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INDIAN FRESH-WATER FISHES. 
GENUS SILUKICHTHYS. 
Char. Similar to Silurus, from which it may be 
recognised by its having 8, or less, rays in the ven- 
tral fin. Caudal forked. Anal and caudal fins confluent. 
1. Silurichthys lamghur. 
Id ab. Cashmere. 
Char. Anal rays 53. Yentrals 6. Barbels 4. 
Lower jaw prominent. Pectoral spine serrated. 
GENUS WALLAGO. 
Char. Barbels 4 ; viz., one maxillary, and one 
mandibular pair. 
No adipose fin. Dorsal very short. Anal fin not 
joining the caudal. 
1. Wallago attu. “ The Boalli.” 
Dab. Throughout India. Attaining sometimes as 
much as 6 feet in length, according to Ilam. Buchanan. 
This is a remarkably good fish for eating purposes, 
when taken from clean water, and is much in request 
among the natives. In Sylliet they capture it by spear- 
ing from a boat rowing slowly up stream and coming 
behind the fish. This would seem to indicate that it 
is not a bottom feeder like many of the Siluridoc. Dr. 
Day states, however, that it is not a cleanly feeder ; 
and I can well imagine, being a most voracious fish, 
that its taste and habits are readily adapted to circum- 
stances. 
Char. Anal rays 8G to 93. Maxillary barbels 
long, nearly twice the length of the head. Pectoral 
spine feeble, not serrated exteriorly. 
