368 NANDID^. 



p. 17 ; Bleek. Verhand. Batav, Genootsch. xxv., Bengal, en Hindost. 

 p. 107. 

 Bedula hamiltonii, Gray, HI. Ind. Zool, pi. . fig. 3. 



D. J|. A.y. L. lat. 55. L. transv. 7/17. Vert. 24. 



The upper maxillary reaches beyond the vertical from the posterior 

 margin of the eye. Brownish-green, marbled with darker. 

 Eresh waters of Bengal and of some of the islands. 



a. Large specimen : stuffed. India. Presented by the Zoological 



Society. 



b. Half-grown. Moluccas. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



c. Hall-grown. India. Presented by G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. 



d. Adult. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



e. Young : not good state. India. Presented by G. R. Waterhouse, 



Esq. 



2. Nandus nebulosus. 



? Bedula nebulosa, Gray, III. Ind. Zool. ii. pi. . fig:. 2. 

 Nandus nebulosus, Bleek. Blitony, p. 92. 



D. i^. A. |. L. lat. 30. 



The iipper maxUlary does not reach to the vertical from the pos- 

 terior margin of the eye. Brown, with lighter transverse bands. {Bl.) 

 Eivers of Blitong, Banka, and Borneo. 



5. CATOPRA. 



Catopra, Bleeker, Borneo, iii. p. 65. 



Body compressed, rather short ; mouth protractile. . One dorsal, 

 vnth thirteen or fourteen spines. VUUform teeth in the jaws, on 

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

 Praeoperculum and pra^orbital serrated ; operculum with two flat 

 points. Six branchiostegals ; pseudobranohiae ? 



Fresh waters of the islands of the East Indian Archipelago. 



1. Catopra fasciata. 



Bleeker, Borneo, iii. p. 65. 



D. ^. A. -2-. L. lat. 25. L. transv. 13. 



10 8 



The height of the body is twice and three-quarters in the total 

 length. Snout convex, shorter than the diameter of the eye. Den- 

 ticulations of the prseorbital very distinct. Green, with twelve narrow 

 blackish cross-bands. {Bl.) 



Rivers of Borneo, Sumatra, and Banka. 



2. Catopra nandoidep. 

 Bleeker, Nattmrk. Tydschr. Nederl. Ind. 1851, pp. 01 fe 172. 

 D. i^. A. 4. L. lat. 25. L. transv. 16. 

 The height of the body is twice and a half in the total length. 



