SILUfilDJ,. 295 



]. AXSORGIA VITTATA. 

 Bouleng. 1. c. pi. xix. fig. 2. 



Depth of body 4i to 4| times in total length, length of head 

 4f to 5f times. Head 1^ to If times as long as broad ; snout broad, 

 rounded, as long as eye in adult, extending a little beyond lower jaw ; 

 eye perfectly lateral, 2| (young) to 3i times in length of head, If to 

 ]| times in interorbital width, which equals width of mouth; vomero- 

 palatine teeth forming an uninterrupted band, the width of which 

 equals or a little exceeds that of the pripmaxillary band; nasal barbel 



Fig. 178. 



-«- 



mp' 



Ansoryia vittata. 

 Type (A. M. C). f . 



I to f diameter of eye ; maxillary barbel as long as head or a little 

 shorter and about If times mandibular barbel. Gill-rakers moderately 

 long, slender, and wide apart, 6 or 7 on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Dorsal I 5, entirely in front of vertical of ventrals; spine moderately 

 strong, serrated behind, and produced into a filament. Adipose dorsal 

 small. Anal 42-46. Pectoral reaching ventral, its spine a little 

 stronger than that of dorsal and serrated on inner side. Caudal forked, 

 with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Back brown, 

 sides silvery, belly white ; a black band along each side, from the head 

 to the lower lobe of the caudal, where it bends down at an angle ; this 

 band as broad as or a little narrower than the silvery space separating it 

 from the brown of the back ; fins white, base of anal sometimes dotted 

 \Aith black. 



Total length 107 millim. 



Dr. W. J. Ansoroe ((\). 



