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32 J+. AcantJiopsis 

 D. 12, A. 8. Upper portions of the Irrawaddi. 



Genus COBITIS, Artedi. 

 Somileptes, Bleeker. 



Body elongated and compressed : dorsal profile nearly horizontal. Six 

 barbels, on the snout and upper jaw. A small, erectile, bifid, sub-orbital 

 spine. Dorsal fin inserted opposite to the ventral : caudal truncated or 

 rounded. 



325. Gobitis gongota, Ham. Buch. D. 10, A. 8. Barbels short. 

 Assam. 



326. Colitis guntea, Ham. Buch. Kondaturij&nd Gup-kari, Ooriah : 

 Nga-tha-lay-doh, Burm. D. 8-9, A. 7. Barbels long-. From Orissa, 

 through Bengal and Burma, also in the Bombay Presidency, attaining 4 

 inches in length. 



Genus LEPIDOCEPHALICHTHYS, EleekeY. 

 Platacanthus, Day. 



Body elongated and moderately compressed. Eight barbels, two of which 

 belong to the mandible. A large, erectile, bifid, sub-orbital spine. Dorsal 

 fin short, commencing opposite or nearly so to the ventral : the internal ray of 

 the pectoral fin may be modified into a fiat osseous spine : caudal truncated or 

 slightly emarginate. 



327. Lepidocephalichthys thermalis, Cuv. and Val. Assaree, Tarn. : 

 Jubbi cowri, Ooriah : Bdlu, Hind. D. 9, A. 7. Dorsal slightly in 

 advance of ventral. Southern India, the Malabar Coast and Ceylon. 



' 328. Lepidocephalichthys balgara, Ham. Buch. Jubbi cowri, Ooriah. 

 D. 8, A. 7. Dorsal not in advance of ventral. India generally. 



Genus BOTIA, Gray. 

 Hymenophysa, McClelland. 



Body oblong, compressed, with the dorsal profile more or less convex. 

 Eyes with a free circular eyelid : a bifid, erectile, sub-orbital spine. Barbels 

 six to eight : when six, all are on the snout and upper jaw : if eight, the extra 

 pair are on the mandible. Dorsal fin commences anterior to the root of the 

 ventral : caudal forked. Air-vessel in two divisions, the anterior being 

 partially enclosed in a bony capsule, whilst the posterior portion is free in 

 the abdominal cavity. 



329. Botia nebulosa,^S[y\h. D. 15, A. 7. Barbels six. Darjeeling. 



330. Botia dario, Ham. Buch. Sahinga, Panj. : Buclea Hind. : 

 Shee-uharo, Sind. D. 13, A. 8. Barbels eight. Generally throughout 

 the rivers of India, except those of Madras : even in the Sind Hills. 



331. Botia hymenophysa, Bleeker. Nga-tha-lay-doh and Shoay- 

 zagay, Burm. D. 11-15, A. 8. Barbels six. Upper portions of the 

 Irrawaddi. 



332. Botia Almorhos, Gray. D. 12, A. 8. Barbels eight. Almorah. 

 The Revd. W. Carleton informs that he has also procured it from a 

 stream at Kalka, 40 miles from Simla. 



333. Botia rostrata, Gunther. D. 12, A. 8. Barbels eight. 

 Bengal and Assam. 



