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SILURfD.E. 



3. Silurichthys lamghur. 



Siiurus lamghur, Heck. Fische Caschmir, p. 82. tab. 12. figs. 5 & 6. 

 B. 14. D. 4. A. 53. P. 1/12. V. 1/5. 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, 

 and contained four times and two-thirds in the total (without caudal). 

 Lower jaw prominent. The maxillary barbels do not extend to the 

 extremity of the pectorals ; those of the mandibles about twice as 

 long as the eye. The length of the pectoral is three-quarters of that 

 of the head ; the spine serrated, half as long as the fin. Dorsal above 

 4th.e ventrals. (Heck.) 

 Cashmere. 



10. WALLAGO. 

 Wallago, Bleek. Nederl. Tydschr. Dierk. 1863, p. 114. 



One veiy short dorsal fin, without pungent spine ; no adipose fin ; 

 the anal is very long, and terminates close to the caudal. Barbels 

 four : one to each maxillary and one to each mandible. Snout rather 

 produced ; palatine teeth none ; vomerine teeth in two oblique, longish 

 patches. Nostrils remote from each other. Head covered with skin ; 

 the eye is situated above the level of the angle of the mouth. Neck 

 not elevated, the upper profile of the head being straight. The dorsal 

 fin is either somewhat before or above the ventrals, which are com- 

 posed of more than eight rays. Caudal forked. 



East Indian rivers. 



1* Wallago attu. 



Plat-vish, Nieuh. p. 273. 



Siiurus athu, Bl. Schn. p. 378. tab. 75. 



Wallagoo, Russell, fig. 165. 



Siiurus boalis, Ham. Buch. Fish. Gang. pp. 154, 375. pi. 29. fig. 49. 



wallagoo, Ouv. 8f Val. xiv. p. 354. 



asotus, Cuv. fy Val. xiv. p. 358 (not L.). 



Schilbe boalis, Sykes, Tram. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 368. tab. 64. .fig. 2. 

 Siiurus mulleri. BU>ek. Verhand. Bat. Genootsch. xxi., Silur. Consp. p. 18. 

 Wallagoo mulleri, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Nederl. Ind. iii. p. 585, and 



Verhand. Bat. Genootsch. xxv., Nalez. Hind, fy Beng. p. 108. 

 russellii, Bleek. Prodr. Silur. p. 261, and Atl. Ichth. Silur. tab. 86. 



fig. 1. 

 attu, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Silur. p. 79. 



D. 1/4. A. 86-93. P. 1/13. V. 10. Vert. 13/56. 



Snout produced, spatuliform ; cleft of the mouth very wide, extend- 

 ing to behind the eyes ; the lower jaw is rather the longer. Vomer- 

 ine teeth in two very oblique series,' separated from each other by an 

 interspace. Maxillary barbels not quite twice as long as the head ; 

 mandibulary barbels as long as the snout. Pectoral spine feeble, not 

 serrated exteriorly ; pectoral fin as long as the cleft of the mouth ; 

 anal and caudal close together, but separate, sometimes covered with 

 brown dots. 



Bengal, Hindostan, Dekkan, Java. 



a-b. Half-grown. Ganges. — Types of S. boalis, H. B. 



c. Adult : stuffed. Calcutta. From Mr. Blyth's Collection. 



