orbit. Snout and lips 

 fleshy. Mouth small, inferior, and furnished with from six to twelve barbels. 

 Pharyngeal teeth few and in one row. Vertical fins spineless ; dorsal with a varying 

 number of rays (8-30) : anal with few (7-8) : ventrals absent in one genus. Scales 

 small and cycloid when present, usually immersed in mucus. Lateral line single, 

 sometimes incomplete or absent. Air-vessel present, entirely or partially enclosed 

 in a bony capsule. 



A. "With an erectile spine near the orbit. 



Genus — Apua, Blyth. 



Body elongated and compressed. A small, erectile, bifid, sub-orbital 

 spine. Bight barbels — one rostral, one maxillary, and two mandibular pairs. 

 Bursal fin in the posterior third of the body, but anterior to the anal : 

 ventral fins absent. 



322. Apuafusca, Blyth, D. 8, A. 8. Pegu. 



Genus — Acantrophthalmus, v. Hass. 



Body elongated and compressed. A small erectile, bifid, sub-orbital 

 spine. Six barbels — one rostral, and two maxillary pairs. Dorsal fin situated 

 in the posterior third of the body, anterior to the anal, but behind the ventrals. 



323. Acanthophthalmus p a tig i a, Ham.. Buch. Pangya,Beng.: Nga- 

 tha-lay-doh, Burm. P. 8, A. 7. Light cinnamon colour. North-East 

 Bengal and northern portions of Burma. 



Genus — Acanteopsis, v. Hass. 



Proslheacanthus, Blyth. 



Body very elongated. Snout long and compressed. Barbels eight, two 

 being mandibular. A small bifid, erectile spine situated in advance of the 

 orbit. Dorsal fin opposite to the ventrals : caudal forked. 



