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vomer, and palnlr. Dorsal fin xhorl, irith our aphio, and six or srvrn rnr/x ; 

 a vert/ small ailipose dorsal, irhich may he absorbed, in ihe adult (Sc/iilbcirh- 

 thys) : pectoral wrih a serrated spine; anal long, termhialing at some distance 

 from a forked candal: ventral iriih six, or ii way hare eight rays. Air- 

 vessel heart-shaped, and closely attached to the anterior vertehrce. 



SI), Pseudeiitropijis atherinoides, Bl. Put-tul and Chel-lee, Panj. ; 

 Ah-hee, Sind. : Pvt-tah-re, N. W. Tiov. : Akku jella, Tcl. : Batiuli 



and Bo-potassi, Ooriali. D. 6^/0, A. SG-IS. Maxillaiy barbels roach base of 

 anal fin. Three or four lonj^itudinal lateral bands. Tlironghont the 

 fresh-waters of the plains of India and Burma, attaining about four 

 iuehes iu lengtli. 



• 85. I'seudeutropins goongwaree, Sykes. Nga-myenol-e-hpia, Burm. 

 D. ^/O, A. 43-5 !•. ^Nlaxillary barbels reach anal fin. Silvery. Deccan, 

 Bengal and Burma, attaining 10 inches iu length. 



86. PsendeHtropins taakrec, Sykes. Salava jella, Tel.: Nga-zin-sap 



and Nga-myin, Burm. D. gTp/O, A. 51. Maxillary barbels reach the anal 

 fin. Silvery. Deccan and the Kistna River, also Orissa and Burma, 

 attaining a foot in length. 



87. Psendeniropiiis acntirostris , Day. D. ^/O, A. 40. The maxillary 

 barl)cls reach (lie anal fin. Silvery; a black spot on occijuif, and a black 

 base to the dorsal fin. Rivers of Burma, mostly in their lower portions. 

 It attains four inches in length. 



88. Pseudcntropius miirius, 11a.m. Buch. Ke-raad, Panj. : Jlfotiist, 

 Beng. : Bvtchua, Hind.: Mnri-vacha, Ooriah. D. f/0, A. 39-43. 

 Maxillary barbels reach the base of the anal fin. Silvery. Panjiib, Gan- 

 gctic Provinces, and Oris.sa, attaining eight inches or more in length. 



89. Pseudeutropina Sykcsii, Jerdon. Nah lellcttee. Tarn. D. ^/O, 

 A. 3-5-37. Southern IMadras and Malabar, to six iuehes or more in 

 length. 



90. Pseudeulropiiis garva, Ilani. Buch. Punia huchua, Ooriah : 

 Pnllosi, Beng. : Buehna, Beng. : Dhon-ga-nn, Sind. : Bnchnn, Chel-lee 

 and Ka-raad, Panj. D. \, A. 29-36. Maxillary barbels reach the ventral 

 fin. Adipose dorsal fin becomes absorbed in the adult. Silverj'. Larger 

 rivers of India, except Southern Madras, TMalabar and B\irma, attaining 

 a foot or more in length. 



Genus — CaltaCIIROUS, Ilam. Buch. 



Kryptoptern.s, Kryplopterirhthys, Micronema, Phalacronolus, Jlemisihirvs, 



Silitrodes, Psendosilnrns and Silurichthys, Blocker : Pterocryptis, pt., Peters. 



Gill-membranes overlap the isthmus, hut are more or less separated 



from it. Head covered with skin. Byes behind and slightly helow the 

 cleft of the month, lateral, or sometimes partly on the inferior surface of 

 the head; lids without free orbital margins. Cleft of mouth oblique; lower 



jmo the longer, l^ostrils remote from one another. Barbels four or tico,one 

 maxillary, and .lorne distance behind the symphysis, one mandibular pair, 

 the latter may be rudimentary or absent. Teeth villi form in the ja7r.i in an 

 uninterrupted hand (Silurodes, Blocker) or interrupted one (Callichrons, 

 Blocker) on the vomer, vone on the palatines. Porsal fn spineless, short, 

 rudimentary, or absent ; when present, anterior to the vcntrals: no adipose Jin : 



