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Genus — C LrPTOSTsnnuM, McClelland. 

 Glyptothorax, jit., Bljth. 



Jlraiir/iionteffnls ahout ten. Gill-openiiiff wide ; (I'rU-memhranen aeparnf- 

 cd hif, and coiijinent with, the ifithnns. An adhenive apparatu.s farmed nf 

 luvgitndinnl jilnit.t of xkin, xitnnted. Ijetteecv the liases of the jiecloral Jins 

 on the thorair, tvhieh frequently beeome indistinct in old individuals. 

 Head more or less depressed, and generally covered loith soft skin. Eyes 

 small, subcutaneous. Mouth inferior. Barbels eight, the maxillary ones 

 having very broad bases. Teeth in the jaics villiform, palate edcnlulons. 

 Dorsal loith one spiine and six rays : adipose fin rather short : piectorals 

 horizontal : ventral situated posterior to the dorsal and having six rays: 

 anal rather short : sometimes the pectoral and ventral rays are plaited in- 

 feriorly. Air-vessel in two rounded lateral portions, enclosed in bony 

 capsules. 



1!25. Glyptosternum striatum, IMcClelland. Noio-n ami Nah-he, if 

 small Jup-pali, Paiij. D. jt/0, A. 9-11. Breadth of liead nearly equals 

 its length. Maxillary barbels extend beyond the root of the pectoral. 

 Lips not fringed. Occipital process three times as long as broad. 

 Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as high. Dorsal P]iinc more tlinn 

 half as long as the head. In tlie young, the outer pectoral and ventral 

 rays are plaited infcriorly. Brown, fnis yellow stained wilii black. 

 Rivers on and along the bases of the Himalayas. 



im. Glyptosterfium lonah, Sykes. D. a/0, A. 11-13. Breadth 

 of head nearly or quite equal to its length. Maxillary barbels extend to 

 the end of the head. Lips not fringed. Occi[)ital process neaily four 

 times as long as broad. Caudal peduncle twice as long as high. Fin 

 rays not jilaitcd. Doisal spine not quite half as long as the head. 

 Yellowish brown, banded with blackish, fins yellow. Dorsal, caudal, 

 and anal with black bands. Deccan, attaining at least G inches in 

 length. 



127. Glyptosternum. trilineatum, Blyth. D. i/0, A. 13. Breadth 

 of head about equals its length. Maxillary barbels reach to the end of 

 the head. Lips not fringed. Occijiital ])rocess nearly three times as 

 long as broad. Caudal jieduncle twice as long as high. Fins rays not 

 j^laited iiiferiorly. Dorsal spine rather above half the length of the 

 head. Chestnut brown, with three light longitudinal bands. Burma 

 and Nepal (?), attaining lii inches or more in length. 



128. Glyptosternum tclchitta, Ilam. Buch. Til-li-ah, Panj. and 

 N. W. Prov. : Go-a-che-rah, Bang. D. ^/O, A. 11. Head longer 

 than broad. Maxillary barbels extend to the posterior edge of 

 the orbit. Lips roughened, but not fringed. Occipital process three 

 times as long as broad. Caudal peduncle twice as long as high. Fin 

 rays not plaited inferiorly. Dorsal spine two-thirds as long as the 

 head. Blackish-brown, fins yellow with black bands. Caudal l)laclf, 

 with a j-ellow edge. From the Panjab through Bengal and Behar, 

 attaining 5 or G inches in length. 



129. Glyptosternum DeManense, Gunlhcr. D. i/t), A. 11. The 

 breadth of the head equals its jiost-nasal length. JNIaxiliary barbels 

 extend to the base of the jiecfosal. Ijips smooth. Occipital process 

 from five to six times longer than broad. Caudal peduncle aliout twice 



