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Grenus 4. Eleotris ', Grroiiovius. 



Large rivers of India, Africa, and the Malay archipelago. 



5. Rhtnchobdellid^, Grenus 1. MhyncJiohdella, Cuv. & Val. 



rrom Syria through Sind, India, Ceylon, Burma, to the Malay 



archipelago. 

 Grenus 2. Mastacembelus, Cviv. & Val. 



From Syria through Sind, India, Ceylon, Burma, to the Malay 



archipelago ; also West Africa. 



6. MuGiLiD^. Grenus 1. Mugil, Artedi. 



a. Fresh waters of Sind, IS^.W. provinces, Bengal, Assam, 



Burma. 

 h. Marine, to the Malay archipelago and Africa. 



7. Ophiocbphaltdjb. Genus 1. OphiocephalMs, Bloch. 



Fresh waters of Beluchistan, Afghanistan, throughout India 

 and Ceylon to the Malay archipelago. 

 Genus 2. Ghanna, Gronov, 

 Ceylon and China, 



8. L.vBTRiKTHTcr. Genus 1. Anahas, Cuvier. 



India and Ceylon to the Malay archipelago. 

 Genus 2. Polyacanthus, Cuv. & Val. 



Canara, Southern India, Ceylon, to the Malay archipelago. 

 Genus 3. Osphromenus'^, Lacep. 



Eastern Bengal, Assam, to the Malay archipelago. 

 Gentis 4. Tricliog aster '\ Bloch. 



Sind, through India (except Madras and south of the Kistna, 

 Malabar, and Ceylon) to Burma and Siam. 



9. Cheomides. Genus 1. Etroplus, Cuv. & Val."* 



"W estern and Southern India, also Ceylon. 



If we examine the foregoing 9 families and 19 genera, we 



darker tint surrounding the body and wider than the ground-colour ; fins 



dark, most deeply so at their edges. 

 Hob. South Canara, where I procured two specimens in fresh water, the longest 



being 3 inches. 

 ^ For genera included see ' Fishes of India,' p. 309. 

 ^ Includes: — TVzcAopjw, Lacep. ; Cienops, M-'CleW. ; Trichopsis, Kner. 

 ^, Includes Colisa, Cuv. & Val. 



Includes Pseudetroplus, Bleeker. 

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