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the Gobio limnophihis of McClelland, for the reason 

 that this species has a pair of rostral barbels, which 

 the latter has not. M'Clellancl's fish is very abundant 

 in the Sylhet district, where it forms a staple article of 

 food, being taken in vast quantities, especially when 

 the country begins to dry up, and the inundations 

 to subside, about November. The fishermen build a 

 screen of bamboo work at the mouth of a drainage 

 cutting where the water that has flooded the fields for 

 several months flows into a stream. 



The fish trying to get back to the river are stopped 

 by this impediment and crowd together in thousands, 

 till the water boils with them. A second barrier is 

 then built up a hundred yards or so above, and be- 

 tween these two screens the fish are kept, being bailed 

 out by the fishermen as they are wanted, and sold at 

 the weekly markets at the foot of the Khasia hills, 

 both in a fresh and dried state. 



In this part of the country this fish is called 

 " Bhie," I am inclined to think, however, that it 

 must be a distinct species from Crossochilus reba. If 

 some person would forward a few specimens to the 

 Calcutta museum, this point might be cleared up.) 



7. Crossochilus mosario. 



Hab. Assam. Length about a span. 

 Char. Barbels wanting. 

 Scales 37, transverse 12. 



8. Crossochilus isurus. 

 Hab. Eiver Hoogly. 



Char. Barbels 2. Scales 36, transverse 10. 



