1876.] 



MR. F. DAY ON THE FISHES OF YARKAND. 



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the pectoral, and reaching halfway to the anal. Anal twice as high 

 as long at its base. Caudal cut square, with rounded angles or 

 slightly emarginate. Free portion of the tail from one and a half to 

 twice as long as high at its base. Scales absent. Colours : marbled 

 or irregularly blotched and spotted with brown ; tins also more or 

 less spotted. 



Hub. Cashmere Lake. 



21. Nemacheilus ruptcola. 



Schistura rupicola, M'Clelland, Journ. Asiat. Soc. of Beng. vii. 

 pi. 55. fig. 3, and Ind. Cypr. p. 309, pi. 57. f. 3. 



The Cashmere species are almost or quite destitute of scales, and 

 otherwise agree with M'Clelland's fish. 



It may, however, be questionable whether N. montana, M'Clelland, 

 and some other recognized species are not merely varieties of one 

 form, as the variations in one locality and also changes with age are 

 very great. 



Nemacheilus microps*. 



Cobitis microps, Steind. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, I860', p. 794, 

 t. xiii. f. 3. 



Nemacheilus microps, Gunther, Cat. vii. p. 357. 



This species is entirely destitute of scales. It was obtained by 

 Dr. Stoliczka in Tibet, on his first journey ; but no specimens exist 

 amongst the Yarkand collection. 



If we examine the localities whence the fishes which form this 

 collection were procured, omitting the Cashmere examples, we find 

 as follows : — 



* Oreias dabri/i, Sauvage, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1874, p. 3, is closely allied to 

 this species. 



