284 TKLEOSTEI. 1'HYSOSTOMI. 



D. 14-15, L. 1. 40-43. Last undivided dorsal 



ray articulated. A black band aloug the side ; 



fins with black marks 4. S. nashii, p. 285. 



D. 14, L. 1. 40. Last undivided dorsal ray 



osseous, entire. Silvery 5. S.brevidorsalis,^. 286. 



327. (1.) Scaphiodon watsoni. 



Scaphiodon watsoni, Day, J. A. S. S. xli, pt. 2, 1872, p. 324 ; Fish. 

 India, p. 551, pi. cxxxv, fig. 2 (sue synon.). 



B.iii. 0.13(3/10). P. 15. V.8. A. 9 (2/7). C. 19. L.I. 33. 

 L. tr. 0/6. 



Length of head one fifth, height of body two ninths of the tolal 

 length. Eyes situated in the last part of the anterior half of the 

 head, diameter two ninths of length of head, lg diameters from 

 end of snout. Interorbital space rather convex. Snout rounded, 

 rather overhanging the mouth, and covered with glands; mouth 

 transverse, inferior; mandibles sharp, not enveloped by lip, and 

 having a horny layer inside. Barbels a maxillary pair as long as 

 the eye. Teeth pharyngeal, plough-shaped, 4, 3, 2/2, 3, 4. Fins 

 dorsal commences rather in front of the ventrals, its last undivided 

 ray strong, osseous, serrated, as long as the head without the snout, 

 and nearly as long as the branched rays, which are two thirds 

 as high as the body. Pectoral as long as the head excluding the 

 snout, but not reaching the ventrals. Caudal forked. Lateral 

 line very slightly curved, 3| rows of scales between it aud \cnlrul 

 fin. Colour silvery, dashed with gold; lightest on the abdomen. 

 Various and very irregular black spots on the body. 



Hob. Eivers on Sind hills and Salt Eange of the Punjab. 



328. (2.) Scaphiodon irregularis. 



Scaphiodon irregularis, Day, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. 2, p. 324; Fish. 

 India, p. 551, pi. cxxxv, fig. 3: also Suppl p. 807. 



B. iii. D. 13 (3/10). P. 17. V. 8. A. 2/7. C. 19. L. 1. 36. 

 L. tr. 9/9. 



Length of head one 6fth, height of body one fifth of the total 

 length. Eyes situated rather before the middle of the length of 

 head, 1| diameters from end of snout, and also apart. Inter- 

 orbital space nearly fiat. Snout somewhat rounded, covered with 

 glands and having a depression across it from eye to eye. Mouth 

 transverse; upper jaw slightly the longer. Barbels a maxillary 

 pair nearly as long as the eye. Fins dorsal commences rather 

 before the ventrals : its third undivided ray is osseous, weak, and 

 serrated, nearly half as long as the head, whilst the fin is three 

 fourths as high as the body. Pectoral nearly as long as the head 

 Caudal forked, its lower lobe the longer. Scales two or three 

 rows above the lateral line are of a large oblong form, above these 

 are numerous little irregular ones continued forwards to the head ; 





