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ventral surface there are similarly two deep grooves, oue 

 between the base of the ventral and anal fins, and the second 

 between the latter and the root of the caudal fin. The depth 

 of body is contained 5| times in the total length without the 

 caudal fin. The dorsal surface of head is convex and its 

 length is contained about four times in tlie total length. 

 The depth of head is less than half its length, and its width 

 beliind the eyes is contained slightly m re than 2^ times in 

 the cephalic length. End of snout blunt and elevated, and 

 its length is more than half the length of head. The upper 

 surface of head is also convex. The lumen of the mouth 

 when shut is horseshoe-shaped; its upper lip produced into 

 a forward fleshy fold and the lower lip divided into two 

 fleshly protuberances. The barbels (six) are subequal, thick 

 at the base, and flagellate towards the tips. The eyes are 

 directed upwards and their diameter is 3 in the length of 

 snout and they are less than one diameter apart. Tlie 

 nostrils are separated by a glandular fold, which, reflected 

 back, covers the posterior nares. On both sides of the 

 snout there is a fairly deep muciferous canal or groove, 

 Avhich arises near the tip of snout and may stop in front of 

 the eyes or may be continued below and behind them. 

 Muciferous glands are few, scattered on the snout and head. 

 Tlie perpendicular from the Hrst dorsal fin-ray passes through 

 the middle point in the total length without the caudal fin, 

 and the height of the dorsal ray equals the pectoral. The 

 ventral fin is equal to either of these or is shorter. The 

 longest anal ray exceeds the length of the caudal peduncle. 

 The depth of the caudal peduncle is less than its own length, 

 and corresponds to the width of head behind the eyes. The 

 tail-fin is deeply forked, the two lobes being equal. The 

 longest tail fin-ray is shorter than the distance between the 

 tip of snout to anterior root of pectoral fin. The scales are 

 small and non-deciduous, absenf on the head, chest, and 

 nearly the whole abdomen. The lateral line is entire and is 

 somewhat concave in the anterior half of the body. 



The colour is a beautiful orange with brown bars, con- 

 tinous dorsally and descending to the ventral margin of the 

 body. A few shorter intermediate bars also present. The 

 unbroken bands being from 15 to 20. The dorsal fin is 

 barred and the black dots thrown into relief by a w-hite 

 edge below each. The caudal fin is chevrotained with brown. 

 An almost ocellus-like blue spot in the middle of the root of 

 the tail-fin. Head in freshly captured specimens is brownish 

 or reddish. Throat is white, and the whole of the abdominal 

 surface is orange. 



