90. NEMAcniLus. 355 



dorsal fin midway between the end of the snout and the root of the 

 caudal fin. The height of the body is less than the length of the 

 head, which is one-fifth of the total (without caudal). Snout pro- 

 duced, obtusCj a little longer than the postorbital portion of the head. 

 Eye small, with free orbital rim, its length being equal to the width 

 of the interorbital space. Length of the pectoral about one-half of 

 the distance of its root from the ventral. Upper margin of the dorsal 

 fin obliquely descending backwards. Back and sides irregularly 

 mottled with dark brown ; generally a blackish blotch on the lower 

 half of the base of the caudal. Dorsal and caudal fins with brownish- 

 black spots arranged in irregular cross bands. 



Europe, with the exception of Denmark and Scandinavia. 



a. Adult. Holland. From Dr. Bleekcr's Collection. 



h-d. Adult. Neckar. From the Stuttgart Collection. 



&-h. Adult. River Blau. From the Stuttgart Collection. 



i-m. Adult and half-grown. Darube. 



n. Adult. Moravia (named Cobitis variabilis, Heckel), 



0, p-q. Adult and half-grown. 



r. Half-grown. England. Presented by T. Gray, Esq. 



20. Nemachilus galilsBus. 

 Cobitis galilsea, Gilnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 493. 

 D. 12. A. 8. V. 7. 



Scaleless. Caudal fin truncate. The origin of the dorsal fin is 

 somewhat nearer to the end of the snout than to the root of the 

 caudal. The height of the body is considerably less than the length 

 of the head, which is contained five times and one-fourth in the total 

 (without caudal). Snout of moderate length, a little shorter than 

 the postorbital portion of the head. Eye small, with a free circular 

 eyelid, its diameter not being quite as wide as the interorbital space. 

 Length of the pectoral more than one-half of the distance of its base 

 from the ventral. Upper margin of the dorsal fin straight, oblique. 

 Body finely mottled with brown ; four brown cross bars on the back 

 before, and four behind the dorsal fin. 



Lake of Galilee. 



a. Type of the species, 3 inches long. Presented by Th. W. Bed- 

 dome, Esq. 



21. Nemachilus panthera. 



Cobitis panthera, HecPel, inRusseggei'^s Reisen, i. n. 1087, taf. 12. fig. 2. 

 leopard us, Heckel, I. c. ii. p. 241, taf. 18. fig. 4. 



D. 10. A. 7. V. 6. 

 Caudal fin truncate. Origin of the dorsal fin nearly midway be- 

 tween the end of the snout and the root of the caudal. The height 

 of the body is less than the length of the head, which is two-ninths, 

 or rather more than one-fifth, of the total (without caudal). Snout 

 of moderate length, obtuse, somewhat shorter than the postorbital 

 portion of the head. Eye small. Length of the pectoral fin more 



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