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two cross-bands. The original specimen was of a uniform 

 colour. 



Hab. Burma to Java. 



1157. (2.) Mastacembelus zebrinus. (Fig. 111.) 



Mastacembelus zebrinus, Blyth, J. A, S. B. xxvii, 1858, p. 281 ; Dai/, 

 Fish. India, p. 330, pi. Ixxii, fig. 3 (see synon.). 



Nga-ma-ioay-doh-wettuny or Nga mwey to, Burmese ; Nya yeng boo 

 at Tavoy. 



D. 28-29 | 50-52. P. 19. A. 3 | 51-56. C. 19. 



Length of head 6 to 7, height of body 7 to 7| in the total 

 length. Eyes small. Snout trilobed at its extremity. Three 

 strong denticulations at augle of preopercle. Fins dorsal spines 

 short, increasing in length posteriorly, they commence over middle 

 of pectoral fin. Soft dorsal and anal separated from caudal by a 

 notch ; caudal rounded. Second preanal spine longest and stronges^. 

 Scales 20 rows between lateral line and commencement of sof t 



Fig. 111. Mastacembelus zebrinus. 



dorsal. Colour greenish along back, lighter on sides and beneath ; 

 bluish vertical bands, either edged with golden, or else the two 

 colours alternating. Dorsal and caudal fins banded in dots ; 

 anal with the body bands continued on to it, and having inter- 

 mediate dark ones. 



Hab. Common throughout the fresh waters of Burma, replacing 

 M. pancalus of Bengal and Assam, and found in the Irrawaddy far 

 above Ava. The species attains at least one foot in length. 



1158. (3.) Mastacembelus pancalus. 

 Macrognathus pancalus, Ham. Buck. Fish. Ganges, pp. 30, 364, pi. 22, 



Mastacembelus pancalus, Day, Fish. India, p. 340, pi. Ixxii, fig. 4 



(see synon.). 



Chen-da-la, Giirchee, and Gro-age, Punj. ; Ju-gar, N.W. Prov. ; Par- 

 pa-raal, Tel. ; Turi and Bahru, Ooriali ; Tu-rah, Assam. ; Gangr-gongti, 

 Goclii, Panykal, Bengali. 



D. 24-26 | 30-42. P. 19. A. 3 | 31-46. C. 12. 

 Length of head 5 to 5|, height of body 6| to 7 in the total length 



