l<i:5. IIYIIEXOPHYSA. 3G7 



a. Half-grown. Ganges, f'loin M'Clelland's Collection. 

 6, Young : bad state. I'ivei' Hooghly. From Dr. Bleekor"s Collec- 

 tion. ' 

 c-d. Half-grown. Cacliar. Presented by Lieut. -Col. Playfair. 



2. Botia almorhse. 



Botia almorhse, Grai/, Z',oI. 3fisc. 1831, p. 8. 

 graudis, Grai/ ^- Ilardw. Ind. Zool. c. fig. 



D. 12. A. 8. V. 8. 



Barbels eight. The height of the body is a little less than the 

 length of the head, which is one-fourth of the total (■without caudal); 

 snout pointed, its length being rather more than that of the remain- 

 ing part of the head. Suborbital spine extending to, or nearly to, 

 below the hind margin of the orbit. Interorbital space rather nar- 

 row, not twice as wide as the orbit, which is small. Body reticu- 

 lated with brown, the yellow ground-colour being broken up into 

 yellow spots ; all the fins with more or less regular brown cross 

 bands, three or four on each caudal lobe, three across the anal fin, 

 and about six across the pectoral. 



India. 

 a. Type of the species. Presented by General Hardwicke. 

 6, Adult. From the Collection of the East-India Company. 



3. Botia rostrata. 



D. 12. A. 8. V. 8. 



Barbels eight The height of the body is one-fourth or one-fifth 

 of the total length (without caudal), the length of the head two- 

 sevenths. Snout very long, pointed, its length being considerably 

 more than that of the remaining part of the head. Suborbital spine 



not extending to below the hind 

 margin of the orbit. Interor- 

 bital space narrow, not twice as 

 wide as the orbit, which is small. 

 Origin of the dorsal fin midway 

 between the root of the caudal 

 and nostril. Caudal fin deeply 

 forked. Body ■nath irregular 

 and partly confluent brown cross bands, which enclose larger and 

 smaller round whitish spots. Dorsal and anal fins with two, pec- 

 toral, ventral, and each caudal lobe with three brown cross bands. 

 Assam (?) ; Bengal. 



a. Five inches long. Assam ? From Dr. Griffith's Collection. 



b. Three inches long. Ganges. From Dr. M'Clelland's Collection. 



