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Synopsis of Indian Species. 



D. 1/5, 2 D-f C+A 242-271. Uniform brownish. . 1. P. canius. p. 113. 

 D. 1/4-5, 2 D+C+A 109-190. Brown, with two 



longitudinal white bands 2. P. arab, p. 113. 



119. (1.) Plotosns canius. (Fig. 47.) 



Plotosus canius, Hum. Buch. Fish. Ganges, pp. 142, 374, pi. xv, 



fig. 44; Day, Fish. India, p. 482, pi. cxii, fig. 3 (see synon.). 

 Irung-kellettee, Tamil ; Ndrshingld, Marathi ; Nga khoo Jchyounffj 

 Arracau; Khagoon, Chittagong. 



B. xi-xiii. D. 1/5. 2 D + C+A 242-271. P. 1/10-11. 



V. 12. Vert. 15/65. 



Length of head 4| to 5|, height of body 7 to 7| in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 10 to 11 in the length of the head, the 

 width of the interorhital space 2| to 2| in the length of the head. 

 The width of the head equals its length behind the angle of the 

 mouth. Barbels the nasal nearly reach the nape, the maxillary 

 the end of the opercle or base of the pectoral, whilst the outer 

 mandibular pair are slightly longer than the inner. Fins dorsal 



Fig. 47. Plotosus camus. 



spine serrated on both edges, and equal to two fifths of the length 

 of the head ; pectoral spine similar and equal to one third the 

 length of the head. Colour brown, the vertical fins edged with 

 black. 



Bleeker observed that the Malays at Batavia believed the flesh 

 of this fish to possess emmenagogue properties. 



Hob. Estuaries of India and Burma to the Malay Archipelago. 

 Attains to 3 feet and upwards in length, 



120. (2.) Plotosus arab. 



Siluvus arab, Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. xvi, no. 36. 



Plotosus arab, Day, Fish. India, p. 483, pi. cxii, fig. 4 (see synon.). 



Moor ghee, Mai. 

 B. xi. D. 1/4-5. 2 D + C+A 169-190. P. 1/11. V. 12. 



Vert. 12/35. 



Length of head 5 to 5|, height of body 7 to 8 in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 5 to 6| in length of head and situated in the 

 middle of the same ; the width of the interorbital space equals one 

 third of the length of the head. Greatest width of the head 

 equal to its length behind the angle of the mouth. Upper ja\v 



