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flab. Bhutan, where it attains 5 inches in length. McClelland's 

 type in the British Museum is in a bad state. 



272.. (29.) Nemachilus gracilis. 



Nemacheilus gracilis, Day, P.Z. S. 1876, p. 798; Yark. Miss, Fish, 

 pi. iv, tig. 5, and Fish. India, p. 621 (see synon.). 



B. iii. D. 9 (2/7). P. 13. V. 8. A. 8 (2/6). C. 17. 



Length of head 5, of caudal 63 in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 11 in length of head, 4 diameters from end of snout, 

 and 2^ apart. Barbels the maxillary about twice as long as the; 

 eye, the outer rostral pair reach the hind nostril, the inner are 

 shorter. Fins dorsal commences midway between eye and base 

 of cauda} fin. Caudal slightly emarginate. Scales absent. Colour 

 brownish along the back, becoming yellowish beneath; dorsal 

 and caudal with dull spots. 



llab. Basgo, on the head-waters of the Indus. 



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 273. (30.) Nemachilus turio. 



Cobitia turio, Ham. Such. Fish. Ganyes, pp. 358, 395. 

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

 Turi, Assam. 



B. iii. D. 8 (10?). P. 12. V. 8. A. 7. C. 19. 



Length of head about ^ of the total length. Eyes of moderate 

 size. Back elevated. Fins dorsal commences midway betweeri 

 the end of the snout and the base of the caudal fin; pectoral 

 nearly reaches the ventral. Caudal emarginate. Colour- body 

 irregularly spotted and blotched. 



Hab. Assam, said to have been taken at Goalpara. 



274. (31.) Nemachilus guttatus. 



Cobitis guttata, McClell. As. Res. xix, pt. 2 j Ind. Cyp. pp. 305, 438, 



pi. 52, figs. 5, 6. 

 Nemacheilus guttatus, Day, Fish. India, p. 622 (see synon.). 



B. iii. D. 8. 



This species is said to have only four barbels. Colour light 

 green with dark blotches. 



llab. Jorhat in Upper Assam. 



