CTPRINID^E. COBITIDIN-S:. 



broader than the lighter interspaces, a black streak across the root 

 of the caudal. Dorsal and caudal rays with blackish dots. The 

 bands appear to be absent in some specimens. 



Hob. Bhavani river in Madras and Mysore, also Orissa. 



267. (24.) Nemacbilus spilopterus. 



Cobitis spiloptera, Cuo. $ Val H. N. Poiss. xviii, p. 27, pi. 522. 

 Neiuacheilus spilopterus, Day, Fish. India, p. 020, pi. clvi, fig. 9 (see 

 synon.). 



B. iii. D. 9-10 (2/7-8). P. 15. V. 7. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. 



Length of head 5-| to 6 in the total length. Eyes near the 

 summit ojE the head and in or rather before the middle of its length. 

 Barbels short. Fins dorsal commences midway between end of 

 snout and root of caudal. Caudal slightly emarginate. Scales 

 absent. Colour greenish yellow, with from eleven to fifteen irre- 

 gular bands crossing the back, and a black band across the root of 

 the caudal fin. A black blotch at the base of the first three dorsal 

 rays, two bauds along the fin, another along its base, and three on 

 caudal. 



Hob. Himalayas, Assam, and Cochin China. 



268. (25.) NemacMlus marmoratus. 



Cobitis marmorata, Heckel, Fisch. Caschmir, p. 76, t. 12, figs. 1, 2. 

 Nemacheilus marnioratus, Day, Fish. India, p. 620, pi. civ, fig. 9 (see 

 synon.). 



B. iii. D. 9 (2/7). P. 11. V. 7. A. 7 (2/5). C. 17. 



Length of head 4-| to 5 in the total length. Eyes situated in the 

 middle of the length of the head. Fins dorsal commencing mid- 

 way between the end of the snout and the root of the caudal, which 

 latter is somewhat convex or cut square at its extremity. Scales 

 absent. Colow marbled or irregularly blotched and mottled with. 

 brown. Tins more or less spotted. In some specimens a dark 

 band exists along the body and some bars over the back of the 

 tail. 



JIab. Kashmir Lake. 



269. (26.) Nemachilus stoliczkae. (Fig. 84.) 



Cobitis stoliczkai, Steindachner, Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1866, p. 793. ' 

 Nemacheilus stoliczkoe, Day, Fish. India, p. 620, pi. civ, fig. 10 (see 

 synon.). 



B. iii. D. 9 (2/7). P. 13. V. 8. A. 7 (2/5). C. 15. 



Length of head 6 in the total length. Eyes diameter 8 in 

 length of the head, 3 diameters from end of snout and 2 apart. 



