320 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. XXIV, 



Botia dario (Ham. Buch.). 



1822. Cobitis dario, Hamilton Buchanan, Fish. Ganges, pp. 354, 394 

 pi. xxix, fig. 95. 



1868. Botia dario, Giinther (in part), Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish. VII, p. 366. 

 1872. Botia dario, Day, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, XI. I, part II, p. 177. 

 1878. Botia dario. Day, Fish. India II, p. 606, pi. cliv, fig, 1. 



1889. Botia dario, Day, Farm Brit, hid, Fish. I, p. 216 



Habitat. — Upper Bengal and Assan. Hamilton Buchanan 

 found this species in all the districts of Northern Bengal and Bihar 

 that he visited. We have a number of specimens from Cachar. 



Botia histrionica Blyth. 



i860. Botia histrionica, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal XXIX, p. 166. 



1869. Botia histrionica, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 550. 



1872. Botia histrionica, Day, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal XI. I, part II, p. 



179. 

 1878. Botia histrionica, Day, Fish-. India 11, p. 607, pi. cliv, fig. 4. 

 1889. Botia histrionica, Day, Faun. Brit. Ind. Fish. I, p. 218. 

 1889. Botia histrionica, Vinciguerra, Ann. Mus. Civ. Nat. Genova, p. 



346' 

 1921. Botia histrionica, Hora, Pec. Ind. Mus. XXII, p 195. 



Habitat. — The species was originally described from Pegu, 

 but since then it has been recorded from several other places in 

 Burma such as Bhamo and Mandalay and from the Manipur 

 Valley in Assam. 



Botia macracanthus (Bleeker.) 



1852. Cobitis macracanthus, Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie III, 



p. 603. 

 i860. Hymenopliysa macracanthus, Bleeker, Ichth. Arch. Ind. Prodr. 



II, Cyprini, p. 62. 

 1863. Botia macracanthus, Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. Ill, p. 5, pl. cii. fig. 2. 

 1868. Botia macracanthus, Giinther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish. VII, p. 368. 

 1903. Botia macracanthus, Volz, Zool. Jahrb., Syst. XIX, p. 405. 

 1905. Botia macracanthus, Fowler, Proc. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia. (2) 



I VII, p. 474- 

 1916. Botia macracanthus, Weber and Beaufort, Fish. Indo-Austral. 



Archipelago III, p. 23, fig. 7. 



I have examined a specimen of this species from Sumatra 

 kindly sent me by Prof. Max Weber. 

 Habitat. — Sumatra and Borneo. 



Botia almorhae Gray. 



1831. Botia almorhae, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 8. 



1838. Botia grandis, Gray, ///. Ind. Zool., pl. xciv, fig. 3. 



1868. Botia almorhae, Giinther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish. VII, p. 367. 



1872. Botia almorhae, Day, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal XI. I, part. II, p. 



178. 



1878. Botia almorhae. Day, bish. India II, p. 607, pl. cliv, fig. 5. 



1889. Botia almorhae, Day, Faun. Brit. Ind. Fish. I, p. 217. 



This species is known from Almora (United Provinces). 

 McClelland ' recorded a fish under the name of Botia (Schistura) 



l McClelland, Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist. II, p. 586 (1842). 



