130 TELKOSTEI. PUYSOSTOMI. 



A. G1-G9, V. 8. Maxillary barbels 



reach anal fin ; of a purplish-brown 



colour 0. C. malabaricus, p. 133. 



A. 54-60, V. 8. Maxillary barbels 



reach middle or end of pectoral fin. 7. C. pdbda, p. 133. 



136. (1.) Callichrous gangeticus. 

 Pterocryptis gangetica, Peters, MB. Ah. Berl 1801, p. 712. 

 Callichrous gangeticus, Day, Fish. India, p. 476 (see synon.). 



B. xii. D. 2. P. 1/12. V. 10. A. 75. 



Length of head nearly one seventh, height of body two nineteenths 

 of the total length. Maxillary barbels do not quite reach the 

 pectorals, whilst the mandibular ones reach the edge of the gill- 

 membrane. Vomerine teeth in an uninterrupted baud. Fins 

 pectoral spine feebly serrated ; anal united with the caudal. 



Hob. Ganges. 1 have not procured this species in India, my 

 nearest approach to it beiug C. sindensis. 



137. (2.) Callichrous sindensis. (Fig. 56.) 

 Cdllichrous sindensis, Day, Fish. India, p. 476, pi. ex, fig. 1 . 



B. xii. D. 4. P. 1/12. V. 8. A. 47 (2/45). C. 13. 

 Length of head 4|, of caudal fin 7, height of body 4^ in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 4| in the length of head, 1 diameter from 

 end of snout, and 2 apart. The dorsal profile rather elevated, and 

 a little concave over the orbits. The greatest width of the head 

 equals its height, or its length excluding the snout. Cleft of mouth 

 very oblique, the lower jaw prominent, and the eye situated rather 



Fig. 56. Cattichrous sindcnsis. 



above the angle of the mouth. Barbels the maxillary reach to the 

 middle of the pectoral fin ; the mandibular are thin and nearly half 

 as long as the head. Teeth in two small oval patches on the vomer 

 not confluent in the median line. Fins dorsal narrow at its base. 

 Pectoral spine as long as the head behind the middle of the eyes and 

 finely serrated internally ; the fin reaches to nearly above the com- 

 mencement of the anal. Ventral reaches the first anal ray. Aanl 

 united to the caudal. Colour silvery, with a black spot behind 

 the gill-opening and above the base of the pectoral fin ; body 

 and fins with numerous cloudy dark markings. 

 Hdb. Sind from the Indus. 



