1849.] 



Fishes of Souihern India. 



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be L. Malaharicus, or an allied species peculiar to the Oarnatic, if it 

 was procured from that side of India. 



^Silurus paho. Ham.? Sykes. 



" Tail with two unequal lobes, both pointing downwards ; 4 cir- 

 ri shorter than the head, and 68 to 70 rays in the anal fin. Length 

 12-15 inches, height 2 A to 3. Found in most of the rivers, differs 

 slightly from Hamiltonis S. pahoy 



^Silunts hoalis. Ham. ? Sykes. 



Fin of the tail with two unequal lobes ; with 4 cirri, of which 2 

 extend to the middle of the fish ; all the fins unarmed — D. 5, P. 15, "V- 

 9, A. 84. Attains the length of 3 feet and the weight of 8 lbs. Found 

 in the Mota Mola at Foona. Difi'ers slightly from the S> hoalis of 

 Hamilton." 



Gen. Schillee. Cuvier. 

 One dorsal fin, with the spine strong and toothed ; body much 

 compressed ; anal fin rather long ; teeth large. 



Schillee Sykesii. New Species. 



Head one-fifth of whole length of body ; much compressed, its 

 width being about half its length ; eye large, being 3^ times in the 

 head ; maxillary cirri reach the ventral fin, all the other (6) cirri long- 

 er than the head ; dorsal and pectoral spines serrated, the latter 

 strongly so ; anal fin about one-third of length of body — D. 1-6, A. 36 

 — colour greenish above, silvery on the sides and beneath. 



I obtained some small specimens about 6 inches long in the Cavery, 

 and I do not know to what size the species attains. 



There is hitherto but one species of Schillee recorded from India, 

 viz., S, Garua of Buchanan, from which my species differs in many 

 particulars, more especially in the compression of the head, larger 

 eyes, serrated dorsal spine, Sec. &c. 



Gen. Bagrus. 



2d dorsal fin adipose ; a double row of intermaxillary teeth ; cirri, 

 and relative size of adipose and anal fins, variable. 



A. with 8 cirri, 

 * Adipose short and anal fin long. 



