Cobitis. INDIAN CYPRINID&. 433 
Sus-Gen.—COBITIS PROPRIA, J. M. 
Head and body elongated, the former conical and invested with a 
thick fleshy covering. Body almost cylindric, with small scales; a clouded 
distribution of plain colours, often brown; caudal entire, mouth small, 
placed below a narrow fleshy snout, and surrounded with small cirri. No 
abdominal air-vessel. 
I.—CoBiITIs ocuLaATA, J. M. 
t. 51. f. 1. B. 
Cobitis gongota, Buch. 
This species, like most of the Loaches, has six cirri. The eyes are promi- 
nent and raised above the crown; pectorals, ventrals, and caudal round; the 
branchial membrane is attached to the pectoral fins, as in the Gobes ; body long, 
and marked with clouded spots of yellowish brown colour ; dorsal and caudal 
crossed with interrupted fine bars or spots ; colour above brown, below silvery. 
The fin rays are, 
ID IRIS \Warlo Ale 8 (CAIIGy. 
Buchanan makes but six rays in each ventral, and eight in the anal fin. 
It has two suborbitar spines on either side; the stomach and intestine are 
continuous and straight, and about half the entire length of the body. The 
lower jaw is composed of two very slender bones attached together in front 
by ligaments, and the air-vessel is contained in a small bony case situated 
over the entrance to the cesophagus. It is common in small stagnant 
streams with sandy bottoms in Upper Assam, and Buchanan found it in the 
northern parts of Bengal near the foot of the mountains; its usual length is 
about six inches. 
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