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Spec. S. rupecula, J. M. t. 57. f. 3. J. A. S. vol. vii. t. 55. f. 3. 



About fourteen bars across the body, and three on the cau- 

 dal ; pectorals and ventrals round. D.8 : P.IO : V.8 : A.7 : C.16. 

 Hab. Mountain streams at Simla. Dr. Macleod's Coll. 



Variet. Thirteen rings round the body. D.9 : P.12 : V.8 : A.6 : 

 C.17. 



Hab. Stagnant pools in Upper Assam. 



The more prominent characters only of each group and species being 

 brought forward in the above classification, it is necessary in another part of 

 the paper to enter more fully into particulars regarding the different species ; 

 but the want of any museums or collections of fishes, public or private, in 

 India, and the difficulty of preserving them in such a climate, are obstacles 

 that have rendered the undertaking less complete than it ought to be. We 

 may however hope, from the zeal evinced in different parts of India in favour 

 of this untrodden branch of Natural History, that the subject will not be 

 allowed to rest, until we have a perfect knowledge of all our fresh- water fishes, 

 as well as of the particular family here but superficially noticed. 



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