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vomer, and palate. Dorsal fin short, with one spine, and six or seven rays ; 

 a very small adipose dorsal, which may be absorbed in the adult (Schilbcich- 

 tliys) : pectoral icith a serrated spine; anal long, terminating at some distance 

 from a forked caudal: ventral with six, or it may have eight rays. Air- 

 vessel heart-shaped, and closely attached to the anterior vertebra. 



84. Pseudeutropius atherinoides, Bl. Put-tul and Chel-lee, Panj. : 

 Ah-hee, Sind. : Put-tah-re, N. W. Prov. : Akku jella, Tel.: Battuli 



and Bo-potassi, Ooriah. D. gie/O, A. 36-42. Maxillary barbels reach base of 

 anal fin. Three or four longitudinal lateral bands. Throughout the 

 fresh-waters of the plains of India and Burma, attaining about four 

 inches in length. 



85. Psendentropius goongwaree, Sykes. Nga-myenoke-hpa, Burm. 

 D. ^-/O, A. 43-54. Maxillary barbels reach anal fin. Silvery. Deccan, 

 Bengal and Burma, attaining 10 inches in length. 



86. Pseudeutropius taakree, Sykes. Salava jella, Tel.: Nga-zin-sap 



and Nga-myin, Burm. D. (p?/0, A. -51. Maxillary barbels reach the anal 

 fin. Silvery. Deccan and the Kistna River, also Orissa and Burma, 

 attaining a foot in length. 



87. Pseudeutropius aciitirostris, Day. D. -J/0, A. 46. The maxillary 

 barbels reach the anal fin. Silvery ; a black spot on occiput, and a black 

 base to the dorsal fin. Rivers of Burma, mostly in their lower portions. 

 It attains four inches in length. 



88. Pseudeutropius murius, Ham. Buch. Ke-raad, Panj. : Motiisi, 

 Beng.: Butchua, Hind.: Muri-vacha, Ooriah. D. /0, A. 39-43. 

 Maxillary barbels reach the base of the anal fin. Silvery. Panjab, Gan- 

 getic Provinces, and Orissa, attaining eight inches or more in length. 



89. Pseudeutropius Sykesii, Jerdon. Nah lellettee, Tarn. D. J/0, 

 A. 35-37. Southern Madras and Malabar, to six inches or more in 

 length. , 



90. Pseudeutropius garua, Ham. Buch. Punia buchua, Ooriah : 

 Pultosi, Beng. : Buchua, Beng. : Lhon-ga-nu, Sind. : Buchua, Chel-lee 

 and Ka-raad, Panj. D. , A. 29-36. Maxillary barbels reach the ventral 

 fin. Adipose dorsal fin becomes absorbed in the adult. Silvery. Larger 

 rivers of India, except Southern Madras, Malabar and Burma, attaining 

 a foot or more in length. 



Genus CALLICHROTJS, Ham. Buch. 



Kryptopterus , Kryptopterichthys, Micronema, Phalacronotus, Hemisilurus, 

 Silurodes, Pseudosilums and Silurichthys, Bleeker : Pterocryptis, pt., Peters. 

 Gill-membranes overlap the isthmus, but are more or less separated 

 from it. Head covered with skin. Ilyes behind and slightly below the 

 cleft of the mouth, lateral, or sometimes partly on the inferior surface of 

 the head; lids without free orbital margins. Cleft of mouth oblique; lower 

 jaw the longer. Nostrils remote from one another. Barbels four or two, one 

 maxillary, and some distance behind the symphysis, one mandibular pair, 

 the latter may be rudimentary or absent. Teeth villiform in the jaws in an 

 uninterrupted band (Silurodes, Bleeker) or interrupted one (Callichrous, 

 Bleeker) on the vomer y none on the palatines. Dorsal fin spineless, short, 

 rudimentary, or absent ; when present, anterior to the venlrals ; no adipose fin : 



