LEPTOGLANIS. 



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Two species : — 



Head twice as long as broad ; diameter of eye 



much greater than interorbital width ; 



pectoral reaching ventral^ its spine slender, 



not serrated 1. L. xenognathas, Blgr., p. ,'551. 



Head slightly longer than broad ; diameter of 



eye a little less than interorbital width ; 



pectoral not reaching ventral, its spine 



stout, strongly serrated 2. L. rotundiceps, Hilg , p. 352. 



1. LEPTOGLANIS XENOGNATHUS. 

 Bouleng. t. c. p. 43, pi. xiv. fig. 1. 



Depth of body 10 times in total length, length of head 4J times. 

 Head much depressed, twice as long as broad; snout obtusely 

 pointed, half length of head ; eye 4 times in length of head, 3 times 

 interocular width ; posterior nostril nearer eye than end of snout ; 



Fig. 272. 





Leptoglanis xenognatlnts. 

 Type (A. M. C). f . 



maxillary extending to below anterior border of eye ; maxillary barbel 

 f length of head, mandibulars subequal, J ; a narrow occipital process, 

 nearly reaching interneural ])late. Dorsal I 5, very near head ; spine 

 not serrated, ^ length of liead. Adipose dorsal 4 times as long as deep, 

 2 J times as long as rayed dorsal, a little shorter than its distance from 



