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4| rows between the lateral line and the base of the ventral fin. 

 Colour olive, shot with gold. 

 Hob. Sind hills to 3500 feet elevation. 



329. (3.) Scaphiodon thomassi. 

 Scaphiodon thomassi, Day, Fish. India, p. 551. pi. cxxxiv, fig. 1. 



B. iii. D. 14-15 (3/11-12). P. 16. V. 9. A. 8 (2/6). C. 19. 

 L. 1. 39. L. tr. 7/7. 



Length of head 5 to 6, height of body 3| in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 4^ in the length of the head, 2 to 2| diameters 

 from the end of snout, and 2 apart. Height of head almost equals 

 its length ; its width is much less. Snout obtuse, overhanging the 

 mouth, which is transverse ; its width equalling that of the head 

 behind the middle of the eyes. Mandible anteriorly with a horny 

 covering. Lips not continuous ; the upper one fringed. Large 

 pores on the snout and upper lip, and a line of them continued to 

 under the eye. Barbels absent. Fins dorsal arises slightly 

 nearer to the snout than to the base of the caudal ; it is three 

 fourths as high as the body, its last undivided ray weak, articulated. 

 Pectoral as long as the head. Ventral arises under the fourth or 

 fifth dorsal ray ; it does not quite reach the anal ; the latter when 

 .laid flat extends to the caudal, which is deeply forked. Scales 

 4 rows between the lateral line and the base of the ventral fin. 

 Colour of a dull silvery colour along the back, with an indistinct 

 silvery band along the side, and of a dull white beneath. A dark 

 band along the dorsal fin, and caudal with a dark outer edge. 



f/(ff>. South Canara. 



330. (4.) Scaphiodon nashii. 



Hsu-bus nashii, Day, P. Z. S. 1808, p. 584. 



Scaphiodon nashii, Day, Fish. India, p. 552, pi. cxxxiii, fig. 3. 



13. iii. D. 14-15 (2-3/11-12). P. 15. V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 20. 



L. 1. 40-43. L. tr. 7/7. 



Length of head 5| to 6, height of body 4 to 5 in the total length. 

 KIJCK diameter 3 to 4 in the length of the head, 1 to 1^ diameters 

 from the end of snout, and 1-^- to 1 apart. Mouth broad, inferior, 

 transverse, and overhung by the snout. In the young the jaws 

 are compressed, each with a cartilaginous covering; the lips at the 

 angle are thick and continuous, not continued across the chin. 

 As age increases the mouth widens, the cartilaginous covering 

 becomes more horny, and the colours of the fish alter. Lips thin, 

 \\i1hout any transverse fold across the lower one. Snout in the 

 adult covered by papillae. A thick horny covering inside the lower 

 jaw in adults. Barbels absent. Teeth pharyngeal, crooked, 

 sharp, 5, 4, 3/3, 4, 5. Fins dorsal commences nearer to the snout 

 1 han to the base of the caudal ; it is three fourths as high as tho body, 

 its upper edge concave; no osseous ray. IVctoral alxmi MS long as 



