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Notoptents kapirat, Bonn. Moh, But, and Pur-ri, Pauj. : Moh, 

 N. W. Prov. : Ambutan-wahlah, " Barber's knife/' Tarn. : Wallak tattah, 

 Mysore : Pulli, " a slice/' Ooriah : Nga-hpeh,tm&Nga-phe, Burm. D. 9, 

 A. 100-108, L. r. 225. Throughout the fresh-waters of India and Burma, 

 attaining 2 feet or more in length. 



383. Notopterus chitala, Ham. Buch. Gundun, Sind : Chitul, 

 Ooriah : Chitala, Beng. D. 8-10, A. 110-125, L. 1. 180. Upper pro- 

 file of head concave. Rivers and tanks of Sind, Lower Bengal, and 

 Orissa, attaining several feet in length. 



j< SYMBRANCHID^;. 



Symbranchu, Miiller. 



Gill-openings confluent into a single slit, which is situated on the abdominal surface. 

 Body elongated. Margin of the upper jaw formed by the inter-maxillaries, the 

 maxillaries being internal and parallel to them. Barbels absent. Vertical fins 

 as mere folds of the skin, and no paired ones. Scales, if present, minute. Vent 

 far posterior to the head. Air-vessel absent. Ribs present. Stomach destitute of 

 blind sac. No pyloric appendages. Ovaries with ovi-ducts. 



Genus AMPHlPNOUti, Miiller. 



Pneumabranchus, McClelland. 



Gill-membranes almost entirely adherent to the isthmus. Three branchial 

 arches having rudimentary lamina, and with narrow slits between them. 

 An air-sac communicates with the gill-cavity. Palatine teeth in a single row. 

 Scales on body small, longitudinally arranged. 



384- Awphipnous cuchia. Ham. Buch. Cuchia, Ooriah and Beng. : 

 Nga-sheen, Barm. Found in the Lower Provinces of Bengal, Orissa, 

 Burma, and along the coast, attaining 2 feet or more in length. 



Family SYMBBANCHUS, Bloch. 



Unibranchapertura, Lacep. : Ophisternon, McClelland : Tetrabranchus , 

 Bleeker. 



Gill-membranes not adherent to the isthmus. Four branchial arches with the gills well 

 developed : no air-sac accessory to the gill-cavity. Palatine teeth in a band 

 Scales absent. 



385. Symbranchus Bengalensis, McClelland. Lower Provinces of 

 Bengal, and coast districts of India. 



Family M u E M N I D m . 



Body elongated, cylindrical or band shaped. Margin of the upper jaw formed anteriorly 

 by the inter-maxillaries, which are more or less coalescent with the vomer and 

 ethmoid, whilst laterally the sides of the jaw are formed by the maxillaries 

 Vertical fins, when present, confluent or separated by a projecting tail: no ventrals. 

 Scales rudimentary or absent. Vent far posterior to the head. Stomach with a blind 

 sac. No pyloric appendages. Ovaries destitute of ovi-ducts. 



Genus ANGUILLA, Cuv. 



Murana, sp. Artedi : Torpolepis, pt., McClelland. 

 Gill-openings narrow, situated near the base of the pectoral fins. Upper 

 aw not projecting beyond the lower. Teeth small, in bands. Dorsal fin 



