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Eoti and Goonta, Eeng. ; Goordah, Chen-da-lah and Muck-nee, Hind. 

 (N. W. Prov.) ; Puttoo and Duh-riee, Sind ; Nga-hpan-ma, Burm. ; Gud- 

 ddni, Marathi ; Gunda, Ooriah. 



B. iii. D. 11-12(3-4/8). P. 13. V. 10. A. 29-36 (2-3/27-33). 



C. 19. L. 1. 55-70. L. tr. 9-15/14-21. 



Length of head 5 to 6, height of body 3 to 3^ in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 2| to 3 in the length of head, one half a 

 diameter from the end of the snout, and 1 to 1 apart. Profile 

 over nape concave, from thence a great rise to the base of the 

 dorsal fin. Upper jaw slightly the longer. Barbels absent or very 



Fig. 109. Bohtee cotio, var. alfrediatia. 



rudimentary. Fins dorsal with its osseous ray weak and serrated. 

 Pectoral reaches to over ventral and the latter to the anal. 

 Caudal lobed. Scales vary in number along the lateral line, 

 whilst in some specimens (var. cotio) the rows are very irregular in 

 the last three fourths of the body below the lateral line. The 

 number of rows between the lateral line and base of the ventral 

 fin also varies, being most in the variety E. cotio (12-13), whereas 

 in the variety E. alfrediana there are rarely more than 7 or 8 ; 24 

 rows of scales before the base of the dorsal fin. Colour silvery, 

 darkest along the back and sometimes with a silvery lateral band. 

 Some have a black blotch before the base of the dorsal fin, and 

 another on the nape. 



Hob. From Sind throughout India (except the Malabar coast 

 and south of the Kistna) and Burma ; attaining at least 6 inches in 

 length. 



418. (4.) Rohtee vigorsii. 



Eohtee vigorsii, Sykes, Tr. Z. 8. ii, 1841, p. 3(54, pi. 63, fig. 3 ; Day, 



Fish. India, p. 687, pi. cxlvii, fig. 3 (see synon.). 

 Gollund, Ooriah ; Khira, Tel. ; Phek, Mnrathi. 



