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Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle twice as long as high in the 

 young, two thirds in the adult. Colour yellowish brown, banded 

 with blackish; fins yellow; dorsal, caudal, and anal with black 

 bands. 



Fig. 12. Glyptosternum onah. 



Hal. Deccan, attaining at least 6 inches in length. I have 

 taken this species at Poona, and also in the head-waters of the 

 Jumna. 



209. (2.) Glyptosternum trilineatnm.. 



Glyptothorax trilineatus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxix, 1860, p. 154. 

 Glyptosternum trilineatum, Day, Fish. India, p. 497, pi. cxvi, fig. 3 

 (see synon.). 



D. 1/6 | 0. P. 1/10. V. 6. A. 13 (3/10). C. 19. 

 Length of head 6, of caudal fin 5|, height of body 6 in the total 

 length. Eyes small, behind or in the middle of the length of 

 the head. Head about as long as broad and covered with soft skin, 

 snout obtuse. Lips not fringed. Occipital process nearly three 

 times as long as broad. Barbels the maxillary reach to the end 

 of the head ; nasal barbels nearly to the orbit ; the external man- 

 dibular pair longer than the internal, and reaching to the base of 

 the pectoral fin. Thoracic adhesive apparatus rather large. Teeth 

 villiform in the jaws, none on the palate. Fins dorsal fin as high 

 as the body, its spine weak, slightly serrated posteriorly, and its 

 bony portion rather above half the length of the head; adipose 

 dorsal of moderate height, its base being equal to more than that 

 of the first dorsal, and to about half the distance between the two 

 fius. Pectoral spine rather broad, denticulated internally, smooth 

 externally, reaching two thirds of the distance to the base of the 

 ventral. Caudal deeply forked. Skin smooth. Caudal peduncle 



