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INDIAN ERESH-WATER FISHES. 
GENUS CACHIUS. 
Char. Pectoral fins very long. No spine to the 
dorsal fin. Less than seven rays in the ventral fins, 
which are placed far forwards, nearly beneath the 
pectorals, one ray of each ventral fin being produced 
into a long filament. 
1. Cachius atpar. 
IIab. India generally. 4 inches. 
Char. Anal rays 22 to 26. Scales 52 to 55. 
Dorsal fin opposite the middle of the anal. The 
first ray of the ventral prolonged into a long bristle, 
the other rays being quite rudimental. 
Colour greenish, with a silvery lateral band. 
The next group, Homalopterina, contains only one 
genus, which differs from the members of the other 
groups in not possessing an air bladder. 
It appears to be confined to India, Burmah, and the 
Islands of Java and Sumatra. 
GENUS HOMALOPTERA. 
Char. Dorsal and anal fins short, the former opposite 
to the ventrals. Pectoral and ventral fins placed 
horizontally. Barbels six, 4 on the snout, and two at 
the corners of the mouth. 
1. Homaloptera maculata. 
Hab. Hill streams of the N. Eastern Frontier. 
Char. Scales 78. No scales on the thorax. 
Snout very broad and depressed, with sharp margins. 
