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150. (6.) Pseudeutropius atherinoides. 



Siluru.3 atherinoides, Block, Ich. t. 371, fig. 1. 



Pseudeutropius atheriuoides, Day, Fish. India, p. 473 ; pi. cix, fig. 2 

 (see synon.). 



Put-tul, and Che.l-lee, Punj. ; Ah-hee, Sind. ; Put-tah-re, N.W. Prov. ; 

 Akku-jella, Tel. ; Battuli and Bi-potam, Ooriah ; Boh-du-ah (Pdtdsi, and 

 Dot/a, H. B.), Assam. 



B. vi. D. 1/5-6 | 0. P. 1/7. V. 6. A. 33-41 (3/30-38). C. 17. 



Length of head 5 to 5|, of caudal fin o, height of body 4| to 5| in 

 the total length. Eyes with free orbital margins, no adipose lids, 

 situated partially on the lower surface of the head ; diameter 2 

 to 3 iu the length of head, and about half a diameter from end 

 of snout. The greatest width of the head equals two thirds of its 

 length. Upper jaw a little the longer. The median longitudinal 

 groove on the head broad, shallow, and reaching to the base of the 

 occipital process, which is four times as long as broad at its base 

 and extends to the basal bone of the dorsal fin. Barbels the 

 nasal slightly longer than the head, the maxillary reach the base of 

 the anal (in some Madras specimens only to the ventral) fin, the 

 niaudibular pair are rather longer than the head. Teeth in the 

 preinaxillaries usually anterior to those in the mandibles ; in a 

 narrow, uninterrupted, crescentic band across the palate. Fins 

 dorsal spine two thirds as long as the head, anteriorly rugose, 

 finely serrated posteriorly. Pectoral spine rather longer and 

 stronger than that of the dorsal, with about ten denticulations 

 internally. Ventral half as long as the head. Caudal deeply 

 forked. Colour silvery, greenish along the back, and with three 

 or four bands along the sides formed by black spots. Occiput and 

 anterior portion of dorsal fin dark-coloured. 



Hob. Throughout Sind, India (excluding the western coast), and 

 Assam ; rarely attaining to above 4 or 5 inches in length. The form 

 called P. uruais said to come from rivers and ponds in the northern 

 parts of Bengal. 



151. (7.) Pseudeutropius garua. 



Silurus garua, Ham. Buck. Fish. Ganges, pp. 156, 375, pi. 21, fig. 60. 

 Pseudeutropius garua, Day, Fish. India, p. 474, pi. cix, fig. 6 (see 

 synon.). 



Punia bucliua, Ooriah ; Puttosi, Beng. ; Buchua, Hind. ; Dfion-ya-nu, 

 Sind.; (Kocha, H. B.). 



D. vi. D. 1/7. P. 1/11. V. 6. A. 29-36 (3/26-33). C. 17. 

 Length of head 5 to 6|, of caudal fin 4, height of body 5 to 7 

 in the total length. Eyes situated partly on the lower surface of 

 the head, having a broad, circular, adipose lid ; diameter 3^ to 4 in 

 the length of the head, 1| diameters from the end of snout, and 2$ 

 apart. The greatest width of the head equals its length excluding 



