FISHES OF THE DUKHUN. 369 
Genus HyrorpHTHALMUS. 
Spix, in his Brazilian fishes, has separated this genus from the multitudinous Pime- 
lodi: its chief characteristics are the form of the head and shoulders, the length of the 
anal fin, and the extreme smallness of the second adipose dorsal, and the situation or 
the eyes ; but it approximates so closely to Cuvier’s genus Schilbe, that the necessity for 
its separation may be doubted. 
HyrorputTHaLMus GOONGWAREE. 
Tab. LXIV. Fig. 3. 
An Hypophthalmus, with 8 cirri, all longer than the head, but not extending to the middle of the fish ; with 
7 rays in the dorsal, and 52 in the anal fin. 
Pectoral fins of 10 rays ; first dorsal fin of 7 rays, and situated on the shoulders ; the 
first ray in the pectoral and first dorsal fins is a posteriorly serrated spine ; second dorsal 
fin very minute and fleshy, standing at an angle of 45°, small at its insertion, widening 
at its extremity. Ventral fins of 6 rays; very small: anal fin of 52 rays, and extending 
from the vent to the tail: tail deeply forked, of 18 rays; lobes large and sharp: vent 
before the middle: mouth furnished with small teeth, and with 8 cirri or feelers, 4 on 
the under jaw and 4 on the upper, all longer than the head, but none reaching to the 
middle of the fish : head depressed: body very much compressed, elongated, without 
scales, of a silvery hue, greenish along the back : eyes large, situated very low down, 
and near to the mouth; dull. Lateral line straight from the snout to the fork of the 
tail. Greatest size 28 inches long. 
Found in the Mota Mola river, at Poona. Mahratta names ‘ Googlee’ and ‘ Goongwaree.’ 
The Googlee has so much the aspect of the Pimelodus Vacha of Dr. Hamilton’s draw- 
ing, that I would consider them identical, but that the pectoral fins have 6 rays less, and 
the anal 2 more; the posterior edge of the dorsal fin leans backward, and the posterior 
edges of the tail-fin are straight, and the fish is without dots of any kind. In other re- 
spects the two fishes correspond. Russell has not any of his St/wride resembling the 
Googlee. 
This fish has the high shoulder and other characters of Schilbe, but having a second 
dorsal fin, it belongs to the genus Hypophthalmus of Spix ; but it may be well doubted 
whether so slight a variation constitutes a generic difference. Cuvier has not made the 
distinction. Vide Spix (Pl. IX. and XVII). 
HyporaTHALMuS TAAKREE. 
Tab. LXIV. Fig. 4. 
An Hypophthalmus, with § cirri, 2 of which reach to the ventral fins ; 2 very minute cirri near the nostrils, 
and 4 on the chin, nearly as long as the head; with the first dorsal and pectoral rays serrated on the 
posterior edge, and with 8 rays in the dorsal and 50 in the anal fin. 
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