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dian beak fitting against a corresponding incision in lower jaw; inner 

 lostral barbel just reaching nostril, outer rostral barbel extending to 

 front margin of e3^e, maxillary barbel reaching a little past posterior 

 margin of eye; nasal barbels short, when depressed not extendinjx 

 to eye. 



Squamation : Scales embedded, becoming indistinct or deficient on 

 anterior part of body, lateral line complete. 



Fins : Origin of dorsal fin nearly over insertion of ventrals, nearer 

 to base of caudal than to tip of snout ; dorsal rays ii,8, first branched 

 ray less than 0.5 head ; caudal slightly emarginate, less than length of 

 head ; anal rays ii,5, longest branched ray 1.8 in head ; ventrals extend- 

 ing beyond vent, about 1.5 in head; pectorals slightly longer than 

 ventrals, rays i, 10. 







Figure 67. — Noemacheilus reidi, new species: Type (U.S.N.M. No. 107944). Drawn by 



Mrs. Alice C. Mullen. 



Coloration : General color dull yellowish brown, lighter below ; top 

 of head dark brown; body from head to caudal fin with 10 dark brown 

 cross bands about as wide as interspaces, the bands of the two sides 

 meeting on back; four of the bands predorsal, two subdorsal, four 

 postdorsal, together with a black band across base of caudal fin ; dorsal 

 fin with a blackish spot at base anteriorly, the rays dark green me-- 

 dianly ; caudal fin dusky green ; a small dark spot at inferior base of 

 ventral and pectoral fins ; fins otherwise plain. 



Type and paratypes. — The type, a specimen 8 cm. long (U.S.N.M. 

 No. 107944) was taken October 19, 1936, in Huey Mekong Kha, a 

 mountain torrent at base of Doi Mekong Kha, Northern Thailand. 

 The stream is a tributory of the Salwin. Sixteen other specimens 

 taken at the same place October 19, 20, and 22 are 4 to 8.4 cm. long. 

 Paratypes bear U.S.N.M. Nos. 107908, 107913, 107914, 107918, and 

 117744. 



Other specimens. — Three specimens from the Salwin at Ta Ta Fang, 

 Northern Thailand, October 15, 1936, are 5.5, 6.3, and 6.9 cm. long; 

 the two largest contained ripe eggs. All these specimens, including 

 the type, were collected by H. G. Deignan. 



