348 CTrEixn>.E. 



I. Dorsal Jilt with more than ftceh-e ra>/s (Acanthocobitis). 



1. NemacMlus pavonaceus. 



Cobitis pavonacea. M'CMl. Ltd. Ctjpr. pp. 305, 437, pi. 52. fig. 1. 

 D. 17. A. 6. V. 9(?). 



Caudal fin convex, dorsal elongate. About twenty naiTo-n- dark 

 bars across the dorsal half of the body. A black-and-white ocellus 

 on the upper part of the root of the caudal fin ; dorsal and caudal 

 fins crossed by luimerous bai-s. i^M'Cl.) 



Assam. 



Acantliocohltis hmjijyitinis. Peters. Monatsber. .ik. Wiss. Berl. 1S61, 

 p. 712. from the Ganges, is. as sugges^ted by the author, if not iden- 

 tical with, at all events closely ixllied to, "the above species. Prof. 

 Peters gives as formida of the fin-rays, D. 4 IS. A. 3 '6. V. 1/7. 

 M'Clelland is not very exact as regards the number of fin-rays, and 

 the example in the Berlin Museum has lost its colours ; so that some 

 allowance must be made for the discrepancies in the accounts given 

 of this fish. 



2. Nemachilus semizonatxis. 



Cobitis semizonata, Bli/th, Jotirn. As. Sac. Bengal, 1860, p. 171. 



D. 16. A minute spinelet above the muzzle. Tail slightly bilo- 

 bate. A series of from twelve to fourteen dark transverse dorsal cross 

 bands, occasionally forked or confluent, reaching the lateral line, 

 below which is a longitudinal row of about twelve irregular blackish 

 spots. A black white-edged oceUiis superiorly on the base of the 

 caudal. Dorsal fin with four or five irregular rows of dark spots ; 

 caudal with seven or eight dark transverse hues. (Bh/th.) 



Tennasserim. 



3. Nemachilus nibidipinms. 



Cobitis rubidipinnis. B!i/th. Joiini. As. Soc. Bcmjal, ISGO, p. 170. 



D. 15. A short, broad, obtuse, spine-like process projecting from 

 the middle of the upper lip. Tail somewhat rounded. Ohve-brown, 

 dorsal and caudal fins transversely rayed with dusky ; the other fins 

 without markings. On the dorsal are four or five rows of dark spots, 

 on the caudal ten or more transverse lines. {Bh/th.) 



Tennasserim. 



4. Nemachilus m'ophthalinus. 

 D. 14. A. 7. V. S. 



The pneorbital terminates behind in a slight and obtuse projec- 

 tion situated below the eye, sometimes moveable, sometimes hidden 

 below the skin. Scales very distinct, imbricate. Caudal fin sub- 

 truncate, with the angles rounded. Body compressed ; its height is 

 one-fourth of the total length (without caudal), the length of the 

 head a little less than one-fourth. Origin of the dorsal fin scarcely 

 nearer to the end of the snout than to the root of the caudal. Snout 

 of moderate length ; eye occupying the middle of the length of the 

 head, of moderate size, one-fourth of the length of the head. Body 



