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INDIAN FRESH-WATER FISHES. 
GENUS MORINGUA. 
Char. Tail mncli shorter than the trunk, pectorals 
none or small, vertical tins only developed towards the 
end of the tail. No scales. 
1. Moringua raitaborua. 
Hab. Bengal. 
Colour above purple with black dots. Dorsal and 
anal fins interrupted in the middle, the hinder portion 
of each being joined into one fin. It grows to the 
length of nearly two feet. 
Wo have now completed the Eishes of the great 
order Physostomi. 
There is one peculiar little fish which I will here 
notice, as it is found in fresh water. It belongs to the 
ORDER LOPHOBRANCHII. 
Char. Gills not laminated, but composed of small 
rounded lobes, attached to the branchial arches. 
Body covered with an armour of bony plates. Snout 
produced, mouth small, toothless. 
