1849.] 



Fishes of Southern India. 



S09 



* Ch.ftdungec. 



Elongated, not much compressed, D. 10, A. 6, length 1 foot, 

 height 4 inches. 



* Ch.hoggut. 



No tendrils, nor tubercles, body elongated, D. 12, A. 8, length 

 11 inches. 



Ch. mullya. 



Short obtuse head, sub-cylindric body, and a red process on 

 snout. D. 11, A. 8, length 6. 



* Ck, wattanah. 



Body elongated, dorsal high, form sub-cylindric. D. 11, A. 8, 

 length 4^ inches. 



Gen. Oreinus. McLelland. 



Head fleshy, mouth vertical, lower jaw shorter than the upper ; 

 snout muscular and projecting, furnished with cirri ; dorsal pre- 

 ceded by a serrated spinous ray ; scales small. 



I have not seen any fish in Southern India that appertains to this 

 genus, but I apprehend that one of Colonel Sykes' list may belong 

 to it, viz., Hdhtee faugut — Sykes, of which the following are the 

 characteristics — compressed, deep, angular-backed, — D. 12, A. 8 ; 

 first 3 or 4 rays of dorsal black tipped ; length 5 inches, height IJ. 

 In Baum and Beema rivers. Colonel Sykes' genus RoTitee is describ- 

 ed as having longish dorsal and anal fins, the 1st complete ray serrat- 

 ed posteriorly, scales minute, &c. but includes two fish that I think 

 must be breams, and one Opsarius apparently. 



Gen. GonorhyncTius, 

 Mouth beneath ; head covered with thick integuments ; snout 

 perforated by numerous mucous pores ; body sub-cylindrical ; dor- 

 sal and anal short, no spines. 



G. Gotyla, Gray. 



4 small cirri ; snout thick, divided by a deep transverse fissure, 

 covered with prominent mucous pores; head is to the whole body as 

 1 to 5| ; the height of the body is times in its length ; 34 scales 

 along the body in 7 rows ; colour dark olive green above, yellowish 

 beneath, some of the scales red edged ; fins yellowish green, tipped 

 with orange. D. 2-8, A. 7--length about 8 or 9 inches. 



