70 EUCLYPT0STEBNTJM. 183 



Ninth Group. BAGARINA. 



Proteropterous Siluroids with the anterioi and posterior nostrils 

 placed close together, and with a barbel between them. 



East Indies. 



69. BAGARIUS. 



Bagarius, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv. Beng. fy Hind. p. 121. 



Adipose fin rather short ; a short dorsal with one spine and six 

 rays ; anal fin of moderate length. Barbels eight. The upper jaw 

 is the longer; teeth in the jaws cardiform, unequal in size ; palate 

 edentulous. Head naked above. Caudal fin deeply forked ; ventral 

 rays six. Thorax without longitudinal plaits of the skin. 



East Indies. 



1. Bagarius yarrellii. 



Pimelodus bagarius, Ham. Bueh. pp. 186, 378. pi. 7. fig. 62; Cuv. fy Vol. 



xv. p. 146. pi. 433 ; Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxi. Silur. Bat. p. 10. 

 Bagi-us yarrellii, Sgkes, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 370. tab. 65. fig. ] . 

 Bagarius buchanani, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv. Beng. 8c Hind. p. 121; 



Prodr. Silur. p. 212'; and Atl. Ichth. Silur. p. 61. tab. 81. 



B. 12. D. 1/6. A. 15. P. 1/12. 



Head depressed, with the snout produced and with the upper jaw 

 projecting ; eyes small*. The band of teeth in the upper jaw nar- 

 rowest in the middle. The maxillary barbel broad at the base, 

 scarcely extending beyond the end of the head ; dorsal and pectoral 

 spines and the caudal lobes produced into long filaments. Body 

 with broad irregular brown cross-bands. 



Dekkan; Madras; Ganges; Java. 



a-k. Adult (5| feet long), half-grown, and young : stuffed. Ganges. 

 I. Young. Madras Presidency. Presented by Captain J. Mitchell. 



70. EUCLYPTOSTERNUM. 



Aclyptosternon, Bleek. Nederl. Tydschr. Dierk. 1863, p. 103. 



An adipose fin of moderate length ; a short dorsal fin with a pun- 

 gent spine and with six soft rays ; anal fin short. Barbels eight. 

 Teeth on the palate villiform, in two separate patches. The upper 

 jaw is the longer. Eyes small, below the skin. Caudal forked; 

 ventral rays six. Pectorals horizontal, with a thoracic adhesive ap- 

 paratus between, which is formed by longitudinal plaits of the skin. 



Syria. 



The adhesive apparatus of the thorax has been denied by Bleeker ; 

 it is very distinct in our specimen, which is the type ; therefore we 

 have been compelled slightly to alter the name proposed by Bleeker, 

 as it- conveys an erroneous idea of the character of the fish. 



