4. NANDtrs. 367 



Second Group. NANDINA. 

 3. BADIS. 



Badis, Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxv., Bengal, en Hindost. 

 p. 106, 



Body compressed, oblong, covered with ciliated scales, of moderate 

 size; lateral line inteiTupted. Mouth very protractile. One dorsal, 

 with fourteen to seventeen spines, the spinous portion being much 

 longer than the soft; anal with three spines, and with the soft por- 

 tion similar to the soft dorsal. Small teeth in the jaws, on the 

 vomer, the palatine and pterygoid bones ; none on the tongue. 

 None of the bones of the head serrated. Six branchiostegals. 



Fresh waters of Bengal. 



1. Badis buchanani. 



Labrus badis, Buck. Ham. Fish. Gang. pp. 70, 368. tab. 25. fig. 23. 

 Badis buchanani, Bleek. I. c. tab. 2. fig. 3. 



Greenish, with darker transverse streaks. 

 Ganges and tributaries. 



a. Young. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



2. Badis dario. 

 Labrus dario, Buch. Ham. Fish. Gang. p. 72. 

 iJ. g. A. -. 



Silvery with black transverse bands, or entii-ely blackish. (Lateral 

 line none ?) {Buch.) 



Ponds and rivers of the northern parts of Bengal and Behar. 



4. NANDUS. 



Nandus, Cuv. ^ Vat. viii. p. 481 ; Bleek. Blitong, p. 91. 

 Bedula, Gray, Illustr. Ind. Zool. 



Body compressed, rather short; mouth very protractile. One 

 dorsal, with thirteen or fourteen spines. Villiform teeth in the jaws, 

 on the vomer, the palatine and pterygoid bones, and on the tongue. 

 Praeoperculum serrated; operculum with one spine; praeorbital 

 entire. Six branchiostegals ; pseudobranchiie none (in the species 

 examined). Air-bladder simple and large. Pyloric appendages none. 



Fresh waters of the Indian region. 



1. Nandus marmoratus. 



Coius nandus, Buch. Ham. Fish. Gang. p. 96. pi. 30. fig. 32. 

 Nandus marmoratus, Cuv. !^ Val. viii. p. 482. pi. 207 ; Cant. Catal. 



