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TELEOSTEI . PH YSOSTOM I . 



Barbels the maxillary are the longest, and reach to below the hinder 

 edge of the eye. Fins origin of dorsal nearer root of caudal 

 than end of snout. Caudal slightly emargiuate. Scales absent. 



Fig. 84.Nemackilus stoliczka. 



Colour greyish along the back, becoming lighter beneath, marbled 

 all over with dark green or black spots or bands. Dorsal, caudal, 

 and sometimes outer pectoral rays barred. 



Hob. Leh or Ladak and waters going directly into the Indus 

 near its source, and Tibet; also Tarkand where the streams go 

 into the Tarkand river. 



270. (27.) Nemacbilus blythii. 



Nemacheilus blythii, Day, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 552, and Fish. India, 

 p. 621. 



B. iii. D. 9 (2/7). V. 9. A. 7 (2/5). C. 19. 



Length of head 5, of caudal 5, height of body 6| in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter two ninths of length of head, 1 diameter 

 from end of snout, 1| apart. Barbels longer than the orbit. Fins 

 dorsal commences midway between snout and base of caudal h'n, 

 which latter has sharp lobes. Scales minute. Colour brownish, 

 becoming lighter on the abdomen ; a dark band at the base of the 

 caudal. 



Hab. Doubtful. Two specimens, 3 inches long, exist in. the 

 Calcutta Museum. 



271. (28.) Nemachilns butanensis. 



Cobitis boutanensis, McClell. Calc. Jour. N. H. ii, p. 586. 

 Nemacheilus butanensis, Day, Fish. India, p. 621 (see synon.). 



B. iii. D. 9. V. 7. A. 7. 



Length of head 5^, of caudal 5-i in the total length. Eyes 

 small, in the middle of the length of the head. Fins dorsal com- 

 mences nearer to end of snout than to root of caudal, which latter 

 is rounded. Scales distinct. Colour doubtful. 



