OTPBINID^. COBITIDINjE. 2W 



262. (19.) Nemachilus zonatus. 



Schiatura zonata, McClell. As. Res. xix, pt. 2; 2nd. Cyp. pp. 308, 



441, pi. 63, fig. 1. 

 Nemacheilus zonatus, Day, Fish. India, p. G18, pi. clvi, fig. 2 (see 



synon.). 



Mugah, Beng. 

 B. iii. D. 9 (2/7). P. 11. V. 8. A. 7-8 (2/5-6). C. 17. L. 1. 110. 



Length of head 5 in the total length. Eyes diameter one fifth 

 of length of head, 2 diameters from end of snout, 1| diameters 

 apart. Barbels all about as long as the eye. Fins dorsal arises 

 midway between snout and base of caudal, its upper margin is 

 straight ; pectorals extend a little above halfway to the base of 

 ventrals; caudal forked. Scales small, but distinct. Lateral 

 line commences by two roots, which soon coalesce ; it is continued 

 to the base of the caudal. Colour yellowish, with a green tinge ; 

 about fifteen brown bands, one third as wide as the groundcolour, 

 pass across the back and descend on either side below the lateral 

 line ; a few near the head, and some in the posterior third of the body 

 are interrupted. ' Upper surface of head marbled with black. Fins 

 immaculate, but the first two anal rays are black anteriorly, and 

 there are also slight black marks near the end of the ventrals and 

 on the outer side of the pectorals. Rostral barbels orange. The 

 young have a wide silvery band along the side, ending in a dark 

 mark at the base of the caudal fin. 



Hob. Throughout the Jumna and Granges rivers and their 

 affluents, Beerbhoom, Assam, and Orissa ; attaining at least two 

 inches in length. 



263. (20.) Nemachilus cincticauda. 



Cobitis cincticauda, Blyth, J. A. 8. S. xxix, 1860, p. 172. 

 Nemacheilus cincticauda, Day, Fish. India, p. 619, pi. clvi, fig. 6 (see 

 synon.). 



B. iii. D. 10(2/8). P. 11. V. 8. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. 



Length of head 5| in the total length. Eyes situated in the 

 middle of the length of the head. Barbels well developed. Fins-^ 

 dorsal arises nearer to the snout than to the base of the caudal, which 

 last is slightly forked with pointed lobes. Scales minute. Colour 

 yellowish, with ten regular brown zones encircling the body, and 

 sometimes but riot always broader than the ground-colour, or the 

 bands may be broken up and irregular ; a dark bar at the base of 

 the caudal and a dark band between the eye and the snout ; occa- 

 sionally a dark mark on the opercle. Dorsal with some black 

 spots. 



Hab. Burma, 



