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169. (15.) Macrones keletius. 



Ikgrus keletius, Cuv. $ Val If. N. Poiss. xiv, p. 411. 

 Macrones keletius, Day, Fish. India, p. 449, pi. xcviii, iig. 5 (see 

 synon.). 



Tengali, Marathi. 

 B. x. D. 1/7 | 0. P. 1/10. V. 6. A. 9-10 (2-3/7-8). C. 17. 



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

 in the total length. Eyes diameter 4^ in the length of the head, 

 ] | diameters from the end of snout, and 2 apart. The greatest 

 width of the head equal to its length excluding the snout. Upper 

 jaw slightly the longer. The upper surface of the head roughened 

 in closely set tubercular lines continued on to the occipital process, 

 opercle likewise striated with similar lines. Median longitudinal 

 groove rather constricted in its centre, it reaches to opposite the 

 hind border of the preopercle. Occipital process narrow, three 

 times as long as wide at its base, and not quite reaching the basal 

 bone. Barbels the nasal reach the opercle, the maxillary the 

 middle of the anal fin, the external maudibular the end of the 

 pectoral spine, while the internal are shorter. Humeral process 

 rather short and pointed. Teeth, in an uninterrupted crescentic 

 band across the palate. Fins dorsal as high as body, its spine 

 with two or three teeth anteriorly near its summit and serrated 

 posteriorly, it equals three sevenths of the length of the head ; 

 length of the base of the adipose dorsal equal to that of the rayed 

 fin or of the interspace between the two. Pectoral reaching two 

 thirds of the way to the ventral ; pectoral spine stronger than that 

 of the dorsal, and equal to the length of the head excluding the 

 snout. The ventral does not reach the anal. Upper caudal lobe 

 the longer. A well-marked pre-anal papilla. Colour silvery 

 along the back, becoming dull white beneath. A dark shoulder- 

 spot, a light band along the lateral line, and a silvery one above 

 and another below it ; dorsal and caudal black-tipped, anterior half 

 of anal dark. 



Hob. Madras to Pondicherry and inland to Coirabatore, also 

 Ceylon ; attaining about 4 inches in length. Jerdon observed that 

 this species is also found in Mysore. 



170. (16.) Macrones malabaricus. 



Bagrus malabaricus, Jerdon, Mad. Jour. L. Sc. xv, 1849, p. 338. 

 Macrones malabaricus, Day, Fish. India, p. 450, pi. ci, fig. 2 (see 

 synon.). 



B. x. D. 1/7 | 0. P. 1/9. V. 6. A. 10-11 (2-3/8). C. 18. 

 Length of head 4| in a Wynaad specimen to 5|, of pectoral 6 

 to 7, of caudal fin 5 to 6, height of body 6 to 7 in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 4 to 4| in the length of head, 1^ diameters 

 from the end of snout, and 1| apart. Scarcely any rise in the 

 dorsal profile from the snout to the base of the dorsal fin. 



