184 F. Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinidce. [No. 3, 



5. Nemacheiltts Rupelli. 



Colitis Rupelli (?) Sykes, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii, p. 366, pi. 64, fig. 1. 



B. III. D. ?=?, P. 12, V. 8, A. 8, C. 19. 



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Length of head 2/11, of caudal 1/5, height of body 1/5 of the total 

 length. Eyes, slightly before the middle of the length of the head, 2\ dia- 

 meters from end of snout. Head pointed, four moderately developed rostral 

 and two maxillary barbels. Fins ; dorsal arises midway between the snout 

 and base of the caudal which is slightly forked ; the upper margin of the 

 dorsal fin straight. Scales, moderately developed. Lateral line, distinct. 

 Colours, greenish yellow except the abdomen which is white, short brown 

 bars along the lateral line, and the rays of the dorsal and anal barred. 

 Caudal with four posteriorly directed V-shaped brown bars. A black spot 

 at the base of the upper caudal lobe. 



Sab. — Rivers near Puna (in the Dakhin). 



6.* Nemacheilus moeeh. 

 Colitis inoreJi, Sykes, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii, p. 366. 

 B. III. D. J* P. 12, V. 8, A. 7, C. 19. 



Head said to be more pointed than in the last species. Fins ; tail wedge- 

 shaped. Scales, minute. Colours ; more dark blotches on the head than hi 

 iV. Rupelli. The transverse dark marks on the body are not (? now) 

 arranged along the lateral line and over the back, alternating with each 

 other. The fins have a very light orange tinge. 



Sab. — Mota Mola river at Puna. 



7.* Nemacheilus monoceros. 



Colitis monoceros, McClell., Ind. Cyp., pp. 305, 438, pi. 52, fig. 2 ; *Cuv. and 

 Val., xviii, p. 38. 



Nemacliilus monoceros, *Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 358. 



B. III. D. 12, P. 12, V. 8, A. 6, C. 18. 



Length of head 1/4 of the total without the caudal fin. A short blunt 

 spine on the snout. Fins (according to the figure) ; upper margin of 

 dorsal nearly straight, caudal rounded. Colours ; body greenish yellow with 

 a silvery lustre, opercles tinged with green. Caudal and dorsal streaked 

 with numerous small brown bars. 



Sab. — Assam. 



8. Nemacheilus aureus. 

 B. III. D. 2/10, P. 15, V. 8, A. 2/5, C. 19. 



Length of head, of caudal and pectoral 1/5, height of body 2/13 of the 

 total length. Eyes, large, not prominent, situated in the middle of the 

 length of the head and 1^ diameters from the end of snout. Snout very 



