96. HOMALOPTEEA. 341 



lips fringed ; rostral barbels sbort, thick, on the edge of the suout. 

 Origin of the dorsal fin somewhat in advance of that of the ventrals; 

 pectoral fins nearly reaching ventrals. iJody and all the fins with 

 large brown spots. 

 tSouthern India. 



a. Adult. Wjnaad. From Mr. Day's Oollectiou. 



3. Homaloptera pavonina. 



Balitora pavonina, Cuv. 4' Val. xviii. p. 97. 



erythrorhina, Cuv. ^ Val. xviii. p. 9.3, pi. 524 (not good). 



Homaloptera polylepis, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Lid. iv. p. 1(52. 

 ocellata, (? Van Hass.) Van der Hoevcn, Ilaiidb. Dierk. edit. 1, ii. 



p. 211, tab. 13. fig. 12 ; £lcek. Ci/pr. Prod,: p. 92: ox Atl. Ichthuuh 



Cijpr. p. 18, tab. 3. fig. 4 * [not. C. 8,- F.]. 



D. 11. A. 7. V. 9. L. lat. 70-75. 



Scales smooth, or with one or three very indistinct keels. Snout 

 produced, rather obtuse, and somewhat longer than the remaining 

 ])ortion of the head. Lips not fringed. Barbels simple. Origin of 

 the dorsal fin in advance of that of the ventrals. Pectoral fins ter- 

 minating at a considerable distance from the ventrals. A series of 

 six or seven large brown yellow-edged ocelli along the back. 



Java and Sumatra. 



a. Adult. Java. 



h. Adult, in bad state. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 

 _ Balitora ocellata, Cuv. & Yal. xviii. p. 96, or Homaloptera Valen- 

 ciennes! , Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Cyi^r. p. 19, is said to diflfer from H. pavo- 

 nina in having longer pectoral fins which extend on to the ventrals ; 

 therefore, this is not the H. ocellata described by Bleeker. 



The specific names pavonum and ocellata appear to have originated 

 with Van Hasselt ; but as Valenciennes was the first who described 

 certain species under those names, subsequent ichthyologists are 

 bound to follow his determinations. 



Homaloptera salusur, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. iv.p. 161 ; or 

 Prodr. Cypr. p. 94 ; or Atl. Ichthyol. Cypr. p. 19, tab. 3. fig. 2, is 

 a rather doubtful species ; the specimens on which it is founded 

 have cross bars on the back, instead of ocelli, and the head and snout 

 appear to be a little narrower. 



a. Type of the species, in bad state. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 

 4. Homaloptera gynmogaster. 



Bleek. Nut. Tyd.<clir. Ned. Ind. iv. p. 163; or Prodr. Cypr. p. 98; or 

 Atl. Ichthyol. Cypr. p. 20, tab. 3. fig. 6. 



D. 9. A. 7. V. 9. L. lat. 70. 

 Scales smooth. Snout obtuse, as long as the remaining portion of 

 tlie head. Lips not fringed ; barbels simple. Origin of the dorsal 



* Tlic figure siviiifr a lateral view of the fish is incorrectly numbered 3 on the 

 plale. 



