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with black blotches like a Dalmatian dog ; 2nd dorsal fleshy, 

 triangular. Length, 18 inches, but attains to a very great 

 size ; body not vertically compressed . 

 Found in the Mota Mola at Poona. 



Bagr. Lonah, Sykes. A Bagrus, with 8 small cirri ; flat, granulated 

 head; first dorsal fin of 7 rays, and pectoral of 10 rays, the 

 first ray of which is furnished on the posterior edge with 

 long sharp teeth ; anal fin of 10 rays ; 2nd dorsal of a trian- 

 gular form and fleshy : something resembling the preceding 

 in colour. 



Platy stoma, Agassiz. 



Plat. Scenghala, Sykes. A Platystoma, with the tail fin 

 crescent-shaped, lobes unequa,] ; with 8 cirri, two of which 

 only are longer than the head, reaching to two-thirds of the 

 length of the fish ; the first ray of the pectoral and ventral 

 fins serrated behind ; head long, flat, spatulate, covered 

 with a granulated bony plate. Dorsal fin of 8 rays ; high, 

 ventral fins, very far back, of 6 rays. Grows to a great 

 size ; flesh heating and soft. 



Phractocephalus, Agassiz. Pirarara of Spix. 



Phract. Kuturnec, Sykes. A Phractocephalus, with 6 cirri, 2 

 of which only are longer than the head; the first pec- 

 toral spine serrated on both edges ; the 1 st dorsal spine on 

 the posterior edge only ; these two spines terminating in a 

 filament : the shoulder-bone elongated into a point behind. 

 Greatest length, 6 inches ; dorsal fin of 7 rays ; pectoral of 

 9 rays ; ventral fin small, of 7 rays ; second dorsal replaced 

 by a small adipose fin. 



Phract. Itchkeea, Sykes. A Phractocephalus, with 8 cirri, 2 of 

 which from the upper lip, extend to the end of the pectoral 

 fins ; the other 2 very minute, with the 4 on the chin nearly 

 as long as the head ; with the 1st ray in the pectoral fins only 

 serrated ; with S rays in the dorsal, and 12 in the anal fins ; 

 with a sharp prolongation of the scapula. Fish handsomely 

 marked on the bade with dark colours. Length, 2 inches. 



This fish presents some slight deviations from the generic 

 characters. 



Phract. Gogra, Sykes. A Phractocephalus, with 4 shortish 

 cirri ; the plates of the shoulder elongated into acute, an- 

 gular, broad spines, with a dorsal fin of 8 rays ; first ray a 

 bone serrated behind; pectoral fins of 10 rays, the first ray 

 a broad compressed bone serrated on both edges ; head flat 

 and broad ; second dorsal small, fleshy. Size 6 inches, but 

 grows larger. 



Pimelodus, La Cepede. 



Pimelodus Seengtee, Sykes. A Pimelodus, with the caudal fin 

 divided into 2 unequal sharpish lobes, and having S cirri, 2 



