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111. Clariaa jaffur,\\nm.^\\\v\\. D. 53, A. 50. ]MnxiIInry barbels 

 sligliUy longer Uian tbc head, vcilical fins united. Buchanan does not 

 mention where this species resides, as yet I have not found it; attains IJ 

 feet in length. 



ll'J. Clarias maguTjlil.am.'Rnch. Kng-ga,Var\].: Jlfa-pnr, Beng. : 

 Fga-lchoo, Burm. D. G4-70, A. 50-53. !Maxillary barbels roach nearly 

 to llic end of the pectoral fin ; vertical fins not; united ; dirty brown 

 colour. Fresh-waters of the plains of India and l?urnia; attaining 18 

 inches iii length, and as food considered very nourishing. 



Genus — Saccobrancuus, Cav. and Val. 



Ileterojmeusles, Miillcr. 



Branchioslegnls seven. Form of hodi/ elongated and cowpressed. Gill- 

 membranes separated hy a deep notch : gill-cariti/ with an accessory poste- 

 rior sac, which extends backwards on either side of the neural spines 

 amongst the muscles of the abdominal and, part of the caudal regions. Eyes 

 small, the lids having a free circular margin. Sujierior and lateral portions 

 of the head osseous, and covered iviih very thin skin. Gape of month mode- 

 rate, anterior, transverse, the cleft small. Barbels eight. Villiform. teeth 

 in the jaws, and vomer. Borsal fin spineless and short: adipose absent: 

 ventral under the dorsal: anal long, confucnt with, or separated by a notch, 

 from the caudal. Air-vessel 2^laccd transversely (in the form of two lobes 

 connected by a tube) across the body of an anterior vertebra, where it is 

 entirely enclosed in bone: a duct passes forivards from either sides, unites and 

 is continued into the pharynx. 



113. Saccobranchns fossilis, Bloch. Sin-gee and Noor-i-e, Panj. : 

 Lo-har, Sind : Thar-lce, Tarn. : Mar-pu, Tel. : Sin-gee, Ooriah, Bono-., 

 and in Nortli-West Provinces; Bichu ka viutchce. Hind.: Nga-gyce 

 and Nga-kyee, Burm. D. 6-7, A. 00-79. Maxillary barbels reach the 

 middle of iiectoral or even conimcnceinont of the ventral fins. Leaden 

 sometimes with two longitudinal yellow bajds. Throun-Iiout the fresh- 

 waters of India and Burma. 



Genus — Silundja, Cud. aud J'al. 



Branchiijstegals eleven to twelve. Body elongated and compressed. 

 Head covered, with soft skin. Eyes lateral, having a free circular orbital 

 margin. Month xoide, lower jaw the longer. Nostrils wide apart, the an- 

 terior pair being in front of the snout, patent, and external to the posterior 

 pair. Teeth inthejaws, and in a crescentic villiform band on the palate. 

 First dorsal fin with one spine and seven rays, the adipose short; anal 

 long: ventral with six rays : caudal forked. Air-vessel lying across the 

 body of an anterior vertebra where there is a groove for its reception, and an 

 osseous process from either side of the verte/jra to protect its lateral edges. 



11/f. Silundia Gangetica, Cnv. ami Yal. Si -Ion d, Vnnj.; Jf'al-la-ke 

 kel-le-tee (slippery siluroid) and Poo-nat-tee, Tam. : IJ'an-jou, 'IVI. : Jil-lung 

 and Si-lond, Ooriah and Beng. D. 1/ 0, A. 40-iG. Barbels short. Silvery, 

 fins siained with grey. Estuaries and large rivers of India and Burma • 

 attaining 6 feet or more in length, aud is sometimes termed a Bluuk. 



