198 TELEOSTEI. PHYSOSTOMI. 



twice as long as high. Colour chestnut-brown, with a light streak 

 along the back, another along the lateral lino, and a third near the 

 abdominal margin. 



ffab. Burma, Tenasserim, and Nepal; attaining 12 inches or 

 more in length. 



210. (3.) Glyptosternum conirostre. 



Glyptosternum conirostre, Steindachner, Sitzunysb. Ak. Wiss. IVien, 

 Iv, 1" Abth. 1867, p. 532, pis. v, vi, figs. 2 ; Day, Fish. India, p. 497, 

 pi. cxvi, fig. 5. 



D. 1/6 | 0. P. 1/9. V. G. A. 11-12 (2/9-10). C. 17. 



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

 total length. Eyes slightly behind the middle of the length of 

 the head, the width of the interorbital space equals one fourth of 

 the length of the head. The width of the head equals two thirds 

 of its length. Upper jaw the longer ; the width of the gape of the 

 mouth equals half of the length of the head. Lips not fringed. 

 Occipital process three times as long as wide. Barbels the 

 maxillary have broad bases and extend to the middle of the pectoral 

 fin ; the nasal, which have a very wide fringe, reach the hinder 

 edge of the eye ; the outer mandibular, which are also broad, to 

 the gill-openings ; the inner are shorter. Teeth generic. Fins 

 dorsal as high as the body or rather higher, its spine strong, as long 

 as the head behind the nostrils and smooth, serrated posteriorly in 

 some specimens ; length of the base of the adipose dorsal exceeding 

 that of the rayed fin, and equal to two thirds of the extent of the 

 interspace between the two fins. Pectoral reaching nearly to the 

 ventral, the spine strong, as long as that of the dorsal, not striated 

 inferiorly, and having about 13 denticulations internally. Ventral 

 does hot quite reach the anal. Caudal forked. Adhesive apparatus 

 in the chest rather broad, horseshoe-shaped, convex in front, with 

 a large smooth space inside. Caudal peduncle about as high at 

 its base as it is long. Colour brownish, fins yellow, stained with 

 black. 



This fish has a considerable similarity to G. pectinopterum, but 

 possesses a wider mouth, a narrower head, broader barbels, a 

 higher caudal peduncle, and a more elongated adhesive apparatus. 



Hob. Himalayan streams. Specimens from Kangra have the 

 pectoral spine serrated externally. 



211. (4.) Glyptosternum botram. 



Pimelodus botius, Ham. Such. Fish. Ganges, pp. 192, 378. 

 Glyptosternum botia, Day, Fish. India, p. 497, pi. cxiii, fig. 4 (see 

 synon.). 



B. vi. D. 1/6 | 0. P. 1/8. V. 6. A. 11-12 (2/9-10). C. 18. 

 Length of head 5J, of caudal fin 4|, height of body 6| in the 

 total length. Eyes pupils transversely oval, small, situated in 

 the commencement of the front half of the head ; the width of the 

 interorbital space, which is convex, equal to one third of the length 



