23. PANOASIUS. 61 



The eye is rather large, and situated behind the angle of the mouth 

 and j)artl3' at the lower side of the head. The ventral fin is inserted 

 below the posterior rays of the dorsal fin. The dorsal spine is ser- 

 rated behind and granulated in front ; its length is four-fifths of 

 that of the head. The anal fin terminates at some distance from the 

 caudal, which is deeply forked. Pectoral spine stronger, and a little 

 longer, than that of the dorsal fin, serrated interiorly and granulated 

 exteriorly, extending beyond the root of the -ventral ; ventral small, 

 two-fifths of the length of the head. Silveiy, dark olive above. 



a. Skin : 6 inches long : not good state. India. From the Collec- 

 tion of the Zoological Society. 



6. Pseudeutropius goongwaree. 



Ilvpophthalmus goongwaree, St/kes, in Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 3G9. 

 "tab. C4. tig. 3. 



D. 1/6. A. 52. P. 1/9. V. 6. 



All the barbels are longer than the head; the maxillary barbels 

 extend beyond the origin of the anal fin ; mandibulary barbels in a 

 transverse line. Eye rather large, situated behind the angle of the 

 mouth and partly at the lower side of the head. Dorsal and pectoral 

 spines serrated behind. The anal fin terminates at some distance 

 from the caudal, which is deeply forked. Ventral small. Silvery, 

 oHve above. (S;/l-es.) 



Mota Mola lliver, Dekkan. 



Barjrus e.vodon (Cuv. &VaL xiv. p. 394 ; Belang. Toy. Ind. Orient. 

 Zool. p. 385. pi. 4. fig. 1) appears to be closely allied to the above 

 species. Valenciennes says that it is " notablement caracterisee par 

 ses dents intermaxillaircs, adherentes a de larges plaques au bout du 

 museau, de manicre a depasser entierement la miichoire inferieure." 

 A. 43-4G.— Bengal. 



23. PANGASIUS*. 



Pangasius, Cuv. ^- Val. xv. p. 45. 



Paugasius et Pseudopangasius, Bleek. Nederl. TycUchr. Dierk. 18C3, 

 p. 107. 



Adipose fin very short ; a short dorsal fin with a pungent spine 

 and with seven soft rays ; anal fin elongate, with about thirty rays. 

 Barbels slender, four : one at each maxillary, and two immediately 

 behind the symphysis of the mandibles. Palatine teeth separate from 

 those of the vomer. The upper jaw is the longer. Eyes free. An- 

 terior nostrils open, quite in front of the snout. Caudal forked ; ven- 

 tral rays six. 



East Indies. 



* 1. Pangasius delicatissimus, BJtek. Atl. Ichthi/ol. i. p. 73. — Known from a 

 figure only, and apparently distinguished by a pearl-coloured longi- 

 tudinal dorsal stripe. — Java. 



