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Bogoda i:stttscata, nobis, n. s. A minute species (if adult), T 9 g- 

 in. long bj 1^ in. deep minus the fins ; with the tail much less forked 

 than in B. nama, (B. H.), Bleeker ; and of a dusky or infuscated hue, 

 having silvery gill-covers and a greenish-silvery stripe on each side : 

 fins paler than the body, with a blackish tinge on the anterior half 

 of the first dorsal. 



D. 10—1-10 ?— A. 3-8 ? 



One specimen only, from the Mutla. Presented by Major W. S 

 Sherwill. 



The following are the species of Scicenidce which have occurred to 

 me in Lower Bengal : this being an estuary group, of which several 

 of the species ascend into fresh water. 



Sci^N'OlDES, nobis, n. g. Certain Asiatic species are here brought 

 together, which do not range well (as hitherto) either in Sclena or 

 Otolithtjs, but they approach nearer to Johnius, from which they 

 indeed chiefly differ in the comparatively small size of the eye. The 

 jaws are of equal length, with dentition as in Joknius ; and the 

 anal spine is short and feeble. 



1. Sc. biaueitus ; Otolithus oiauritus, Cantor. Common about 

 the mouths of the Ganges, and not unfrequently brought to the Cal- 

 cutta bazars. I have an impression that, many years ago, I forwarded 

 specimens of this fish to the India-house by the M.S. name Bcicena 

 elongata. 



2. Sc. pama ; RoJa pama, B. H. : Scicena pama, C. V.* Exceed- 

 ingly common, but I have never known it to exceed 2 ft. in length, 

 and therefore believe that the examples " between four and five feet 

 long" noticed by Buchanan Hamilton appertained to the preceding 

 species, which is very similar in form of head, and moreover is 

 unnoticed as a distinct species by Hamilton. 



3. Sc. Hardwickii, nobis, n. s. A diminutive species, common 

 at the mouths of the Gangetie rivers, which greatly resembles the 



* The so-called 'Whiting' of Calcutta tables. At Madras the Sillago 

 acuta is eaten for 'Whiting;' and I consider the Bengal species, S. domika, to 

 resemble the flavour of true Whiting much more than does the Sc. pama, or 

 ' Bola' fish. S. acuta occurs at the Sandheads, but I have never seen this species 

 in the Calcutta fish-bazars. 



