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111. Clariasjagur, Ham. Buch. D. 53, A. 50. Maxillary barbels 

 slightly longer than the head, vertical fins united. Buchanan does not 

 mention where this species resides, as yet I have not found it; attains li 

 feet in length. 



112. Clarias magur, Ham. Buch. Kug-ga, Panj. : Ma-gur, Beng. : 

 Nga-khoo, Burm. D. 64-70, A. 50-53. Maxillary barbels reach nearly 

 to the end of the pectoral fin; vertical fins not united; dirty brown 

 colour. Fresh-waters of the plains of India and Burma ; attaining 18 

 inches in length, and as food considered very nourishing. 



Genus SACCOBBANCHUS, Cuv. and Val. 

 Heteropneustes, Miiller. 



Branchiostegals seven. Form of body elongated and compressed. Gill- 

 membranes separated by a deep notch : gill-cavity with an accessory poste- 

 rior sac, which extends backwards on either side of the neural spines, 

 amongst the muscles of the abdominal and part of the caudal regions. Eyes 

 small, the lids having a free circular margin. Superior and lateral portions 

 of the head osseous, and covered with very thin skin. Gape of mouth mode- 

 rate, anterior, transverse, the cleft small. Barbels eight. Villiform teeth 

 in the jaws, and vomer. Dorsal fin spineless and short: adipose absent: 

 ventral under the dorsal: anal long, confluent with, or separated by a notch 

 from the caudal. Air-vessel placed transversely (in the form of two lobes 

 connected by a tube) across the body of an anterior vertebra, where it is 

 entirely enclosed in bone : a duct passes forwards from either sides, unites and 

 is continued into the pharynx. 



113. Saccobranchus fossilis, Bloch. Sin-gee and Noor-i-e, Panj. : 

 Lo-har, Sind : Thar-lee, Tarn. : Mar-pu, Tel. : Sin-gee, Ooriah, Beng., 

 and in North- West Provinces; Bichu ka mutchee, Hind.: Nga-gyee 

 and Nga-kyee, Burm. D. 6-7, A. 60-79. Maxillary barbels reach the 

 middle of pectoral or even commencement of the ventral fins. Leaden, 

 sometimes with two longitudinal yellow bands. Throughout the fresh- 

 waters of India and Burma. 



Genus SILTJNDIA, Cuv. and Val. 



Branchiostegals eleven to twelve. Body elongated and compressed. 

 Head covered with soft skin. Eyes lateral, having a free circular orbital 

 margin. Mouth wide, lower jaw the longer. Nostrils wide apart, the an- 

 terior pair being in front of the enout, patent, and external to the posterior 

 pair. Teeth in the jaws, and in a crescentic villiform band on the palate. 

 First dorsal Jin with one spine and seven rays, the adipose short ; anal 

 long: ventral with six rays : caudal forked. Air-vessel lying across the 

 body of an anterior vertebra where there is a groove for its reception, and an 

 osseous process from either side of the vertebra to protect its lateral edges. 



114- Silundia Gangetica, Cuv. and Val. Si-lond, Panj.; Wal-la-ke 

 kel-le-tee (slippery siluroid) and Poo-nat-tee, Tarn. : Wan-jou, Tel. : Jil-lung 

 and Si-lond, Ooriah and Beng. D. j/ 0, A. 40-46. Barbels short. Silvery, 

 fins stained with grey. Estuaries and large rivers of India and Burma; 

 attaining 6 feet or more in length, and is sometimes termed a shark. 



