siLriiii) )■. 



29o 



1. AXSO'KIJIA VITTATA. 

 Bouleng. 1. c. \A. xi\. li;;. 2. 



Depth of body -ih to 4'^ times in totul length, length of head 

 4;:^ to 0^ times. Ilocad U to 1| times as long as broad ; snout broad, 

 rounded, as long as eye in adult, extending a little beyond lower jaw ; 

 eye perfectly lateral, 21 (young) to 3,^ times in length of head, 1^ to 

 ] s times in interorbital width, which equals width of mouth ; vomero- 

 palatine teeth forming an uninterrupted bund, the width of which 

 equals or a little exceeds that of the pra>niaxillary hand; nasal barbel 



rig. 17S. 



Ausoryia vittata. 

 Tvpe (A. M. C). f. 



5 to J diameter of eye; maxilhiry l)arbel as louij; as iiead or a little 

 shorter and about 1 5 times mandibular barbel, (i ill-rakers moderately 

 long, slender, and wide apart, fi or 7 on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Dorsal I 0, entirely in front of vertical of ventrals ; spine moderately 

 strong, serrated behind, and produced into a filament. Adipose dorsal 

 small. Anal 42-46. Pectoral reaching ventral, its s|iine a little 

 stronger than that of dorsal and serrated on inner side. Caudal forked, 

 with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Back brown, 

 sides silvery, belly white ; a black band along each side, from tlie h'ead 

 to the lower lobe of the caudal, where it bends down at an angle; this 

 band as broad as or a little narrower than the silvery space separating it 

 from tlie brown of the hark ; tins white, base of anal sometimes dotted 

 \\ ith black. 



Total length 107 inillim. 



Chi loan go. 



1. Typo. 

 2-1. Tvpos. 

 .'.. Skol. 



CliilDiiii^o \\. ill Ma\ ill. 



J)r. \V. .T. Ansoroo (('.). 



