1869. ] SURGEON F. DAY ON INDIAN FISHES. 521 
the ventral extends to the third anal ray. Three specimens, up to 
6 inches in length, are in the collection received from Captain 
Godwin-Austen, who obtained them at Cherra Poonjee. Another 
specimen, 7 inches long, was sent by S. Teal, Esq., from Seeb 
Sangor, in Assam. 
OpHIOCEPHALUS BARCA, H. B. 
Variety amphibius. 
This is the typical specimen of the Bora chang, described in the 
J. A. S. of B. viii. p. 550, is as follows :— 
Drag. A, ose Ce 12. SEO SOL eb. te 9/17. 
It differs very slightly from the O. barca of Calcutta, and is evi- 
dently the same species. It is from Bootan. 
ANABAS OLIGOLEPIS, Bleeker. 
D.16/8. P.15. V.1/5. A.10/9. C.17. 1.1.26. Ltr. 3. 
Two specimens, 9 inches long, exist in the collection; they were 
obtained in the Calcutta bazar. 
MAsTACEMBELUS ZEBRINUS, Blyth. 
Py 29/52. oF 19. A. 3/ab, ©. 19. 
Length of head + of the total length, and equal to the height 
of the body. 
Eyes small, situated before the middle of the length of the 
head. 
Angle of preopercle armed with three strong spinous teeth; a 
spine also present below and slightly before the orbit. 
Colours. Olive, with bluish vertical bands alternating with golden 
ones. Dorsal and caudal fins banded in dots ; anal with the bands 
of the body continued on to it. In preserved specimens the bands 
on the body are black. 
This species is the common sort throughout British Burma, and 
is also found in the Irrawaddi, far above Ava. 
MASTACEMBELUS aRMATUS, Lacép. 
A fine specimen of the spotted variety, 14 inches long, exists in the 
Museum. It has a single row of large black spots along the base of 
the dorsal fin; no bands exist on its sides. D. 38/70. It was ob- 
tained from the Calcutta bazar. . 
GLYPHIDODON NOTATUS, sp. n. 
Dig Peon W, Was AL 2/13 6 Lh 30. Ls tr. 5/12. 
Length of head 3, of pectoral 2, of caudal above 2 of the total 
length. Height of head 7 of the total length. 
Lyes. Diameter 2 of length of head, ? of a diameter from end of 
snout, 1 diameter apart. 
Body oval, compressed. Opercles entire. 
Teeth in a single row. 
