. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Fishes. 59. AR1TTS. 141 the head. Crown of the head granulated, the granules being arranged in radiating series ; occipital plate tri- angular, elevated into an obtuse ridge along its middle < rather broader then long ; the basal bone of the dorsal spine is of moderate width, narrowest in the middle, each half slightly bent into an S-shaped form. Dorsal spine strong, as long as the head without snout, granulated in front and obtusely ser- rated behind, as high as the soft dor- sal or as the body underneath. A
. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Fishes. 59. AR1TTS. 141 the head. Crown of the head granulated, the granules being arranged in radiating series ; occipital plate tri- angular, elevated into an obtuse ridge along its middle < rather broader then long ; the basal bone of the dorsal spine is of moderate width, narrowest in the middle, each half slightly bent into an S-shaped form. Dorsal spine strong, as long as the head without snout, granulated in front and obtusely ser- rated behind, as high as the soft dor- sal or as the body underneath. Adi- pose fin somewhat shorter than the dorsal. Pectoral spine as long as that of the dorsal fin, granulated exteriorly and serrated interiorly. Ventral fins much shorter than the pectorals, not extending on to the anal. Caudal deeply forked. a. Twenty-six inches long: stuffed. of the East India Company. b. Twenty-four inches long: stuffed, Calcutta. From the Collection 3. Arius sagor. Pimelodus sagor, Ham. Buck. p. 169. Bagrus sondaicus, Cuv. <§- Vol. xiv. p. 444; Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 255. javensis, Cuv. Sf Vol. xiv. p. 445. sagor, Cuv. fy Vol. xiv. p. 446. Hexanematichthys sundaicus, Bleek. Prodr. Silur. p. 127, and Atl. Ichth. Silur. p. 26. tab. 62. D. 1/7. A. 18. The height of the body is contained nearly six times in the total length (without caudal), the length of the head three times and three- fourths. Head much depressed, much broader than high, its greatest width being equal to its length without snouj;. The teeth on the palate are in two pairs of patches, which are confluent, or separated by very narrow interspaces; the vomerine pair is only half as large as that of the palatine bones. Six barbels; those of the maxillaries extend to the end, the outer ones of the man- dible to the middle of the pectoral fin. Nearly the whole of the upper surface of the head and of the neck is granulated, the granules being arranged in radiating or concentric line
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