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T oly acanthus fasciatus Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 369. 



Colisa ponticeriana Oav. &, Val. t. c. p. 370. 



29 to 31 scales in a longitudinal series. Dorsal XY-XVII 

 9-14. Anal XY-XVIII 14-19, scaly at the base. Greenish, 

 with orange or bluish bars descending obliquely downwards and 

 backwards from the back to the anal fin ; vertical fins with 

 alternate dark and pale spots or bars ; anal olten with a red 

 margin. 



Hah. Northern India, Assam, and Upper Burma. 



Numerous specimens, measuring up to 100 mm. in total 

 length. 



2. Trichogaster sota. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 3.) 



Trichopodus sota Buch. Ham. Fish. Ganges, p. 120 (1822). 



Colisa sota Cuv. & Yal. Hist. Nat. Poiss. vii. p. 367 (1831). 



27 to 29 scales in a longitudinal series. Dorsal XYII-XVIII 

 7-9. Anal XYIII-XX 11-13, scaly at the base. Brownish, 

 sometimes with darker stripes along the series of scales ; fins 

 immaculate. 



Hab. Ganges. 



Nine specimens, measuring up to 45 mm. in total length, from 

 Debroo [Bay). 



3. Trichogaster labiosus. 



Trichogaster labiosus Day, Fish. Ind. p. 374, pi. Ixxix. fig. 4 

 (1878). 



29 to 31 scales in a longitudinal series. Dorsal XY-XYIII 

 8-10. Anal XYI-XYIII 17-20, densely scaly, the scales 

 covering the fin to the tips of the posterior spines. Greenish, 

 with some darker somewhat oblique cross-bars on the side; fins 

 immaculate. 



Hob. Burma, Shan States, and Tenasserim. 



Several specimens, measuring up to 90 mm. in total length, 

 from Burma {Day), Sittang River (Gates) and Tenasserim (Wood- 

 Mason). 



The thick papillose lips from which the species takes its name 

 occur only in the males ; in T. fasciatus also the males may have 

 the lips more or less swollen and papillose. 



4. Trichogaster lalius. 



Trichojjodus lalius Ham. Buch. Fish. Ganges, pj). 120, 372 

 (1822). 



Colisa lalius Cuv. & Yal. Hist. Nat. Poiss. vii. p. 366 (1831). 



? Colisa unicolor Cuv. &, Yal. t. c. p. 368. 



'i Trichogaster uniColor Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 388 (1861). 



Trichogaster lalias Day, Fish. Ind. p. 375, pi. Ixxix. fig. 5 

 (1878). 



27 or 28 scales in a longitudinal series. Dorsal XY-XYII 



