﻿S58 GANGETic FISHES. Order V. 



six rays, which is the number in the fin behind the vent, where 

 the two first are undivided. The tail fin ends in a crescent. 



10th Species. — Cobitis turio. 



A Cobitis with the head unarmed ; with six tendrils ; with the 

 sides clouded ; and with eight rays in the dorsal fin, and also in 

 each ventral. 



The Turio (Turi) 1 found in the Brahmaputra river, where 

 it grows two or three inches long. 



The/orm is compressed, with a prominent back. The whole 

 is devoid of scales, above silver coloured, clouded with dotted 

 irregular spots, and below somewhat diaphanous. The eyes are 

 blackish, with a golden ring round the pupil. The dorsal fin is 

 yellow and spotted ; the anal has no spots ; the caudal is yellow, 

 with transverse bars, and a black spot above near the root. 



The head is half oval, sloping above, not wider than the body, 

 and of a moderate size. Two ^ewc?n7s proceed from the corners 

 of the mouth, and four from the upper jaw. T^\\eja7vs protrude 

 a little in opening. The eyes are far back. The gill-covers have 

 little motion. The rays of their membranes are to be seen very 

 indistinctly. 



The back is arched. The lateral line runs straight along the 

 middle of the side. 



The dorsal fin is before the middle of the back : the three 

 first of its rays are closely united, the first being very short. 

 The «ec^ora^ fins are sharpish in the middle; each has about 

 twelve rays. The ventral fins are smaller, and the anal has se- 

 ven rays. The tail fin ends in a notch, and has nineteen rays. 



llth Species. — Cobitis bilturio. 

 A Cobitis with the head unarmed ; with six tendrils ; with 

 clouded sides ; and with fourteen rays in the dorsal, and eight 

 in each of the ventral fins. 



