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241. (1.) Apuafusca. 



Apua fusca, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxix, 1860, p. 169; Dai/, Fish. India, 

 p. 611, pi. civ, tig. 6 (sea synon.). 



B. iii. D. 8(2/6). P. 11. A. 8(2/6). C. 16. 



Length of head 7| to 8 in the total length. Eyes small. 

 Barbels six, the longest one third the length of the head. Fins 

 caudal rounded. Scales minute. Colour brownish, with a 

 longitudinal darker band. 



Hab. Pegu in Burma ; attaining at least 2| inches in length. 



7. Genus JERDONIA, Day. 

 Syn. Platacanthus, sp., Day. 



Body elongate and moderately compressed. Eight barbels, 

 two of which are maudibular. A free, erectile, bifid, suborbital 

 spine. Dorsal lin long (twenty-seven branched rays), commencing 

 before the ventrals ; the internal ray of the pectoral fin modified 

 into a flat osseous spine ; caudal slightly emargiuate. 



242. (1.) Jerdonia maculata, (Fig. 82.) 



Tlatacanthus maculatus, Day, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 941. 

 Jerdonia maculata, Day, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 700, note ; id. Fish. India, 

 p. 611, pi. cliv, fig. 6. 



B. iii. D. 30(3/27). P. 5/1. V. 8. A. 9 (3/6). C. 21. 

 Length of head two elevenths of the total length. Eyes 

 diameter one sixth of length of head, 2 diameters from end of 



Fig. 82. Jerdonia maculata. 



snout. Scales small, but distinct. Colour greyish, becoming 

 dirty white along the abdomen. A dark lateral band extends 

 from the eye to the tail ; along its first half are three black spots, 

 whilst the whole extent of the back is irregularly lineated. Ems 

 yellow. Dorsal with four black bands. Caudal with three 

 bands and a dark margin. A black mark at the base of the tail, 

 with a smaller one above and another below it. 

 Uab. Madras. 



8. Genus NEMACHILICHTHYS, Day. 



Body elongate. Dorsal profile not elevated. Snout rather 

 compressed and elongate. Eyes rather prominent. Barbels six, 



