Pimelodus. gangetic fishes. 201 



ally lengthen from the first, which is very short. The others 

 are branched. The lobes of the tail fin are sharp, the upper is 

 the longest, and both in all contain twenty-six rays. 



30th Species. — Pimelodus gulio. Plate XXIII. Fig. 66. 



A Pimelodus with the fin of the tail divided into two nearly 

 equal lobes ; with eight tendrils, of which two extend to the 

 end of the foremost dorsal fin, and four of the others are 

 longer than the head ; with an opaque smooth body, above of 

 a dark-brown colour, with fifteen rays in the fin behind the 

 vent ; and with eight in the fore fin of the back. 



The figure is taken from a bad copy of the original drawing, 

 which was accidentally lost. 



The Gidio [Guli] is found in the higher parts of the Gangetic 

 estuaries, where the water is not very salt. It grows to about 

 six inches in length, and is a poor fish for eating. It is long in 

 ■proportion to its breadth, but somewhat compressed on the 

 sides. It is more prominent above than below, and slopes to 

 each extremity from the commencement of the first fin on the 

 back, the slopes at the second fin, and at the fin behind the 

 vent, being great. The colour above is dusky, with many dots ; 

 below it is of a dirty white ; and the sides have a faint gloss of 

 gold. All the fins are dotted. 



The head is short, flat, and blunt. It is covered above by a 

 smooth thinly-covered bony plate, ending behind in three short 

 processes, and marked by an oblong cavity between the eyes. 

 The two tendrils from the nostrils are shorter than the head ; 

 the two from the sides of the upper jaw extend to the end of 

 the first fin on the back ; the four from under the chin are all 

 longer than the head ; but the intermediate pair is rather 

 shorter than the others. The mouth is a little below, and be- 

 hind the end of the nose. The lips are fleshy. In each jaw are 



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