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16. Hemipimelodus iTCHKEEA = Pliractocephalus itclikeca, Sykes; 

 Bagrus itchkeea, Bleeher ; Piiuelodus itchkeea, Jerdon ; Macroaes 

 itchkeea, Gunther. 



D. i/0, P. i, V. 6, A. fo, C. 17. 



Length of head 5, of pectoral 5 ; height of body G in the total Length. 

 Eyes — diameter -3 of length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, 

 and also apart. Snout overhanging the moutli, upper jaw the longer. 

 Upper surface of head rugose. Occipital process four times as long 

 as wide at its base ; the lateral occipital process cui'ves rather out- 

 wards and downwards. Humeral process pointed and as long as the 

 head, excluding the snout. The superior longitudiual groove extends 

 to the base of the occipital process. Barbels eight, tlie maxillary j)air 

 longer than the head. Teeth villiform in both jaws, none on the 

 palate. Fins — dorsal spine smooth, its length equal to the distance 

 between the anterior nostril and the posterior end of the head ; pec- 

 toral spine serrated internally ; ventrals commence behind the vertical 

 from the last dorsal ray ; caudal deeply forked. Air-vessel in two 

 lobes, rather large, and visible on the sides of the shouhler below the 

 skin. Colours — yellowish-bronze, becoming silvery on the abdomen; 

 three dark blotches over the head, and four more over the back, 

 descending as low as the lateral line ; a black edging to the caudal, 

 and a black blotch ou either lobe ; a dark mark on the dorsal fin. 



This species and K. cenia, H. B., are very similar ; but the 

 itcKkeea has eight instead of six barbels, whilst its air-vessel is 

 only partially surrounded by bone. 



I have specimens from Poonah ; but it is not iucluded amongst 

 Dr. Dobson's fish. 



17. Bagarius YARRELLii = Pimelodus bagarius, H. jB. ; Bagrus Yar- 

 rellii, SyTies, Bleeker; Bagarius Buchanani, Bleeker; Pimelodus Yar- 

 rellii, Jerdon. 



18. Glyptosternum lonah = Bagrus lonah, -Sj/Aes; B.lona, B/eeAer; 

 Pimelodus lonah, Jerdon ; Glyptosternum dekkanensc, Gunther. 



" Korah miittah, Tel." 



19. Belone cancila = Esox cancila, H. B.; Belone Graii, Sykes, 

 Bleeker, ^- Jerdon, 



This species I have obtained in the Deccan. 



20. DiscoGNATHUs LAMTA = Cyprinus lamta, H. J5. ; Chondrostomus 

 muUya, Sykes, Bleeker. 



This is by no means a rare fish in the Deccan ; Dr. Dobson 

 has sent seven specimens ; I have taken it in numbers from the 

 Kistua. Sykes's figure gives a far better idea of this fish than 



