362 CYPRIXID.E. 



the eyes sharp and bony. A dark nebulous streak extends along the 

 lateral line. Caudal fin round, crossed by several small bars, 

 Mishmee Mountains. 



100. COBITIS*. 



Cobitis, sp., Artedi. 



Botia, sp., Or ay, Zool. Misc. p. 8. 



Acaiithopsis, Ar/assiz, Mem. Soc. ik. Nat. Neuchdtely i. p. 36 (not Van 



Has.f.). 

 Somileptes ct Cobitis, Bleekcr. 



Body more or less compressed, elongate; back not arched. A 

 small, erectile, bifid suborbital spine below the eye. Six barbels 

 only on the upper jaw. Dorsal fin inserted opposite to ventrals ; 

 caudal rounded or truncate. Air-bladder enclosed in a bony capsule. 



Europe ; East-Indian continent. 



1. Cobitis taenia. 



Spinous Loach, Groundlin<i-. Der Steinpizgor. 



Cobitis aculeata, Rotuhd. ii. p. 204; Aldrov. v. p. 617; Gesner, 



pp. 404, 48i> ; JouMon, iii. tit. 1, c. 12. a. 2, t. 26. i. 21 ; Willughhy, 



Hid. Pise. p. 2(50, tab. Q. 8. fig. 3. 

 Trenia cornuta, WiUaylihi/, I. c. p. 260. 

 Marsil. Dunuh. Paii.-My.-i. p. 3, tab. 4. fig. 2. 

 Cobitis, sp., Artedi, Genera, p. 2. no. 1 ; Species, p. 4. no. 1 ; and 



Synoii. p. 3. no. 2 ; Gronov. Zvophyl. no. 202. 

 Cobitis ta3iiia, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 400 ; Bl. Fische Deiitschl. i. p. 221, 



tab. 31 . fig. 2 ; Bl. Schn. p. 434 ; Laerp. v. p. 9 ; Pcdlas, Zoogr. Boss.- 



As. iii. p. 1(>(5 ; Midler, I'ludr. Zaol. Dan. p. 47 ; Meidinyer, tab. 32 ; 



Tarton, Brit. Faun. p. 103 ; Fleming, Brit. An. p. 189 ; Jenyns, 3Ian. 



p. 417; Nilss. tSkand. Faun. Fiah. p. 345; Cuv. <§• Val. xviii. p. 58; 



Heel;, t^" Kner, Sdssa-asserf. p. 303. fig. l03 ; Siebohl, Sii^sicasserf. 



p. 338; Mcdniyren, iriey?n. Arch. 1864, p. 306; Steindachner, 



Sitzysber. Ak. Wiss. IJ'ien, 18()5, Nov. 3 &30; Cancstrini, Arch. 



p. da Zool. etc. iv. 1866, p. 148; Blanehard, Poiss. France, p. 285. 

 Spinous Lochc, Pe7mant, Brit. Zool. ed. 1812, iii. p. 381. 

 Botia taenia, Yarrell, Brit. Fish. i. p. 381 ; 2nd edit. i. p. 432; 3rd 



edit. i. p. 452; Kriiyer, Uanm. Fisk. iii. p. 564; Couch, Brit. Fish. 



iv. p. 72, c. fig. pess. 

 Aeantliopsis trenia, Ayassiz, Mem.' Soc. Se. Neuehdtcl, i. p. .36; Selys- 



Lonych. Fuune Beige, p. 102; Nordm. in Demidojf Voy. Buss. 



Merid. iii. p. 468; Jeittelcs, Fische d. March, i. 1863, p. 18. 

 Cobitis (Aeantliopsis) caspia, Fichicald, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1838, 



ii. p. l-"53; and Faun. C'asp.-Caucas. p. IGO. 

 • taenia japonica, Schleg. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 222, pi. 103. 



figs. 3 >fc 3 a. 



elongata, Heck. i$- Kner, Siissu-asserf. p. 305. fig. 164. 



Cobitis barbatula, Gronov. Syst. ed Gray, p. 41 (not auct.). 



* 1. Aciintliopsis linea. Heckcl, in Biisscyyer's Reisen, ii. 3. p. 267. — Per.sepolis. 

 2. bcrdinorci, Bhjih, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1800, p. 1G8. — Tcniias- 



seriin. 

 .3. niicrnpogon, Bh/th, I. r. — Tonnas-scriin. This species is drseribed 



af> liuvi))'' ■tlio biil riiirali'.' 



