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Zoological Miscellany. 
Gen. Anacanthus. Fam. Balistidce. 
Body long, lanceolate, compressed, covered with small scales; head 
produced, beak-shaped ; mouth small ; under lip one bearded ; pelvis 
produced, baglike, with a single rather long spine in front ; dorsal fin 
one, long; anal long; tail long, lanceolate; most allied to Alutera 
fles Alnteres^ Cuv.) 
Bearded Anacanthus. Anacanthus barhatus, lllust. Ind. Zool. Pise, 
t. 1. f. 2. Brown, rather paler beneath; under part of the jaws, body 
and ventral pouch whitish, marbled with black lines ; anal fin produced a 
little beyond the dorsal fin ; tail nearly half as long as the body, D. 46. 
V. 11. A. 60. P. 8? Singapore. 
Gen. Nandina. Fam, Cyprinidee. 
Dorsal fin longer than the anal, the lips with a series of beards, allied 
to Cirrhinus, fles Cirrhines, Cuv.J 
Hamilton's Xandina. Nandina Hamiltonii. Cyprinus Nandina^ 
Ham Ganges, t. 8. f. 48. 
Gen. Botia. Fam. Cyprinidee. 
Body ovate, lanceolate, compressed with small scales ; head and oper- 
culum naked, with a large spine just behind each nostril; mouth small ; 
nose produced ; dorsal fin moderate, medial, opposite the ventral fins ; 
anal fin short. All Hamilton’s Cobites belong to this genus, and so does 
one of the European species. 
Almorah Botia. Botia Almorhce. Subnasal spines double ; brownish 
with irregular pale spots; fins pale, three or four banded, P. 13. D. 11. 
V. 8. A. 7. C. 25. Almorah. 
Gen. Diplopterus. Fam. Esocidee ? 
Body fusiform, compressed; mouth protractile, (toothless.^) eyes 
large; head scaly; ventral fins placed a little before the pectoral, first 
ray long ; pectoral small ; dorsal fin posterior, placed over the second 
anal; anal fins two, well separated; tail rounded, free. 
Beautiful Diplopterus. Diplopterus pulcKer, lllust. Ind. Zool. t. 4, 
f. 1. Olive green, beneath purplish white with a broad purple band 
on each side, from the mouth passing the under half of the eyes to the 
centre of the tail ; tail, base yellowing, end purple. P. 16. A. 8. 12. C. 
16. D. 12. Lengths; height f; breadth 
Gen. Acanthonotus. Fam. Siluridee. 
Dorsal fin small, spineless over the front ray of the anal fin, with a 
series of small spines before it. Most allied to Schilba, but differs in the 
position of the dorsal fin. 
Hardwicke's Acanthonotus, Acanthonotus Hardwickii, lllust. Ind. 
Zool. t. 2, f. 1 . Beards eight, very long ; Fish greenish-silvery ; dorsal 
15.-5. C. 26, P. 15, A. 74 .? 
Gen. Ailia. Fam. Siluridee. 
Body compressed ; fins all spineless ; fat fin very short and small over 
the end of the very long anal fin ; ventral fin small, nearly under the 
pectoral ; tail forked. Most allied to Melalapterus of Geoffroy. 
Bengal Ailia. Ailia Bengalensis, lllust. Ind. Zool. Pise. t. 2, f. 2. 
Silvery. — ^Rivers Bengal. Eaten by the natives. 
