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11. Sul-Fam. HOMALOPTERINA. 
Apdlopterinai, MoClell. 
Pseudobranchice absent. Body elongated and depressed anteriorly, 
having a broad smooth abdomen. Snout prominent before the mouth, which 
latter is small, transverse, inferior and central, with fleshy lips. Barbels 
present. Branchial aperture vertical and narrow. Pharyngeal teeth in a 
single row, conical. Pectoral and ventral flm horizontal, forming half discs. 
Body scaled. Air bladder absent. 
Geographical distribution. — -Streams and mountain torrents in the Hills 
of India, and extending as far as Java and Sumatra. 
Oku one known genus. 
Homaloptera, 6 barbels, none on mandibles. 
12. Genus. Homaloptera, v. Hass. 
Balitora, Gray. 
Flatycara, McClelland. 
Head and anterior part of body depressed ; snout more or less spatu- 
late. Mouth small, inferior, with two pairs of rostral barbels, and one at 
either angle of the mouth. Pharyngeal teeth small, from 5 to 16 in one row. 
Pectoral and ventral fins with many rays, the outer of which are simple. 
Dorsal short, situated opposite to the ventrals ; anal likewise short. 
Geographical distribution. — Java and Sumatra, and through some of 
the hilly districts of the Himalayas to the Wynaad in Madras Presidency. 
Synopsis op Species. 
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1. Homaloptera Brucei, D. 3/8, A. 2/5, L. 1. 70. Brown blotched with darkor. 
Wynaad Mils in Madras. 
2. „ maculata, D. 11, A. 2/5, L. 1. 78. Butan and Khasi Hills. 
3 ,, bilineata, D. 9, A. 6. Horizontal bands. Tenasserim Provinces. 
1. Homaloptera Brucei. 
Balitora Brucei, Gray and Hard., Ind. Zool. j *McClelland, Ind. Cyp., p. 299, 428, 
pi. 49, fig. 1. (From Gray and Hard.) ; *Cuv. and Val. xviii, p. 101, 
Flatycara cmstraUs, Jerdon, M. J. L. and S., 1849, p. 333. 
Homaloptera Brucei, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 348 ; Gunther, Catal. vii, 
p. 340. 
Cal-eandee, Tam. “ Stone carp.”. 
B. III. D. 3/8. P. 19, V. 9, A. 2/5, C. 17, L. 1. 70. 
Length of head 1/6, of caudal 1/6, height of body 1/7 of the total 
length. — Byes : directed upwards and outwards, diameter 1/5 of length of 
head, 3 diameters from end of snout, 2 diameters apart. Snout broad, 
depressed ; lips fringed. Rostral barbels short, then- length equalling about 
