100. coBiTis. 363 



Cobitis larvata, De Filippi, Mem. Accad. Torin. xix. p. Lxxi ; Canes- 

 tnni, Arch. p. la Zool. iv. 1866, p. 152. 



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



Body uiuoh compressed. Barbels very short ; eye small, in the 

 middle of the length of the head. Scales inconspicuous. The origin 

 of the dorsal fin is somewhat in advance of that of the ventrals. A 

 series of large brown spots (sometimes confluent into a band) along 

 the side of the body. A brown streak from the eye to the end of 

 the snout ; a black spot on the upper part of the root ot the caudal. 



Europe ; Japan. 



a. Half- grown, Holland. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



b. Adult : skin. Holland. From Gronow's Collection. 



c. Adult. Bavaria. From Dr. Gemminger's CoUectiou. 



d. Half- grown'. E,iver Gotha (Sweden). Purchased of Mr. Lloyd. 



Acantlwpsis aurata, De Filippi, Viaggio in Persia, p. 360, is cha- 

 racterized thus : — Habitus Acanih. tcenice, sed corpore longiore, 

 cirris longioribus, aculeo infraorbitali cum diametri verticalis oculi 

 prolongatione coincidente. Corporis lateribus et abdomine nitide 

 auratis. — Neighbourhood of Sartschem. 



2. Cobitis guntea. 



Cobitis gimtea, Ham. Buck. Fish. Gang. p. 353 j M'Clell. Ind. Cypr. 

 pp. 303, 434, tab. 51. fig. 3 (copied from Buchanan^ s MS. draunngs), 



D. 9. A. 7. V. 7. 



Body moderately compressed Barbels well developed. Eye- 

 rather small. The origin of the dorsal fin is somewhat in advance 

 of the ventrals. Three series of spots (each composed of dots) along 

 the side of the body, those of the middle series confluent into a 

 band. Dorsal ana caudal fins with numerous brownish dots. 

 i^Buch.) 



Assam and Bengal. 



3. Cobitis gongota. 



Cobitis gongota, Ham. Bach. Fish. Gimg. p. 351. 



cucura, Ham. Buck. I. c. p. 362 ; M'- Clell. Ind. Cypr. pp. 303, 



434, tab. 51. fig. 2 (copied from Buchanan's MS. drawings) 

 (youug). 



oculata, M' Clell. Ind. Cyp: pp. 303, 433, tab. 51. fig. 1. (copied 



from Buchanan's MS. drawings). 

 ? Cobitis maya, Sykes, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 367. 

 ? Cobitis amnicola, Cuv. Sf Val. xviii. p. 68. 



Somileptes gongota, Stvainson ^ Bleeker, Atl. Ickthyol. Cypr. p. 3 

 (name only). 



D. 10. A. 8. V. 7. 

 Body moderately compressed. Barbels moderately developed. 

 Eye small, prominent, somewhat before the middle of the length of 

 the head. Scales inconspicuous. The origin of the dorsal fin is in 

 the vertical from the root of the inner ventral ray. A more or less 

 distim-t, undulated band aloi'p the side of the body, emitting vcr- 



