190 SILTTKID^E. 



AMBLYCEPS*. 



Amblyceps, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxvii. p. 281. 



Adipose fin short and low ; a short dorsal fin with a concealed 

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

 Teeth villiform ; palate edentulous. Head covered with soft skin 

 above; eyes very small. Lateral line none? Caudal forked; no 

 thoracic adhesive apparatus ; ventrals with six rays, inserted behind 

 the end of the dorsal fin. 



Small Siluroids from the East Indian continent. 



1. Amblyceps caecutiens. 



Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxvii. p. 282. 



D.l/6. A.6(?). P.^. 



Barbels large, those of the maxillaries reaching to the tip of the 

 pectoral fin, and the exterior lower one nearly as long. {Blyth.) 

 Three inches long. Moulmein. 



2. Amblyceps tenuispinis. 

 Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxix. p. 153. 

 D. 1/6. A. 9. 



Dorsal and pectoral spines short and slender ; barbels thin ; eyes 

 minute ; adipose fin indistinct and pointed posteriorly ; lateral line 

 none. Olive-brown. {Blyth.) 



Two inches long. Ghazipur. 



3. Amblyceps mangois. 

 Pimelodus mangois, Ham. Buch. pp. 199, 379. 

 D. 1/6. A. 8. P. 1/7. 



The lower jaw is rather prominent ; barbels well developed, not 

 dilated, those of the maxillaries extending beyond the extremity of 

 the pectorals, the outer ones of the mandible beyond its root. Lateral 

 line none. Tail behind nearly as high as the body ; adipose fin 

 much shorter than the dorsal ; caudal deeply forked, its upper lobe 

 being the longer, two-sevenths of the total length. Uniform brown. 



Northern Behar. 



* 1. Pimelodus anisurus, M'Clett. Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 583. — Loodi- 

 anah and Cabul River. 

 2. indicus, M'Clell. I.e. p. 584. — Loodianah. 



