348 CYPRINIB E. 



I. Dorsal Jin with more them twelve ruijs (Acantliocobitis). 



1. Nemacliilus pavonaceus. 

 Cobitis pavonacea, ilf* Clell. Ind. Cypr. pp. 305, 437, pi. 52. fig. 1. 

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

 Caudal fin convex, dorsal elongate. About twenty narrow dark 

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

 on the iipper part of the root of the caudal fin ; dorsal and caxidal 

 fins crossed by numerous bars. (M'Cl.) 

 Assam. 



Acantliocobitis longipinnis, Peters, Monatsber. Ak. Wiss. Berl.186] , 

 p. 712, from the Ganges, is, as suggested by the author, if not iden- 

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

 Peters gives as formula of the fin-rays, D. 4/18. 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 semizonatus. 



Cobitis semizonata, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. 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 ocellus 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 liues. (Blyth.) 



Tennasserim. 



3. Nemachilus rubidipinnis. 



Cobitis rubidipinnis, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 18G0, p. 170. 



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

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

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

 Avithout markings. On the dorsal are four or five rows of d^rk spots, 

 on the caudal ten or more transverse lines. (Blyth.) 



Tennasserim. 



4. Nemachilus urophthalmus. 

 D. 14. A. 7. V. 8. 



The prseorbital 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 loss than oiie-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-foiirtli of the length of the head. Body 



