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2. Botia almorhge. 



Hab. Kumaon Hill streams. 

 Char. Barbels 8. Dorsal rays 12. 

 Body reticulated with brown lines, leaving yellow 

 interspaces. 



3. Botia rostrata. 



Hab. Bengal and Assam. 5 inches. 

 Char. Barbels 8. Dorsal rays 12. 

 Body with irregular brown crossbands, ground 

 colour yellowish. Snout very long, pointed. 



4. Botia berdmorei. 

 Hab. Bengal. 



Char. Barbels 8. Dorsal rays 12. 

 Colour brownish, with a lead-coloured band along 

 the side. 



5. Botia nebulosa. 

 Hab. Near Darjeeling. 



Char. Barbels 6. Dorsal rays 15. 

 Colour brownish, with a lead-coloured band along 

 the side. 



GENUS JEBDONIA. 

 Char. Barbels 8. A double erectile spine beneath 

 the eye. Dorsal fin long. The inner ray of 

 the pectoral fin modified into a flat osseous spine. 



1. Jerdonia maculata. 

 Hab. Madras. 



Char. Dorsal rays 30. A dark lateral band from 

 the eye to the tail. Fins yellow. 

 Dorsal and caudal fins banded. 



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