. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Fishes. l<i:5. IIYIIEXOPHYSA. 3G7 a. Half-grown. Ganges, f'loin M'Clelland's Collection. 6, Young : bad state. I'ivei' Hooghly. From Dr. Bleekor"s Collec- tion. ' c-d. Half-grown. Cacliar. Presented by Playfair. 2. Botia almorhse. Botia almorhse, Grai/, Z',oI. 3fisc. 1831, p. 8. graudis, Grai/ ^- Ilardw. Ind. Zool. c. fig. D. 12. A. 8. V. 8. Barbels eight. The height of the body is a little less than the length of the head, which is one-fourth of the total (â without caudal); snout pointed, i
. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Fishes. l<i:5. IIYIIEXOPHYSA. 3G7 a. Half-grown. Ganges, f'loin M'Clelland's Collection. 6, Young : bad state. I'ivei' Hooghly. From Dr. Bleekor"s Collec- tion. ' c-d. Half-grown. Cacliar. Presented by Playfair. 2. Botia almorhse. Botia almorhse, Grai/, Z',oI. 3fisc. 1831, p. 8. graudis, Grai/ ^- Ilardw. Ind. Zool. c. fig. D. 12. A. 8. V. 8. Barbels eight. The height of the body is a little less than the length of the head, which is one-fourth of the total (â without caudal); snout pointed, its length being rather more than that of the remain- ing part of the head. Suborbital spine extending to, or nearly to, below the hind margin of the orbit. Interorbital space rather nar- row, not twice as wide as the orbit, which is small. Body reticu- lated with brown, the yellow ground-colour being broken up into yellow spots; all the fins with more or less regular brown cross bands, three or four on each caudal lobe, three across the anal fin, and about six across the pectoral. India. a. Type of the species. Presented by General Hardwicke. 6, Adult. From the Collection of the East-India Company. 3. Botia rostrata. D. 12. A. 8. V. 8. Barbels eight The height of the body is one-fourth or one-fifth of the total length (without caudal), the length of the head two- sevenths. Snout very long, pointed, its length being considerably more than that of the remaining part of the head. Suborbital spine not extending to below the hind margin of the orbit. Interor- bital space narrow, not twice as wide as the orbit, which is small. Origin of the dorsal fin midway between the root of the caudal and nostril. Caudal fin deeply forked. Body â nath irregular and partly confluent brown cross bands, which enclose larger and smaller round whitish spots. Dorsal and anal fins with two, pec- toral, ventral, and each caudal lobe with three brown cross bands. Assam (?); Bengal. a. Five inches long.
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