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1872.] F. Day— Monograph of Indian Cyprinidce. 
anterior being partially enclosed in a bony capsule, whilst the posterior por- 
tion floats free in the abdominal cavity. 
Geographical distribution. — Found, in the plains and hills in Eastern 
Bengal, and in both Upper and Lower Barma. 
Synopsis OP SPECIES. 
1. Botia nebnlosa, D. 3/12, A. 2/5, Barbels six. Darjiling. 
2. Botia dario, D. 3/10, A. 2/6. Barbels eight. Bengal, N. TV. Provinces, Oachar. 
3. Botia hymenophysa, D. 13 — 15, A. 8. Barbels six. Barma. 
4. Botia Almorhce, D. 12, A. 8. Barbels eight. Almorah. 
5. Botia rostrata, D. 12, A. 8. Barbels eight. Assam. 
6. Botia Berdmorei, D. 2/9, A. 2/5. Barbels eight. Darjiling. 
7. Botia histrionicu, D. 2/8, A. 2/5. Barbels eight. Pegu. 
1. Botia nebuiosa. 
Blyth, J. A. S. of B., 1860, p. 165 j Day, Proo. Zool. Soe. 1869, p. 550. 
B. III. D. 3/12. P. 13. V. 8. A. 2/5. C. 17. 
• Length of head 1/5, of caudal 1/5, height of body 1/5 of the total 
length. Eyes, — in the middle of the length of the head, two diameters from 
the end of the snout, and the same distance apart. Colours, — brownish, 
with a leaden band along the side. Dorsal and caudal barred in spots. 
An ocellus at the upper margin of the base of the caudal fin. 
Sab .- — Darj iling. 
2. Botia daeio. 
Cohit is dario, Ham. Bucli., Fish. Ganges, pp. 354, 394, pi. 29, f. 9a ; *Cnv. and 
Val,, xviii, p. 85; Bleeker, Verh. Bat Gen. Ned. Ind., xxv. Beng. and Hind. p. 143; 
McClell. Ind. Cyp, pp 306, 444, pi 61, f. 8. 
? Cobitisgeto, Ham. Buch., 1. o. pp. 355, 394, pi. xi, f. 96; Cuv. and Yal. xviii, 
p. 84 ; McClo’ll., Ind Cyp. pp. 306, 444, pi. 61, f. 9. 
Botia dario, Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 366. 
ISahinga, Panj.; Buck tea, Hind. ; Shee-nharo, Sind. 
B. III. D. -5-. P. 14. V. 8. A. 2/6. C. 19. 
9—10 
Length of head 1/5, of caudal 1/5, height of body 1/5 of the total 
length. Eyes — small, situated in the anterior portion of the posterior half of 
the head, and from H to 2 diameters apart. Barbels eight. Posterior 
portion of air vessel free in the abdominal cavity. Colours ; seven or eight 
oblique hands descend from the back to the abdomen, and two or three, or 
even more, cross either lobe of the caudal fin. In some specimens, especially 
from the Jumna, there are about five vertical bands, which arch superiorly 
so as to coalesce with the next on either side, between each arch is an 
intermediate vertical blotch. Sometimes there are two bars on the pectoral 
and the same number on the ventral fins. 
Sab. — Bengal, N. W. Provinces and the Panjab, also Cachar. I have 
generally taken it in the rivers of the plains, except in the Sind bills 
