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193. Semiplofm modestm, Day. D. -2 I., A. 9, L. I. 32-34, L. tr. 

 7i/7i. Last undivided dorsal ray osseous and serrated. Hills above 

 Akyab. 



194. Semiplotus McCUttandi, Bhvkcr. D. 28, A. 9, L. 1. 27, L. 

 tr. 0/5. Last undivided dorsal ray osseous and entire. Assam. 



Genus CATLA, Cuv. $f Val. 

 Gibelion, Heckel : Hypselodar&us, Bleeker. 



Head broad : snout with very thin integuments : upper Up absent : the 

 lower moderately thick, having a continuous free posterior margin. The 

 lower jaw loith a moveable articulation at the symphysis, but destitute of 

 am/ prominent tubercle. Eyes with free orbital margins. Barbels absent. 

 Pharyngeal teeth plough-shaped, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Dorsal fin with rather 

 an elongated base, destitute of osseous ray, and commencing someivhat in 

 advance of the ventral : anal short : caudal forked. Scales of moderate 

 size, no tiled ones along the base of the anal Jin. Lateral line complete, 

 continued to the centre of the base of the caudal fin. Gill-rakers long, 

 rather strong, and moderately wide apart in the adult, but Jine and closely 

 set in the immature. 



195. Catla BucJianani, Cuv. and Val. Bo-assa, Hind., and Cutla, 

 Panj. : Tay-lee, Sind : Catla, Beng. : Bar-knr, OorJ&h : Nga-thaing, Burm. 

 D. 17-18, A. 8, L. 1. 40-1-3, L. tr. 7i/9. Throughout the fresh- 

 waters of India and Burma, so far as the Pegu River : is not found in 

 the southern and western portions of Madras. It attains several feet in 

 length, and is excellent eating. 



Genus MOLA, Heckel. 



Thynnichthys, pt., Bleeker : Amblypharyngodon, pt., Bleeker : Bra- 

 chy gramma, pt. Day. 



Pseudobranchia present. Head compressed, integuments over snout 

 thin: upper lip absent ; only a short labial fold on the side of the mandi- 

 ble. Mouth rather wide, antero-lateral, with the lower jaiv somewhat 

 prominent. Eyes in, the middle of the depth of the head, and without any 

 adipose membrane. Barbels absent. Pharyngeal teeth molar-form, close 

 together, 5, 3 or 4, 2 or 3/2 or 3, 4 or 3, 5 : or 5 or 3, 2 or 3 or 4, 2 

 or 1/1 or 2, 4 or 3 or 2, 3 or 5. Dorsal fin short, without osseous ray, 

 commencing nearly opposite the ventrals : anal short. Scales small. 

 Lateral line complete, running to the centre of the base of the caudal fin 

 (Thynnichthys) : or incomplete (Amblypharyngodon). Intestinal tract 

 narrow, with numerous convolutions. Gill-rakers very short or absent. 



196. Mola harengula, Cuv. and Val. Kala-tala and Ahku-chappah, 

 Tel. D. 9, A. 8, L. r. 120, L. tr. 22/25. Lateral line complete. Found 

 in the Godaveri and Kistna Rivers, attaining upwards of a foot in 

 length. 



197. Mola Buchanani, Blyth. Talla-maya, Tel. : Horara, Ooriah : 

 Moah, Assam : Mukni, Panj. : Nga-beh-byoo and Nga-zen-zap, Burm. D. 

 10, A. 7, L. 1. 55-75, L. tr. 25/28. Lateral line incomplete. Fresh- 

 waters of India and JSurma, to four inches in length. 



198. Mola melettinus, Cuv. & Val. Wumboo, Mai. : Oolaree, Tarn. : 

 KaU-korafi, Hind. : Paraga, Can. : Muckiii, Panj. D. 9-10, A. 7-8, L. 1. 



