ig22.] S. L. Hora : Fishes of the genus Botia. 317 



i. Anterior origin of dorsal almost equidistant from 

 tip of snout and base of caudal. 

 «. Eye small, its diameter contained 4 lo 4's 

 times in length of snout ... ... B. birdi.* 



B. Rye moderately large, its diameter contained 



3 times in length of snout ... B. dario.* 



ii. Anterior origin of dorsal not equidistant from 



lip of snout and base of caudal ... ... B. hisMonicn.* 



2. Eye not situated wholly in posterior half of head. 

 a. Head and bod)' marked with reticulation. Air- 

 bladder much reduced, anterior chamber wholly 

 enclosed in bone ... .../?. almorhae* 



h. Head and body marked with vertical bands. 

 Air-bladder almost normal, anterior chamber 

 partially enclosed in bone. 



i. Caudal marked with 2-3 bands, bod)' marked 

 with loops dorsally and with short vertical bands 

 laterally ... ... ... ... B. lohachata* 



ii. Caudal marked with two black spots, body marked with 

 (1-7 oblique vertical bands ... ... B. getn* 



Botia multifasciata Regan. 



1905. Botia multifasciata, Regan, Rev. Suisse Zoo/. XIII, p. 389, pi. 

 v, fig. 3. 



Habitat : — China. 



Botia modesta Bleeker. 



1864.. Botia modesta, Bleeker, Nederl. Tydsch. Diek, p. 11. 



1868. Botia modesta, Giinther, Brit. Mas. Cat. Fish. VII, p. 368. 



1870. Botia modesta, Bleeker, Versl. Meded. Ak. Amsterd. IV, p. 254 



(figured). 



1876. Botia modesta, Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. XIII, p. 99. 



1876. Botia rubripinnis, Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. XIII, p. 99. 



1881. Botia modesta. Sauvage, Nonv. Arch. Mus. Paris. (2) IV, p. 192 



Habitat. — Siam. I have examined specimens from Lopburi 

 sent to me by Dr. Malcolm Smith. 



Botia superciliaris Giinther. 



1892. Botia superciliaris, Giinther, in Pratls' "Snows of Tibet", p. 

 250, pi. iv, fig. B. 



I have placed this species in the section comprising forms 

 having six barbels. It possesses, however, according to Giinther, 

 " a pair of soft rounded buttons " which are probably remnants 

 of the additional pair. 



Habitat. — Kia-tiangfu (foot of Amieshan), Province Sze 

 Chuen, China. 



Botia hymenophysa (Bleeker). 



1852. Cobitis hymenaphysa, Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie III. p. 



602. 

 iS^S. Hymenophysa MacClellandi, Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie 



XVI, p. 358- 



i860. Hymenophysa MacClellandi , Bleeker, Ichth. Arch. hid. Prodr. 



II.. Cyprini, p. 63. 

 i860. Svncrossns Berdmorei, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal XXIX, 



p. 166. 



