25() BCR.VA, ITS PEOPLE AXI> PPiODUCTIOXS. 



0. Bc'RiiAMCA, Day. 



D. 8-0; P. i; y. 7 ; A. 16; C. 17. 



The maxillary barbels longest, oxtendina; nearly to the base of the veatral fin. 

 No dorsal spine, its first ray the shortest. Colour dark brown. 

 Streams in the Pegu Yoma. 



b. Xo second or ail/posc dorsal Jin. 

 CALLiCHKors, Hamilton Buchanan. 



Head covered with skin. The lower jaw the longer. Eyes subcutaneous, behind 

 the gape. Barbels 4, a maxillary pair, and a post-symphysial pair on the mandible, 

 sometimes rudimentary or absent. Nostrils remote from one another. Teeth villiform 

 on jaws and vomer, none on the palate. No axillary pore. 



Fishes of this genus are excellent eating. They rarely exceed a foot in length and 

 are called " butter fish" by Europeans, and " pufi^ta" in Oordoo. 



a. Anal and caudal Jins tinifed. 

 b. Anal Jin distinct from the caudal. 

 C. PABO, Ham. Buch. 



B. xii ; D. 5; P. -h\ V. 910; A. 6671 ; C. 17. 



The maxillaiy barbels reach the hinder edge of the eye, or a little further, the 

 mandibular ones are fine and short. Pectoral spine feebly serrated, or entire in 

 Burma. Silvery, with an indistinct shoulder spot. 



Burma. 



C. MACROPnTnAxiiu.s, Blyth. 

 Nga-nu-than. 



B. XV. ; D. 4 ; P. t^tt ; V. 8 ; A. 69-73 ; C. 18. 



The maxillary barbels reach to the eighth or tenth anal ray, the mandibular ones 

 are half as long as the head. Caudal deeply forked. Silvery, a dark round shoulder 

 spot over the middle of the pectoral spine. 



Burma. 



Wallago, Bleeker. 



Head covered with soft skin. Snout produced, the lower jaw a little the longer. 

 Eyes above the line of the gape. Nostrils apart, the posterior small and patent, the 

 anterior slightly tubular. IJarbels 4, one ma.xiUary and one mandibular pair. Teeth 

 numerous, cardiform in jaws and vomer, none on the palatines. Axillary pore 

 minute, if present. 



"W. ATTtr, Bloch. 



Nga-bat, Burma. 



B. xix.-xxi. ; D. 5 ; P. tf^^tt; V. 810; A. 8693; C. 17. 



Eyes with free lids. The maxillary barbels twice as long as the head, the 

 mandibular ones as long as the snout. Colour uniform, fins sometimes finely punctate. 

 It grows to at least 6 feet and is good eating. 



Burma. 



SiLCTRUs, Artedi. 



Head covered with soft skin. Eyes above the line of the gape, subcutaneous. 

 Nostrils remote from one another. Barbels 6, 1 pair ma.xiUary, 2 mandibular. Teeth 

 cardiform or villiform on jaws and vomer, none on the palatines. Anal and caudal 

 fins approximate, but not continuous. 



S. cocHiNCHiNEsrsis, Cuv. et Val. 



B. xiv.xv.; D. 4; P. -h; V. 10 ; A. 62-04 ; C. 17. 



