

208 TELEOSTEI. PHYSOSTOMI. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



D. {, A. 14-16. Six barbels and a rudimentary 



nasal pair. Copper coloured, with dark 



blotches and banded fins in the young ; dull 



grey, with black fins in the adult 1. G. cenia, p. 208. 



D. i, A. 12-14. Eight barbels. Copper 



coloured with dark blotches 2. G. itchkeea, p. 209. 



D. 4, A. 1C. Eight barbels. Body with two 



dotted stripes 3. G. batasio, p. 209. 



D. }, A. 14. Eight barbels. A dark blotch 



above the pectoral fin, another on the crown 



of the head. Dorsal and caudal dotted, 



edges nearly black 4. G. tenyana, p. 210. 



222. (1.) Gagata cenia. (Fig. 75.) 



Pirnelodus gagata, Ham. Buck . Fish . Ganges, pp. 197, 379, pi. 39, fig. G5. 



Pimelodus cenia, Ham. Buck. 1. c. p. 174, pi. 31, fig. 57. 



Gagata cenia, Day, Fish. India, p. 492, pi. cxv, tigs. 4 (adult), 5 



(young) (see synoii.). 



Junyla, Bengali ; Cenia, Sind ; Nga-nan-jouny ', Burmese ; Puttah 

 chettah, Ooriah. 



B. v-vi. D. 1/6 | 0. P. 1/9. V. 6. A. 14-10 (3-4/11-12). C. 19. 

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

 in the total length. Eyes diameter 4 to 4| in the length of 

 head (3 in the young), 1 to 1| diameters from the end of snout, 

 and 1 apart. Head one fourth higher than wide ; snout some- 



Fig. 75. (j ay 'at a cenia. 



what compressed, overhanging the mouth. The median longitu- 

 dinal groove on the head deep, and extending to the posterior end 

 of the occipital process, which is narrow and almost touches the 

 basal bone of the dorsal fin. Barbels nasal rudimentary ; the 

 maxillary pair reach to the base of the pectoral spine, or a little 

 more ; the two mandibular pairs arise on a transverse line across 

 the chin, the outer are half as long as the head. Fins the dorsal 

 higher than the body, its first two rays being the longest, spine 

 moderately strong, as long as, to one fourth longer than, the head ; 

 it is serrated anteriorly in its upper fourth in the young. Pectoral 

 reaches to above the ventral ; the spine is stronger, longer or 



