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2. P. siGNATUS, Gunther. 

 Ceylon and Java. 



denUS OSPHHOMENUS. 



0. NOBiLis, M'Clelland, 



Rivers of N.E. Bengal and Assam, extending to those of the hills. 



Genus Trtchogaster. 



1. T. CHUNA^ Ham. Buck. 



Deltas of the Ganges and its branches, and the Brahmaputra. 



2. T. LABiosus, Day. 

 Irawaddi. 



3. T. FASCIATUS-, Bl. Schn. 



Cororaandel coast of India as far south as the river Kistna, Sind, Punjab, 

 N.W. Provinces, estuaries of the Ganges, Orissa and Assam, also 

 throughout Burma. 



4. T. LALius^ Ham. Buck. 



Sind, .Tmnna. and Ganges rivers as low as Calcutta. 



Fam. CUBOMIDES. 



Genus ErHOPLT^g. 



1. E. cANARENSis*, Day. 



Fresh waters of South Canara, not extending down Malabar. 



2. E. MACULATUs', Bloch. 



From Canara down the Malabar coast, Madras, and Mysore. 



3. E. suRATENSis", Bloch. 



From Canara down the western coast, extending inland on to the Ghauts ; 

 along the Coromandel coast as high as the Kistna ; also Ceylon. 



It is now necessary to examine the foregoing species as a whole, 

 showing where they are found, and to where they extend, as only 

 by doing so can one ascertain the tendencies shown towa-rds 

 either the African or Malayan fish-fauna. 



^ Includes ? Trichopodus sota, Ham. Buch. 



* Includes T. colisa, bejeus, and cotrd, Ham. Buch., and Colisa ponticeriana. 

 Out. & Val. 



^ Includes Colisa unicolor, Out. & Val. 



^ D 22 I 8, A ^^. L. 1. 31, L. tr. 22. Yellowish buff, with about 8 vertical 

 bluish-black bands. See ' Fishes of India,' p. 414, pi. 89. fig. 5. 



^ Includes Chmtodon Jcakaifsel, Lacep., and Efroplns eoruchi^C\i\. &Val. 

 ' Includes Etroplus meleagris, 0. & V. 



