1872.] F. Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprmidce. 175 



2. COBITIS GHHSTTEA. 



Ham. Buck Fish. Ganges, pp. 353, 394 ; McClelland, Ind. Cyp. pp. 303, 434, 

 t. 51, f. 3. (from H. B.'s MSS.) ; Ouv. Val. xviii, p. 67 j Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 363 ; Day, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 383. 



Acanthopsis Berdmorei, Blyth, J. A. S. of Beng., 1860, p. 168. 



? Acanthopsis micropogon, Blyth, 1. c. p. 168. 



Colitis Berdmorei, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 550. 



Kondaturi and gupkari, Uria ; Nga-tha-leg -doh, Burmese. 



B. Ill, D. 2/6-7. P. 9. V. 7. A. 2/5. C. 16. 



Length of head 1/6, of pectoral 1/9, of caudal 1/6 of the total 

 length. Eyes ; — diameter 1/5 of length of head, 2 diameters from end of 

 snout, and one diameter apart. Body strongly compressed, its height equal 

 to the length of the head. Barbels large, well developed and all longer 

 than the orbit. Fins. — Dorsal arises midway between the posterior margin 

 of the orbit and the base of the caudal fin, its first three rays are in 

 advance of the ventrals ; caudal generally entire, its centre rays, how- 

 ever, may be somewhat shortened or even lengthened. Scales distinct. 

 Lateral line absent. — Colours ; generally dirty yellowish, with a dark 

 band extending from the centre of the snout, and ending in a black ocellus 

 above the middle of the base of the caudal fin ; along this band are a series 

 of dark blotches, whilst the back is similarly stained. Dorsal and caudal 

 with rows of dark spots. I have obtained it at Kangra, coloured, as given by 

 McClelland. 



Sab. — From Orissa through Bengal and Barma, also in Bombay 

 Presidency. It attains four inches in length. 



Genus. 6. Lepidocephalichthys, Eleelcer. 

 Platacanthus, Day. 



Body elongated and moderately compressed. Eight barbels, two of which 

 helong to the mandible. A large, ei^ectile, bifid, suborbital spine. Dorsal fin 

 short, commencing opposite, or nearly so, to the ventral ; the internal ray of the 

 pectoral fin may be modified into a fiat osseous spine ; caudal truncate or 

 slightly emarginate. 



Geographical distribution. — India, Barma and Ceylon. 



Synopsis of species. 



1. Lepidocephalichthys thermalis, D. 3/6. A. 2/5. S. India and Ceylon. 



2. Lepidocephalichthys balgara, D. 8, A. 7. Wynaad, Bengal and Assam. 



1. Lepidocephalichthys theehalis. 



Colitis thermalis, Cnv. and Val., xviii, p. 78. 



Lepidocephalichthys thermalis, Bleeker in Verb. Holl. Maat. Haar. 1864, Cyprin. 

 and Oobit. Ceylon, p. 6, t, i. f . 1 5 Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 364 ; Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1869, p. 383. 



