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Genus ERETHISTES Mull, fy Trosch. 



Hara, Blyth. 



Head somewhat depressed, osseous superiorly. Gill-openings narrow, 

 ike membrane being confluent with the skin of the isthmus. Mouth small, 

 terminal. Barbels eight, the maxillary ones with broad bases. Villiform 

 teeth in the jaws, and in a band on the palate. First dorsal fin arising 

 anterior to the ventrals, having an osseous serrated spine, and five or six 

 branched rays : adipose dorsal of moderate extent : ventral with six rays ; 

 anal of moderate length (10 rays) : caudal forked. Air-vessel not enclosed 

 in bone. 



52. Erethistes hara, Ham. Buch. Nga-kyouk-pa, Burm. D. J/0, 

 A. 10. Brown banded. Jn the large rivers of Orissa, Bengal, Assam, 

 and Burma, attaining 2 inches in length. 



53. Erethistes conta, Ham. Buch. Nga-thit-to and Nga-kouk-thwa, 

 Burm. D. /0, A. 10. Lower Bengal and Burma, attaining 4 inches 

 in length. 



64,. Erethistes Jerdoni, Day. D. ^/O, A. 10. Another small 

 species from Sylhet. 



65. Erethistes elongata, Day. D. /0, A. 10. From the Naga 

 Hills. 



Genus MACRONES. Dumeril. 



Bagrus, pt., Cuv. & Val. : Hypselobagrus, Hemibagrus, Pseudobagrus, 

 and Aspidobagrus, Bleeker : Batasio, Blyth. 



Branchiostegals from about six to twelve. Eyes with free circular 

 margins. A separate inter-neural shield on the nape (Macrones), or no 

 such shield (Hemibagrus). Mouth terminal, transverse: upper jaw generally 

 the longer. Barbels eight, one nasal, one maxiltary, and two mandlbu- 

 lar pairs. Villiform teeth in the jaws, and in a more or less uninterrupted 

 curved band on the palate. First dorsal fin with one spine, and from five 

 to seven rays : adipose dorsal of varying length : pectoral spine 

 serrated: anal short or of moderate length : ventral with six rays : caudal 

 forked. Air-vessel of moderate or large size, attached to the under 

 surface of the bodies of the anterior vertebrae. 



a. With a separate inter-neural shield on the nape. 



56. Macrones aor, Ham, Buch. Seng-ga-la and Sang-go-ah, Panj. : 

 Sing-ha-ree, Sind and N. W. Provinces : Cumboo hellettee, Tarn. : Muti 

 jella, Tel.: Alii or Addi, Ooriah : Nga-joung, Burm. D. |/0, A. 13. 

 Maxillary barbels extend to the end of the caudal fin. Adipose dorsal 

 with a black spot at its posterior extremity. This large cat-fish is 

 found throughout the plains of India and Burma, attaining several feet 

 in length. 



57. Macrones Lamarri, Cuv. and Val. Teng-ga-ra, Panj. D. \ /O, 

 A. 12. Maxillary barbels extend to the end of the first dorsal fin. A 

 black spot at the posterior end of the adipose dorsal. Foifhd in the upper 

 portions of the Ganges and Jumna, attaining several feet in length. 



58. Macrones affinis, Blyth. D. |/0, A. 12. Maxillary barbels do 

 not pass the eye. Body with cross bands. A small species from the 

 Tenasserim Provinces. 



