99. NKMAcniLFs. 357 



more than one-half of the distance of its base from the ventral. 

 Upper margin of the dorsal fin oblique, straight, with the upper 

 corner slightly rounded. All the tins rather elongate. ]leddish- 

 olive, with about nine blackish bars across the back, and a few suiall 

 scattered spots on the side and caudal fin. 

 Tibet. 



a. Three inches long. Ladak. From the Collection of Messrs. von 

 Schlagintweit. 



25. Nemachilus microps. 



Cohitis microps, Stcinduchncr, Vcrh. zuoJ.-bot. Gcs. Wkn, 18G0, p. 794, 

 taf. l;3. iig. 3. 



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

 Scaleless*. Caudal fin scai'cely emarginate. Origin of the dorsal 

 fin somewhat nearer to the root of the caudal than to the end of the 

 snout. The height of the body is much less than the length of the 

 head, which is one-fifth of the total (without caudal). Head bi-oad, 

 depressed : snout thick, as long as the postorbital portion of the 

 head ; eye very small. Length of the pectoral fin about one-half of 

 the distance of its base from the ventral. Body with numerous 

 vermiculated narrow transverse stripes, more or less confluent on the 

 back into broad cross bands, sixteen or seventeen in number. 

 {Ste'nid.) 



Tibet (16,000 feet above the level of the sea). 



This fish appears to be closely allied to C. 7-iq)ccola. 



26. Nemachilus tenuicauda. 



Cobitis tenuicauda, Steindachner, VerluDtdl. zool.-bot. Gcs. Wien,lS(^, 

 p. 792, taf. 17. tig. 3. 



D. 11. A. 7. V. 8. 



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

 conspicuously nearer to the root of the caudal than to the end of the 

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

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

 The free portion of the tail is very low, its depth being one-third, 

 or rather less than one-third, of its length. Eye not very small, 

 two-ninths, or one-sixth, of the length of the head. The length of 

 the pectoral is not much more than one-half of the distance of its 

 base from the ventral. Upper margin of the dorsal fin oblicpie, with 

 the upper oorner rounded. Upper part of the side, and dorsal and 

 caudal fins, irregularly mottled with brown ; a more or less distinct 

 scries of spots along the lateral line. 



Tibet. 



a, h. Several examples, from 2 to 4| inches long. Ladak, From 

 the Collection of Messrs. von Schlagintweit. 



* I suppose that the author mentioned, who describes the skin as smooth, in- 

 tended to express that the skin is naked, inasmuch as no Cobitoid fish has a 

 rough skin. 



