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3. Botia hymenophysa. 
Oobitis hymenopliysa, Bleeker, Nat. Tyd. Ned. Ind. iii, p. 602. 
Hymenophym Macclellamli, Bleeker, Cyp. Prod. p. 63. 
Botia hymenopliysa, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. Cypr. p. 6, t. i, f . 2 ; Gunther, Cat. vii, p. 368. 
Nga-tha-lay-doh and Shoay-zagay , Burmese. 
B. III. D. -1 V. 8. A. 2/6. 
11—13 
length of head nearly 1/4 of the total length. Eyes — slightly behind 
the middle of the length of the head. Suborbital spine small, only reaching 
to below the middle of the eye. Barhels six. Colours brownish, with eleven 
darker cross hands. 
Hah . — The northern portions of British and also Upper Burma. 
4. Botia Almobhaj. 
Gray, Zool. Misc. 1831, p. 8 ; Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 367. 
Botia grandis, Gray and Hardw. Ind. Zool. j* Cuv. and Yal., xviii, p.86 ; McClell. 
Cal. J. N. H., ii, p. 586. 
B. III. D. 12. V. 8. A. 8. 
Length of head 1/4, height ofbody nearly 1/4 of the length, excluding the 
caudal tin. Eyes in the middle of the length of the head, 2 diameters apart. 
Snout pointed, half as long, as the head. Suborbital spine extending nearly or 
quite to behind the posterior margin of the orbit. Barhels eight. Free 
portion of the tail as deep as long. Fins ; — dorsal commences midway between 
the end of the snout and the base of the caudal. Colours ; — body reticulated 
with brown, the yellow ground colour being broken up into spots ; all the 
fins with more or less regular brown cross hands, three or four on each 
caudal lobe, three across the anal fin, and about six across the pectoral. 
Hab . — Almorah. 
5. Botia eosteata. 
Gunther, Catal., vii, p. 367. 
B. III. D. 12, P. 14, V. 8, A. 8. 
Length of head 1/4, of caudal 1/5, height ofbody 1/5 of the total length. 
Eyes, — diameter 2/15 of length of head, 4 diameters from end of snout ; 
interorbital space not quite equal to 2 diameters of the orbit. Snout pointed, 
longer than the remaining portion of the head. Suborbital spine not 
extending to below the posterior margin of the orbit. Barhels eight. 
Depth of free portion of tail li in its length. Fins ; — dorsal arises midway 
between the posterior margin of the orbit and the base of the caudal, which 
last has sharp lobes. Colours ; — body with irregular and partly confluent 
brown cross bands, which enclose variously sized round yellowish spots. 
Dorsal and anal fins with two, pectoral, ventral, and each lobe of the caudal 
with three, black cross hands. 
Hab. — Bengal and Assam. 
