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2. COBITIS GITXTEA. 
Ham. Buoli. Fish. Ganges, pp. 353, 394 ; McClelland, Ind. Cyp. pp. 303, 434, 
t. 51, f. 3. (from H. B.’s MSS.) ; Cuv. Yal. xviii, p. 67 ; Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 363 ; Day, 
Proc. Zool. Soe. 1869, p. 383. 
Acanthopsis Berdmorei, Blyth, J. A. S. of Beng., 1860, p. 168. 
? Acanthopsis micropogon, Blyth, 1. o. p. 168. 
Colitis Berdmorei, Day, Proo. Zool. Soo. 1869, p. 550. 
Kondatwri and gupkari, Uria ; Nga-tha-leg-doh, Bwrmese. 
B. Ill, D. 2/6-7. P. 9. V. 7. A. 2/5. C. 16. 
Length of head 1/6, of pectoral 1/9, of caudal 1/6 of the total 
length. Eyes ; — diameter 1/5 of length of head, 2 diameters from end of 
snout, and one diameter apart. Body strongly compressed, its height equal 
to the length of the head. Barbels large, well developed and all longer 
than the orbit. Fins. — Dorsal arises midway between the posterior margin 
of the orbit and the base of the caudal fin, its first three rays are in 
advance of the ventrals ; caudal generally entire, its centre rays, how- 
ever, may be somewhat shortened or even lengthened. Scales distinct. 
Lateral line absent. — Colours; generally dirty yellowish, with a daik 
band extending from the centre of the snout, and ending in a black ocellus 
above the middle of the base of the .caudal fin ; along this band are a seiies 
of dark blotches, whilst the back is similarly stained. Dorsal and caudal 
with rows of dark spots. I have obtained it at Kangra, coloured, as given by 
McClelland. 
Mob. — From Orissa through Bengal and Barma, also in Bombay 
Presidency. It attains four inches in length. 
Genus. 6. Lepidocephalichthys, EleeJcer. 
Platacanthus, Day. .7177 „ , . 7 
Body elongated and moderately compressed. Eight barbels, two of which 
belong to the mandible. A large, erectile, bifid, suborbital spine. Dorsal fin 
short, commencing opposite, or nearly so, to the ventral ; the internal ray of the 
pectoral fin may be modified into a flat osseous spine; caudal truncate or 
slightly emarginate. 
Geographical distribution. — India, Barma and Ceylon. 
Synopsis op species. 
1. Lepidocephalichthys thermalis, D. 3/6. A. 2/5. S. India and Ceylon. 
2. Lepidocephalichthys balgara, D. 8 , A. 7. Wynaad, Bengal and Assam. 
1. LePEDOCEPHAIiICHTHYS THEBMALIS. 
Colitis thermalis, Cuv. and Yah, xviii, p. 78. 
Lepidocephalichthys thermalis, Bleeker in Yerh. Holl. Maat. Haar. 1864, Cyprin. 
and Cobit. Ceylon, p. 6, t. i. f. 1 ; Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 364 ; Day, Proo. Zool. Soc. 
1869, p. 383. 
