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small, from 5 to 16, in one row. Pectoral and veiitra fins with 

 many rays, the outer of which are simple. Dorsal short, situated 

 opposite to the ventrals ; anal likewise short. 



Geographical Distribution. Through some of the hilly districts of 

 the Himalayas to the Wynaad and Bhavani river in the Madras 

 Presidency ; also found in the fresh waters of Java and Sumatra. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



D. 3/8, A. 2/5, L. 1. 70. Lower caudal lobe 



the longer. Brown, blotched with a darker 



tinge ................................ 1. H. bmcei, p. 243. 



D. 10, A. 2/5, L. 1. 78 ...................... 2. H. maculata, p. 243. 



D. 9, A. 6. Horizontal bands .............. 3. H. bilineata, p. 244. 



, 275. (1.) Homaloptera brucei. (Fig. 85.) 



Balitora brucei, Gray and Hardw. III. 2nd. Zool. i, pi. 88, fig..l. 

 Homaloptera brucei, Day, Fish. India, p. 520, pi. cxxii, fig. 1 (see 

 synon.). 



( 'ul-cundee, Tamil, "Stone Carp." 



B.iii. D. 11(3/8). P. 21. V.ll. A. 7(2/5). C. 17. L.I. 70. 

 L. tr. 10/7. 



Length of head 6| in the total length. Eyes 2| diameters 

 from end of snout, 1 diameter from end of opercle. Snout broad 

 and depressed, with sharp margins ; rostral and maxillary barbels 

 small. Teeth pharyngeal, conical, 15 in one row. Fins 



Fig. 8o.Hvmaloptera brucei. 



pectoral nearly reaches the ventral, its anterior nine rays are 

 unbranched, as are also the first two of the ventral. Lower caudal 

 lobe much the longer. Scales absent from chest and abdomen as 

 far back as the posterior margin of the base of the ventrals. Colour 

 dark brown with darker blotches ; caudal banded. 



Hob. Wynaad and Bhavani river in Madras, Himalayas from 

 about Darjeeling through Bhutan, Assam, and the Khasi Hills. 



276. (2.) Homaloptera maculata. 



Balitora maculata, Gray and Hardw. III. Ind. Zool. i, pi. 88, fig. 2. 

 Homaloptera maculata, Day, Fish. India, p. 520, pi. cxxii, tig. 2 

 (see synon.). 



B.iii. D. 10(2/8). P. 19. V.9. A. 7(2/5). C. 17. L. 1. 70. 

 Length of head 5^ to 6 in the total length. Eyes diameter one 



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