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S34. Sofia Berdmorei t Blyth. D. 12, A. 7. Barbels eight. Tenaa- 

 serim Provinces. 



335. Botia histrionica, Blyth. D. 10, A. 7. Barbels eight. Pegu. 



Platacanthus , sp. Day. 



Body elongated and moderately compressed. Wight barbels, two of 

 which are mandibular. A free, erectile, bifid, sub-orbital spine. I) or sal fin 

 long (%7 branched rays) , commencing before the ventrals : the internal ray 

 of the pectoral fin modified into a fiat osseous spine : caudal slightly 

 emarginate. 



336. Jerdonia maculata, Day. D. 30, A. 9. Madras, 



B. No erectile spine near the orbit. 

 Genus NEMACHEILUS, v. Hass. 



Acoura et Acourus, Swain. : Acanthocobitis, Peters. 



Body elongated. Dorsal profile nearly horizontal. Barbels eight or 

 six: when the former, the extra pair belong to the posterior nostrils: none on 

 the mandibles. No spine on the head. Dorsal fin of moderate length, or 

 short, situated opposite the ventrals. 



a. With eight barbels. 



337. Nemacheilus Evezardi, Day. D. 17, A. 7. Greenish, with 

 small dark blotches. Poona. 



d. With six barbels. 



338. Nemacheilus pavonaceus, McClelland. D 15-17, A. 7. Body 

 with cross bands : caudal emarginate, with rounded angles. Assam 

 and Tenasserim Provinces. 



839. Nemacheilus botia, Ham. Buch. Bil-turi, Assam: Soon-da-lee, 

 Panj. : Gool-lu-ah, North-West Provinces. D, 14, A. 7. Body irregu- 

 larly blotched. Caudal emarginate. Throughout India, except its most 

 southern portion. 



34D. Nemacheilus JRiipelli, Sykes. D. 12-13, A. 8. Short bars on 

 body. Caudal emarginate. Poona. 



341. Nemacheilus moreh, Sykes. D. 12, A. 7. Caudal wedge- 

 shaped. Deccan. 



342. Nemacheilus monoceros, McClelland. D. 12, A. 6. Caudal 

 rounded. Assam. 



343> Nemacheilus aureus, Day. D. 12, A. 7. Body blotched. 

 Caudal and dorsal fins barred. Caudal forked. Jubbulpur in the Central 

 Provinces. 



344> Nemacheilus rupicola, McClelland. Larreah, Gur-dun, and 

 Chi-tal, Panj. D. 10-11, A. 7. Eleven to seventeen brown bands wider 

 than the ground colour. Caudal forked. Himalayas, and from the Pan- 

 j&b through the North-Western Provinces, Bengal and Assam, attaining 

 3i inches length. 



345. Nemacheilus semiar matus, Day. D. 11, A. 7. Irregular spots 

 and bars on body and fins. Caudal forked. Rivers along the base of the 

 southern slopes of the Neilgherry Hills in Madras. 



