70. KUCLYPIOSXEHNUM. 183 



Ninth Group. BAGARINA. 



Proteropterous Siluroids with the anterior and posterior nostrils 

 placed close together, and with a barbel between them. 

 East Indies. 



69. BAGARIUS. 



Bagurius, Bleck. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv. JSeiiff. ^- Hind. p. 121. 



Adipose fin rather short; a short dorsal wth one spine and six 

 rays; anal fin of moderate length. Barbels eight. The upper jaw 

 is the longer; teeth in the jaws cardiform, unequal in size; palate 

 edentulous. Head naked above. Caudal fin deeply forked ; ventral 

 rays six. Thorax without longitudinal plaits of the skin. 



East Indies. 



1. Bagarius' yarrellii. 



Pimelodus bagarius, Ham. Buck. pp. 180, .">78. pi. 7. fig. 62 ; Citi\ ^- / «/. 



XV. p. 146. pi. 433 ; BIcek. J'crh. Bat. Gen. xxi. Silur. Bat. p. 10. 

 Bagrus yarrellii, Si/k£S, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 370. tab. 65. fig. 1. 

 Bagarius buchanani, Bleck. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv. Beng.8f Hind. p. 121; 



Prodr. Silur. p. 212; and Atl. Ichth. Silur. p. 61. tab. 81. 



B. 12. D. 1/6. A. 15. P. 1/12. 



Head depressed, with the snout produced and with the upper jaw 

 projecting; eyes small. The band of teeth in the upper jaw nar- 

 rowest in the middle. The maxillary barbel broad at the base, 

 scarcely extending beyond the end of the head ; dorsal and pectoral 

 spines and the caudal lobes produced into long filaments. Body 

 mth broad irregular brown cross-bands. 



Dekkan ; Madras ; Ganges ; Java. 

 n-k. Adult (5| feet long), half-grown, and young : stuffed. Gauges. 

 /. Young. Madras Presidency. Presented by Captain J. Mitchell. 



70. EUCLYPTOSTERNUM. 



Aclj-ptostenion, Bkek. Nederl. Tydschr. Dierk. 18(53, p. 103. 



An adipose fin of moderate length ; a short dorsal fin with a pun- 

 gent spine and with six soft raj'S ; anal fin short. Barbels eight. 

 Teeth on the palate villiform, in two separate patches. The upper 

 jaw is the longer. Eyes smaU, below the skin. Caudal forked ; 

 ventral rays six. Pectorals horizontal, with a thoracic adhesive ap- 

 jiaratus between, which is formed by longitudinal plaits of the skin. 



Syria. 



The adhesive apparatus of the thorax has been denied by Bleaker ; 

 it is very distinct in our s])ecimen, which is the tj-pe ; therefore we 

 have been compelled slightly to alter tbe name proposed by Bli.'cker, 

 as it convevs an erroneous idea of the character of the fish. 



