1922.] S. L. Hora : Fishes of the genus Botia. 319 



Botia variegata Giinther. 



1889. Botia variegata, Giinther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) IV, p. 228. 

 1892. Botia variegata, Gunlher, in Pratt's "Snows of Tibet," p. 249. 



Habitat. — Ichang (China). 



Botia pratti Giinther. 



1892. Botia pratti, Giinther, in Pratt's " Snows of Tibet," p. 250, pi. 

 iv, fig. A. 



Habitat. — Kia-tiang-fu (foot of Omie-shan), province of Sze 

 Chuan, China. 



Botia helodes Sauvage. 



1876. Botia helodes, Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Pliilom. XIII, p. 99. 



1881. Botia helodes, Sauvage, Nouv. Archiv. Mus. Paris (2) IV, p. 192. 



Habitat. — Siam. 



Botia rostrata Giinther. 



1868. Botia rostrata, Giinther, Brit. Mas. Cat. Fish. VII, p. 367 (head 



figured). 

 1872. Botia rostrata, Day, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal XLI, ii p. 178, 



Habitat. — Bengal and Assam. 



Botia striata Rao. 



1920. Botia striata, Rao, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) VI, p. 60, pi. ii, 

 figs. 4. 4a, 46. 



Habitat. — River Thunga in Mysore State, South India. The 

 range of the species extends as far as the Satara District in the 

 Bombay Presidency, whence a single specimen, now in our collec- 

 tion, was obtained by Dr. S. P. Agharkar. 



Botia birdi Chaudhuri. 



1878. Botia geto, Day {nee Buchanan), Fish. India II, p. 606, pi. cliv, 



fig. 2. 

 1889. Botia geto, Day (nee Buchanan), Faun. Brit. Ind. Fish. p. 217, 



fyf- 77- 

 1909. Botia birdi, Chaudhuri, Rec. Ind. Mus. Ill, p. 339. 



This species exhibits considerable variation in colour with the 

 age of the fish. The dark bands on the body often break up to 

 form an irregular reticulation on the dorsal surface and the sides. 

 Recently a large series of specimens has been obtained from the 

 Kashmir Valley. All forms of colour pattern from regular bands 

 to reticulation are present in this series. 



The females contain a large number of minute eggs; in a 

 ripe female the depth of body is considerably greater than the 

 length of the head and the ventral profile is greatly arched. 



Habitat. — Sind in the Kashmir Valley and the Punjab. 



