1869. ] SURGEON F. DAY ON INDIAN FISHES. 551 
Fins. Dorsal commences in the middle of the total length, and is 
slightly posterior to the ventral. Caudal cut square. 
Scales distinct. 
Colours. Covered with dull spots over the body and head. Dorsal 
and caudal fins spotted and banded. 
A specimen, 3 inches long, is in the museum; received from 
Major Berdmore, Pegu. 
NEMACHEILUS ZONALTERNANS. 
Cobitis zonalternans, Blyth, J. A. S. of Bengal, 1860, p. 172. 
Beal, 2/9.) Bw le. 
Eyes of moderate size, rather more than one diameter from the 
end of snout. 
Fins. Dorsal arises anterior to the ventral, and rather nearer the 
snout than the base of the caudal, which latter is entire. 
Scales distinct. 
Colours. Ten to eleven bars descend down the lower two-thirds of 
the body to the abdomen, with intermediate half bands superiorly 
between them. The dorsal and caudal fins spotted in bands. 
Two specimens exist in the collection, of 144, and 1,8, inch 
respectively ; they were presented by Major Berdmore, who obtained 
them in the Tenasserim Provinces. 
NEMACHEILUS PHOXOCHEILA. 
Cobitis phoxocheila, M‘Clelland, Ind. Cyp. pp. 305, 449, pl. 52. f. 4. 
Two specimens, respectively 158; and 2,3; inches in length, from 
Derra Pungi, are in the collection, to which they were presented by 
Mr. Skipwith, and are labelled Coditis phoxocheila, M‘Clelland. 
Their tails are damaged and their colours bleached. 
Bano Diy2/9, A. 2/5. 
Length of head more than the height of the body. 
Eyes 2 diameters from end of snout, and situated before the 
middle of the length of the head. 
Lower surface of the head moderately horizontal; snout rather 
depressed. No bony ridge between the eyes. Four rostral barbels 
nearly as long as the diameter of the orbit; two short maxillary 
ones. 
Fins. Dorsal commences midway between the anterior margin of 
the orbit and the base of the anal fin, and shghtly in advance of the 
ventral. The pectoral does not extend to the ventral, nor the latter 
to the anal. 
Scales minute. 
NEMACHEILUS SERPENTARIUS, sp. n. 
B. ait.) DS BiSeek Paalfore MiG) Ay 2/5." Cy 19) Dok 6H Ba 
tro 12/7 
Length of head 3, of pectoral 4, of caudal t of the total length. 
Height of body nearly equals the length of the head. 
