96. HOMALOPTERA. 341 



lips fringed ; rostral barbels short, thick, on the edge of the snout. 

 Origin of the dorsal fin somewhat in advance of that of the ventrals; 

 pectoral fins nearly reaching ventrals. Body and aU the fins with 

 large brown spots. 

 Southern India, 



a. Adult. Wyuaad. From Mr. Day's Collection. 



3. Homaloptera pavonina. 



Balitora pavonina, Cuv. Sf Val. xviii. p. 97. 



erji-nrorliina, Cuv. ^- Val. xviii. p. 93, pi. 524 fuot good). 



Homaloptera polylepis, Bleck. Nat Ti/dsc/ir. Xed. liid. iv. p. I()2. 

 ocellata, (? Van JIass.) Van do- Hoeven, Ilandh. Uierh. edit. 1, ii. 



p. 211, tab. 13. fig. 12 ; Meek. Ci/pr. Prodr.^. 92; ox Atl. Ichtlajul. 



Cypr. p. 18, tab. 3. fig. 4 * [not. 'C. ^- F.]. 



D. 11. A. 7. V. 9. L. lat. 70-75. 



Scales smooth, or with one or three very indistinct keels. Snout 

 produced, rather obtuse, and somewhat longer than the remaining 

 portion of the head. Lips not fringed. Barbels simple. Origin of 

 the dorsal fin in advance of that of the ventrals. Pectoral fins ter- 

 minating at a considerable distance from the ventrals. A series of 

 six or seven large brown yellow-edged ocelli along the back. 



Java and Sumatra. 



a. Adult. Java. 



b. Adult, in bad state. From Dr. Bleeker s Collection. 



Balitora ocellata, Cuv. & Yal. xviii. p. OG, or Homaloptera iialen- 

 ciennesi, Bleek. Atl. lohth. Cypr. p. 19, is said to differ from H. pavo- 

 nina in having longer pectoral fins which extend on to the ventrals : 

 therefore, this is not the H. ocellata described by Bleeker. 



The specific na^vxas pavonina and ocellata appear to have originated 

 with Van Hasselt ; but as Valenciennes was the first who described 

 certain species under those names, subsequent ichthyologists are 

 bound to follow his determinations. 



Homaloptera salusur, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. In^tiv. p. 161 ; or 

 Prodr. Cypr. p. 94 ; or Atl. Ichthyol. Cypr. p. 19, tab. 3. fig. 2, is 

 a rather doubtful species ; the specimens on which it is founded 

 have cross bars on the back, instead of ocelli, and the head and snout 

 appear to be a little narrower. 



a. Type of the species, in bad state. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



4. Homaloptera gymnogaster. 



Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. iv. p. 163 ; or Prodr. Cypr. p. 98; or 

 Atl. Ichthyol. Cypr. p. 20, tab. 3. fig. G. 



D. 9. A. 7. V. 9. L. lat. 70. 

 Scales smooth. Snout obtuse, as long as the remaining portion of 

 the head. Lips not fringed ; barbels simple. Origin of the dorsal 



* The figure giving a lateral view of the fish is incorrectly numbered 3 on the 

 platcv 



