216 TELEOSTEI. PHYSOSTOMI. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



D. 15. A. 7. Barbels 6 . 1. B. nebulosa, p. 216. 



1). 12-13. A. 7-8. Barbels 8 2. B. dario, p. 216. 



I). 12. A. 7. Barbels 8 3. B. geto, p. 21G. 



1). 1 1-12. A. 7-8. Barbels 8 4. B. almorhec, p. 217. 



I . 1 :5-ir>. A. 7. Barbels 8 5. B. btrdmorei, p. 217. 



L>. 10. A. 7. Barbels 8 0. B. histrionica, p. 218. 



229. (1.) Botia nebulosa. 



Botia nebulosa, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxix, 1860, p. 165; Day, Fish. 

 India, p. 606 (see synon.). 



B. iii. D. 15 (3/12). P. 13. V. 8. A. 7 (2/5). C. 17. 



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

 length. Eyes in middle of length of head, 2 diameters from end 

 of snout and the same apart. Barbels two rostral pairs extending 

 to the anterior margin of the orbit; the maxillary are slightly 

 longer. Fins caudal lobes slightly rounded. Scales small. 

 Colour brownish, with a leaden band along the side. Dorsal and 

 caudal barred in spots. An ocellus at the upper margin of the 

 base of the caudal fin. 



Hab. Darjeeling. 



230. (2.) Botia dario. 



Cobitis dario, Ham. Buck. Fish. Ganges, pp. 354, 394, pi. xxix, fig. 95. 

 Botia dario, Day, Fish. India, p. 60(3, pi. cliv, fig. 1 (see syuon.). 



Sahinga, Punj. ; Bucktea, Hind. 



B. iii. D. 12-13 (3/9-10). P. 14. V. 8. A. 7-8 (2/5-6). C. 1.9. 



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

 the total length. Eyes in about the middle of length of head, 

 5 diameters in the length of the head, 2 to 2| diameters from the 

 end of snout, and 2 apart. Suborbital spine reaching to ,below 

 the hind edge of the eye. Barbels eight. Scales very in- 

 distinct. Colour seven or eight oblique bands descend from the 

 back to the abdomen, and two or three, or even more, cross the 

 lobes of the caudal fin. 



Hab. Bengal, N.W. Provinces, Assam, and Cachar. 



231. (3.) Botia geto. (Fig. 77.) 



Cobitis geto, Ham. Such. Fish. Ganges, pp. 355, 394, pi. xi, fig. 96. 

 Botia geto, Day, Fish. India, p. 606, pi. cliv, fig. 2 (see synon.). 



Shec-nharo, Sind. 



B. iii. D. 12 (3/9). P. 14. V. 8. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. 

 Length of head 5j, of caudal fin 5, height of body 5 to 5^ in the 

 total length. Eyes diameter 7 in the length of head, 4 diameters 





