CCXCIV 



Si(h- Vamily — HojrAi.opTERiN.E, McClManil. 



(Air-vossel absent). 

 Pseudobiancliias absent. Branchial aperture vertical and narrow. Body elongated 

 and anteriorly depressed, having i broad smooth abdomen. Snout prominent, before 

 the mouth, which latter is sn :ill, transverse, central, inferior, and with fleshy 

 lips. Barbels present. Pharyngeal teeth in a single row, conical. Pectoral and 

 ventral fins horizontal, forming lialf discs. Body scaled. Air-vessel absent. 



Genus — Homaloptera, v. llass. 



Balitora, Gray : Flalijcara, MeClell. 



Head and anterior part of body depressed : snout more or less spafu- 

 late. Mout/i small, inferior, with two pairs of rostral barbels, and one at 

 either anyle of the mouth. Pharijnyeal teeth small {from 5 to 15), and in 

 one rotv. Pectoral and central Jins ivith many rays, the outer of which are 

 simple : dorsal short, situated opposite to the ventral : anal likewise short. 



320. Homaloptera Brucei, Gray and Hard. Cul cundee, stone earp. 

 Tarn. D. 11. A. 7. L. 1. 70. Brown, llotclied with darker. This fish is 

 found in the rivers of the Wynaad, attaining at least 3| inches in leiig-th. 



3'21. Homaloptera maculata. Gray and Hard. D. 11^ A. 7. L. 1. 

 70, L. tr. 10/7. Pound in the Eastern Himalayas, from about. 

 Darjeeling, through Bootan, Assam and the Khasya Hilli?. 



Sub- Fam ily — C oniTiDiN^. 

 Air-vessel present, partially, or entirely enclosed in a bony capsule congliina. 



PseiidobranchiiC absent. Body elongated, oblong, compressed or cylindrical, but not de- 

 pressed. Eye' with or without an erectile spine near the orbit. Snout and lips 

 fleshy. Mouth small, inferior, and furnished with from six to twelve barbels. 

 Pharyngeal teeth few and in one row. Vertical fins spineless; dorsal with a varying 

 number of rays (8-30) : anal with few (7-8) : ventrals absent in one genus. Scales 

 small and cycloid when present, usually immersed in mucus. Lateral line single, 

 sometimes incomplete or absent. Air-vessel present, entirely or partially enclosed 

 in a bony capsule. 



A. With an ei-ectile spiue near the orbit. 



Geniis — Apua, Blyth. 



Body elongated and compressed. A small, erectile, bifid, sul-orbital 

 spine. Might barbels — one rostral, one maxillary, and two mandibular pairs. 

 Borsal Jin in the posterior third of the body, but anterior to the anal : 

 ventral fins absent. 



322. Apuafusca, Blyth. D. 8, A. 8. Pegu. 



Genus ACANTHOPHTHALMUS, V. Hass. 



Body elongated and compressed. A small erectile, bifid, sub-orbital 

 spine. Six barbels — one rostral, and two maxillary pairs. Dorsal fin situated 

 hi the posterior third of the body, anterior to the anal, but behind the ventrals. 



323. Acanthophthalmus pangia,lhim. JBuch. Pangya,\ieiig. : jVga- 

 tha-lay-doh, Biirm. D. 8, A. 7. Light cinnamon colour. North-Easfc 

 Bengal and northern portions of Burma. 



Genus — ACANTUOPSis, v. Hass. 



Prostheacanlh us, Blyth . 



Body very elongated. Snout long and compressed. Barbels eight, tioo 

 being mandibular. A small bifid, erectile spii/e situated' in advance of the 

 orbit. Dorsal fin opposite to (he xwnlrals : caudal forked. 



