18ftl.] VERTEBRATES OF NEPAL. 225 



preceding species ; the snout is obtusely conical ; the cleft of the 

 mouth transverse, crescent-shaped, with the lower lip apparently 

 forming a rounded protuberance. Barbels minute. The greatest 

 depth of the body is one-fourth of the total length (the caudal fin 

 not included), the length of the head two-ninths. The dorsal fin is 

 higher than long, and lower than the body below ; the ventral fin is 

 inserted vertically somewhat behind the middle of the dorsal. Above 

 brownish-olive, whitish below ; each scale with a silvery spot. Length 

 of the drawing 5 inches. 



25. ROHITA MICROLEPIDOTA. 



One stuffed specimen, 10 inches long. 



D. 16, A. 8, V. 10, L. lat. 75, L. transv. 15/12. The height 

 of the body is one-fourth of the total length (the caudal fin not in- 

 cluded), the length of the head nearly one- fifth. The distance of 

 the dorsal fin from the occiput equals that from the caudal fin ; the 

 base of the ventral is immediately behind the vertical from the middle 

 of the dorsal fin ; the anal occupies the middle of the interspace 

 between the dorsal and caudal fins ; pectoral as long as the head. 

 Uniform silvery, back greenish. 



The specimen being dried, I was unable to ascertain the position 

 and size of the barbels, which, if present, appear to be small. There 

 is, however, little doubt that this fish really belongs to the genus 

 indicated. 



26. COBITIS SCATURIGINA. 



Cobitis scaturigina, Buch. Ham. MS. 



Schistura scaturigina, MacClell. Ind. Cj^pr. p. 443, pi. 53. f. 6. 



One coloured drawing. 



"Fish of valleys, in mud of fields and small creeks." — Hodgs. 



27. CiRRHINA REBA. 



Cyprinus reha, Buch. Ham. Fish. Gang. p. 280. 

 Cirrhina reba, Cuv. & Val. xvi. p. 292. 



One coloured drawing with sketches of the head. 



This drawing represents a fish with darker transverse bands, whilst 

 they are generally longitudinal in other specimens. Buchanan Ha- 

 milton says that the colours are subject to much variation in this 

 species. 



28. LOBOCHEILUS RICNORHYNCHTJS. 



Gobio ricnorhynchus, MacClell. Cyprin. pp. 279, 363, pi. 55. f. 1. 

 Loboeheilus ricnorhynchus, Bleek.Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxv. 

 Beng. & Hind. p. 66. 

 The Lhooi. 



Two coloured drawings and a pencil sketch of the mouth. 



29. LOBOCHEILUS GOBIOIDES. 



? Cyprinus mosario, Buch. Ham. Fish. Gang. p. 346. 

 Gonorhynchus gobioides, MacClell. Cypr. p. 369, pi. 43. f. 1. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc— 1861, No. XV. 



