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Andamaua. 13. JE. caperata^, Cantor, coasts of India, Andamaus, 

 to the Malay archipelago. 14. E. butis^, Ham. Buch., seas and 

 estuaries of India to the Malay archipelago. 15. E. amhoinen- 

 sis ^, Bleeker, seas and estuaries of India to the Malay archipe- 

 lago. 



The foregoing 15 species of marine and estuary Eleotres can be 

 divided thus: — 8 as yet only recorded from Indian localities; 6 

 common to India and the Malay arcliipelago ; 1 common to India, 

 Africa, and the Malay archipelago. 



I'am. EiiYNCHOBDELLinji:. 



Grenus Khtnchobbella. 



R. aculeata\ Block. 



Estuaries, brackish waters, and deltas of large rivers throughout the 

 Indian (? Ceylon) district, and extending to Borneo and beyond. 



Genus Mastacembelus. 



1. M. UNicoLOR, Cuv. cf- Val. 

 Fresh waters of Burma to Java. 



2. M. ZEBRiNUS, Blyth. 

 Fresh waters of Burma. 



3. M, pancalus^ Ham. Buck. 



Bombay Presidency (inland), deltas of large rivers (excluding thost of the 

 Malabar coast and Madras south of the Kistna), also Assam. 



4. M. ARMATUs", Lacep. 



This freshwater fish is found throughout the Indian region re- 

 ferred to, both on the plains and even the hills ; it extends to 

 China. 



5. M. GUENTHERi\ Day. 



Fresh waters along the Malabar coast of India. 



The 5 species show the following distribution : — 2 throughout 



^ Includes E. koilomatodon, Bleeker. 



* Includes : — E. humeralis, Cuv. & Val. ; E. frhmatica, Bleeker. 

 ^ Includes E. buecata, Blyth. 



* Includes : — Rhynchobdella orientalis and aral, Bl. Schn. ; It. ocellata, Cuv. & 

 Val.; Masiacembelus pentophihahnus, Gronov. 



^ Includes Mastacembelus functatus, Cuv. & Val. 



^ Includes : — M. poniiceriamis and inm'inoratus, Cuv. & Val. ; Macrognathus 

 caudafus, undidatus, and Hamiltonia, M'Clelland. 

 ''' Includes "i Mastacembelus malabaricus, Jerdon. 



