32. PSEUDOBAGKUS. 85 



n. Tlie upper surface of the head is covered with skin. 



1 . Pseudobagrus aurantiacus. 



Bagrus aurantiacus, Schle;/. Faun. Jnpun. Poiss. p. 227. pi 104 fig 2 

 Pseudobagrus aiu-antiacus, Bhek. I. c. p. 85. • 6- • 



B. 8. D. 1/6. A. 20-22. P. 1/8. 



The length of the head is one-fifth of the total (with the caudal) 

 Nasal barbels one-half or two-thirds as long as the head, shorter than 

 those of the maxiUaries. Dorsal fin nearly as high as the body ; dor- 

 sal and pectoral spines of moderate length and strength ; dorsal spine 

 not serrated. Adipose fin as long as the anal. 



Japan. 



(t. Half-grown. From Dr. P. v. Bleekcr's Collection. 



2. Pseudobagrus vachellii. 



? Bagrus (?) bouderius, Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 283 (from a rude 



ngure). 

 Bagrus (?) vachellii, Richards. I. c. p. 284. 



D. 1/7. A. 23-24. P. 1/9. Vert. 11/32. 



Head smooth above, sometimes covered with loose skin, sometimes 

 with the bones exposed. Occipital process narrow, three 

 orfoiir times as long as broad; basal bone of the dorsal \^^/ 

 spme elongate triangular, more than half as long as the \ 7 

 occipital process. Cleft of the mouth narrow, inferior; V/ 

 teeth on the palate viUiform, in a crescent-shaped band! 

 Barbels slender : nasal barbels extending to behind the / \ 

 orbit, maxillary barbels to the end of the head. Dorsal fin I 



as high as the body ; dorsal spine serrated behind, three- I t 

 fourths or four-fifths of the length of the head. Pectoral H. r" 

 spme stronger than, and as long as, that of the dorsal fin, 

 very strongly serrated along its inner margin. Adipose fin longer 

 than the dorsal. 



China. 



a Half-giown. Chikiang. From Mr. Fortune's Collection. 



'', c-d. Half-grown and young. China. 



''. Thirteen inches long. From the Haslar Collection. 



/. Half-gro-\vn : skeleton. 



^. Head osseous above. 



3. Pseudobagrus fulvi-draco. 



rimelodiis(?) fulvi-draco, Richards. Ichfh. Cliin. p. 28G. 

 ? Silurus calvnrius, Basil, in Xom\ Mem. Katur. Mosc. 1855, x. p -^41 

 pi. !). fig. 1 (bad). ^' 



D. 1/7. A. 20. P. 1/7. 

 Head granulated above ; occipital process subquadrangular. nearly 

 twice as long as broad : basal bone of the dorsal spine triangular, as 



