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generally entire, its median , rays, however, may be somewhat 

 shortened or even lengthened. Inner pectoral ray sometimes 

 modified into a flat spine having a branched termination. Scales 

 25 to 30 rows between the base of the anal fin and the back. 

 Colour generally dirty yellowish, with a light band extending 

 from the centre of the snout, and ending in a black ocellus above 

 the middle of the base of the caudal fin ; below this band are a 

 series of dark blotches festooned interiorly, whilst the back is simi- 

 larly marked. Dorsal and caudal with numerous rows of dark 

 spots, but only about four on the caudal in Deccan examples, aud 

 often two rows on the anal fin. 



The variety, L. balgara (Fishes of India, pi. clvi, fig. 12), 

 (Jubbi cowri, Ooriah), closely resembles the above, but has its body 

 a little more elongated, and its caudal fin is sometimes cut rather 

 more square ; in a few examples the ventral fin is slightly in 

 advance of the dorsal, but not so in others. 



Hab. Punjab, throughout India (except Mysore and south of 

 the Kistna, and also the Malabar coast). I have specimens from 

 Darjeeling, and several localities on the Himalayas. 



238. (2.) Lepidocephalichthys thermalis. 



Cobitis thermalis, Cuv. $ Val. H. N. Poiss. xviii, p. 78. 

 Lepidocephalichthys thermalis, Day, Fish. India, p. 010, pi. civ, 



ng. 3 (see synon.). 



Assaree, Tarn. ; Jubbi coiori, Ooriah ; Bdlu, Hind. ; Chickani and 

 Mtira, Marathi. 



B. iii. D. 8 (2/6). P. 7. Y. 7. A. 7 (2/5). C. 16. 



Length of head 5| in the total length. Eyes almost entirely 

 in the anterior half of the head. Barbels eight, the longest ex- 

 tending to below the anterior margin of the orbit. Fins caudal 

 slightly emarginate. The inner pectoral ray is modified in some 

 adult males into a flat osseous spine which is used for diving down 

 into the mud. Scales distinct, about 30 rows between the base 

 of the anal fin and the- back. Colour sandy, with irregular 

 blotches on the lateral line, and others along the back ; a black 

 spot generally exists at the base of the upper half of the caudal fin. 

 Dorsal fin with black spots or bars, caudal with four bands. A 

 dark streak often extends from the eye to the end of the snout. 



Hub. Southern India, the Malabar coast, the Wynaad, and 

 Ceylon. 



239. (3.) Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei. 



Acanthopsis berdmorei, Blyth, J. A. S. li. xxix, 1860, p. 168. 

 Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei, Day, Fish. India, p. 610, pi. cliii, 



li#. -'5 (see pynon.), 

 Xya-tha-lay-doh, Burmese. 



