11. BELODONTICHTHYS, 37 



d-e. Half-grown : stuffed. Ferozepore. From the Collection of the 



East India Company. 

 /. Adult: stuffed. 

 </. Adult. Chittingamadum Tank, South Arcot District, between 



11° 50' and 11° 55' N. lat., and 79° 18' and 79° 28' E. long. 



Presented by Capt. Mitchell. 

 h, i. Adult and half-grown. Cavery River. Presented by Capt. 



MitchcU. 

 l\ Adult. Kotamurdoor Tank, South Arcot. Presented by Capt. 



Mitchell. 

 I. Half-groAvn. Madras Presidency. Presented by Capt. Mitchell. 

 m. Adult: skeleton. Chittingamadum Tank. Presented by Capt. 



Mitchell. 



2. Wallago leerii. 



Bleek. Natimrk. Tydschr. Kederl. Ind. ii. p. 427, and Atl. Ichth. Silur, 

 p. 80. tab. 85. 



D. 1/4. A. 67-73. P. 1/14-15. V. 10-11. 



Snout produced ; cleft of the mouth very wide, extending to below 

 the eye ; the lower jaw is the longer. The maxillary barbels extend 

 to, or beyond, the origin of the anal fin ; mandibiilary barbels minute. 

 Pectoral fin considerably longer than the cleft of the mouth ; anal 

 sei^arate from caudal. The dorsal fin Ls inserted above the ventrals. 



Rivers of Sumatra, Banka, and Borneo. 



11. BELODONTICHTHYS. 



Belodontichthys, Bkek. Prodr. Sihtr. p. 266. 



One very short dorsal fin, without pungent spine ; no adipose fin ; 

 the anal terminates close to the caudal, which is forked. Barbels 

 four, one to each maxiUarj- and one to each mandible. The teeth 

 in the jaws are in three series, of unequal size, Avidely set, slender, 

 and curved ; vomerine teeth in a single transvei'se series ; palatine 

 teeth none. Nostrils remote from each other, subequal in width and 

 form. Head covered with skin. Neck elevated, the upper profile of 

 the head being concave ; eye above the angle of the mouth. Ventral 

 composed of more than eight rays. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



1. Belodontichthys macrochir. 



Wallago dinema, Blnk. Nat. Tydschr. Kederl. Ind. ii. p. 202. 

 Belodontichthys macrochir, Bhck. Prodr. Sihtr. p. 266, and AU. 

 Ichth. Silur. p. 80. tab. 86. fig. 2. 



D. 4. A. 92-96. P. 1/20-22. V. 9-10. 



Head compressed, its width being one-half of its length ; lower 

 jaw prominent ; cleft of the mouth longer than broad ; the maxillary 

 barbcLs extend to, or nearly to, the origin of the anal ; those of the 

 mandibles shorter than the eye. Pectorals very large, longer than 

 the head, with a slender smooth spine. 



Sumatra and Borneo. 

 a. Type of the species. From Dr. P. v. Blcekcr's Collection. 



