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33//. Acattf/zopsis c^o{rorr\ynr/nis,J]]echcr. Nga-tha-lay-doh, Burm. 

 D. l'2j A. 8. Ujniei' iioitious of tliu liniwaddi. 



Genus — CosiTis, Adedi. 

 Somilepfes, Bleeker. 



Bod// elouffnfcd nttd comjwcssed : dorsal profile nearh/ Iwrizonial. Six 

 barbels, on ike snout and tqiper jaw. A small, erectile, bifid, sub-orbital 

 spine. Dorsal fin inserted ojujosite to the ventral: caudal truncated or 

 rounded. 



325. Cobitis gongota, Ham. Biich. D. 10, A. 8. Barbels short. 

 Assam. 



3'26. Cobitis gunlea, Ham. Buch. Ko7idaturi, and Gup-kari, Ooriali : 

 Nga-tha-lay-doh, Burm. D. 8-9, A. 7. Barbels long. From Orissa, 

 through Bengal and Burma, also iu the Bombay I'resideucy, atlaiuiug 4 

 inches iu length. 



Genus — ZEPr/JOCB/'H^riCHrHrs, Bleeker. 

 Platacanthus, Day. 



Body elongated and moderately compressed. Eight barbels, two of which 

 belong to the mandible. A large, erectile, bifid , sub-orbital spine. Dorsal 

 fin short, commencing opposite or nearly so to the ventral : the internal ray of 

 the pectoral fin may be modified into a fiat osseous spine : caudal truncated or 

 slightly emarginate. 



327. Lepidocephalichthys thermalis, Cuv. and Val. Assaree, Tarn. : 

 Jubbi coiori, Ooriah : BAlu, Hind. U. 9, A. 7. Dorsal slightly in 

 advance of ventral. Southern India, the ]\Ialabar Coast and Ceylon. 



32S. Lepidocephalichthys balgara, Ham. Buch. Jubbi cowri, Ooriah. 

 D. 8, A. 7. Dorsal not iu advance of ventral. India generally. 



Genus — Botia, Gray. 



Hymenophysa, McClelland. 



Body oblong, compressed, with, the dorsal profile more or less convex. 

 Eyes u-ith a free circular eyelid : a bifid, erectile, sub-orbital spine. Barbels 

 six to eight : v}hen six, all are on the snout and upper jaw : if eight, the e.rtra 

 pair are on the mandible. Dorsal fin commences anterior to the root of the 

 ventral : caudal forked. Air-vessel in two divisions, the anterior being 

 partially enclosed in a bony capsule, whilst the posterior 2>ortion is free in, 

 ike abdominal cavity. 



329. Botia nebHlosa,'B\yih. D.15, A.7. Barbels six. Darjrpling. 



330. Botia dario. Ham. Buch. Sahinga, Panj. : Buctca Hind. : 

 Shec-uharo, Sind. D. \?>, A. 8. Barbels eight. Gcncrnlly throughout 

 the rivers of India, except tliose of Madras : even in the Sind Hills. 



331. Botia hymenophysa, Bleeker. Nga-tha-lay-doh and Shoay. 

 zagay, Burm. D. 11-15, A. 8. Barbels six. Upper portions of the 

 Iriawaddi. 



332. Sofia Almorlia;, Gray. D. 12, A.8. Barbels eight. Almorah. 

 The Revd. W. Carloton informs that he has also procured it from a 

 stream at Kalka, 40 miles from Simla. 



333. Botia rostrata, Giiuther. D. 12, A. 8. Barbels eight. 

 Bengal and Assam. 



