622 PHYSOSTOMI. 



B. iii, D. 8 (10 ?), P. 12, V. 8, A. 7 , C. 19. 



Length of head (according to figure) about 1/5, of caudal 1/5, height of body 1/5 of the total length. 



g„es of moderate size. Free portion of tail appears higher than long. Back elevated. Fi'jis— dorsal 



commences midway between the end of the snout and the base o£ the caudal fin: pectoral nearly reaches the 

 ventral. Caudal emarginate. Colours — body irregularly spotted and blotched. 



Habitat. — Assam, said to have been taken at Goalpara. 



31. Nemacheilus guttatus. 



Gobitis guttata, McClell. Ind. Cyp. pp. 305, 438, pi. 52, fig. 5, 6 ; Cuv. and Val. xviii, p. 7'J ; Bleeker, 



Beng. p. 70. . 



Nemachilus guttatus, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 360. 



B. iii, D. 8. 



This species is said to have only four barbels. Colours— Wghi green with dark blotches. 



Habitat. — Joorhath in Upper Assam. 



