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CYPBINID^E. 



5. BABJBUS GUDARICUS. 



(Plate XXXVI. fig. 2.) 



Boulenger, Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 564. 



Body strongly compressed, its depth three and two-thirds times in the total length, 

 length of head three and four-fifths to four times. Snout rounded, three to three and 

 a half times in the length of the head; diameter of the eye five to fi.Ye and a half 

 times in the length of the head, interorbital width three times; mouth inferior, its 

 width three and two-thirds to five times in the length of the head ; lips well developed, 

 the lower continuous across the chin and forming a small rounded median lobe; 

 barbels two on each side, the anterior a little longer than the eye, the posterior once 

 and one-third to once and a half the length of the eye, the distance between their 

 bases equal to or a little less than the diameter of the eye. Dorsal fin with IV 9 rays, 

 the free edge strongly emarginate ; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, nearly 

 straight, two-thirds to three-fourths the length of the head ; its distance from the eye 

 equals its distance from the caudal fin. Anal fin with III 5 rays, the longest ray 



Measurements (in millimetres). 





1. 



2. 



3. 



Total length (without caudal) 



240 

 65 

 59 

 34 

 17 

 12 

 20 

 15 

 14 

 15 

 45 

 53 

 50 



225 

 62 

 59 

 30 

 17 

 12 

 20 

 12 

 13 

 17 

 38 

 46 

 b2 



210 

 58 

 bb 

 31 

 18 

 10 

 18 

 15 

 12 

 15 

 38 

 40 

 46 



Greatest depth 



Length of head 



Width of head 



Length of snout 



Diameter of eve 



Interorbital width , 



Width of mouth 



Length of anterior barbel 



„ posterior barbel 



„ last simple ray of dorsal (ossified part) 



„ longest ray of anal 



„ pectoral , . . . 





1, 3. Metti Biver. 



2. Gudar Kiver. 



