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INDIAN CYPRINID^. 



Apalopterince 



1. — COBITIS DARIO, Buch. 



t. 61. f. 8. P. G. t. 29. f. 95. 



Six cirri, two suborbitar spines, body compressed, depth equal to about a 

 third of the length, body crossed by about seven transverse green bands. 

 Three or four interrupted green bands on the caudal. The fin rays are, 



D.ll : P.13 : V.8 : A.7 : C.|,. 



Found in all the large rivers of Assam and Bengal, and attains eight or 

 ten inches in length. 



2. — COBITIS GETA, Buch. 



t. 61. f. 9. P. G. t. 11. f. 96. 



Eight cirri, two suborbitar spines under each eye, and seven transverse 

 bars of blackish green across the body, and one on either side of the head 

 crossing over the eyes, and also two interrupted bars on the caudal. The 

 fin rays are, 



D.12:P.13: V.8: A.8:C.19. 



Buchanan's variety of this species has but one bar on the caudal, nine rays 

 in each ventral, and only seven in the anal fin. There are other trifling 

 differences of colour between the Assam and Bengal varieties, but scarcely 

 enough to induce me to regard them as distinct species. 



3. — BoTiA GRANDis, Gray. 



Hardw. Illust 



Body brown, with irregular and somewhat square yellow spots, fins 

 streaked and spotted with brown, eight cirri. This is the only instance of 

 a spotted species that I know of in this group, and ought to suggest a better 

 name than that above applied to it. 



