oS6 On the Fresh Walcr [No. 35, 



JSagrus atherinoides. Bloch. 



Head 63 times in total length; depth 4i times in the same ; maxil- 

 lary cirri reach beyond the ventrals ; the others all longer than the 

 head ; eye small ; dorsal spine finely serrated ; pectoral spine with 10 

 or 11 strong teeth — D. 1-5, A. 36 — reddish yellow above; white abdo- 

 men, and a broad silver streak from head to the tail ; dorsal, pec- 

 toral, and ventral fins colour of back ; caudal and anal pale yellow, 

 the former with a black spot at its base — length about 4 inches. 



I have obtained this pretty little fish from tanks in the neighbour- 

 hood of Madrasa It does not appear to have been sent home by the 

 French collectors. 



^Bagrus goonguaree. (Sykes.) 



" An Hypophthalmus with 8 cirri, all longer than the head, but not 

 extending to the middle of the fish ; with 7 rays on the dorsal, and 

 52 in the anal fin ; with an extremely minute second dorsal ; first ray 

 in the pectoral, and first in the dorsal, spinose, and serrated behind ; 

 greatest length 28 inches, body vertically compressed. Found in the 

 Mota Mola near Poona." 



I have not seen this fish which appears nearly allied to Bagrus 

 vacha of Buch. 



Bagrus taakree. (Sykes.) 



" An Hypophthalmus with 8 cirri, 2 of which reach to the ventral 

 fins, 2 very minute near the nostrils, and 4 in the chiti, nearly as long 

 as the head ; with the first dorsal and pectoral rays serrated on the 

 posterior edge, with 8 rays in the dorsal and 50 in the anal fin; 

 length 9 inches, height 2 inches. 



* * Adipose fin long, anal fin short. 



Bagrus aorides. New Species. 



Head is 82 times in the body, flat, depressed, narrow, its width 

 being 3| times in its length, eye \\ times in the length of head, so 

 situated that its posterior edge is more than half the length of the 

 head from the muzzle ; not quite one diameter between the two eyes ; 

 maxillary cirri long, reaching to the tail ; posterior, lower cirri equal to 

 the head ; 2d dorsal spine with very fine serrse posteriorly, and 2 or 

 3 in front; pectoral spine strongly serrated posteriorly ; adipose fin 

 reaching from rear the 1st dorsal to beyond the posterior edge of the 

 anal-— D 2-7, A. 12--length about 1 foot. Colour greenish, iridescent 



