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27. Nemacheilus savona. 



Cobiiis savona, Ham. Bnch., Fish. Ganges, pp. 357, 394; McClelland, hid. Cyp., 

 pp. 308, 442, pi. 53, fig. 3, (from H. B.'s MS.) ; *Cuv. and Val., xviii, p. 32. 

 Nemachilus savona, *Gtmther ; Catal., vii, p. 354. 

 Savon-TclwrJca, Beng. 



B. III. D. ?=§, P. 10, V. 7, A. 2/5, C. 19. 



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Length of head 2/9, of caudal 1/6, height of body 1/6 of the total 

 length. Eyes, rather large in the anterior half of the head, and If diame- 

 ters from end of snout. Head, as broad as it is long without the snout. 

 Barbels, long, the four rostral and two maxillary ones reach the eye. Fins ; 

 dorsal with its upper edge rather convex, it arises midway between the 

 anterior edge of the orbit and the base of the caudal fin, and its commence- 

 ment is before the origin of the ventrals. Pectoral extends two-thirds of 

 the distance to the ventrals, which last does not reach the anal. Caudal 

 very slightly emarginate, its lobes being rounded. Lateral line, incomplete. 

 Scales, small, most distinct in the posterior portion of the body. Colours, 

 brown, becoming lighter on the abdomen, having from ten to twelve very 

 narrow vertical white bands, not above 1/8 or 1/6 as wide as the ground 

 coloiu, a black band at the root of the caudal fin ; a black blotch at the 

 base of the first few dorsal rays, and four or five rows of dark spots on the 

 fin. Caudal with narrow bands of dark spots. 



Sab. — Bengal. I received some specimens from the hills near Eani- 

 ganj. 



28. Nemacheiltts Beavajst. 



Nemacheil/us beavani, Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 350. 



B. III. D. 10, P. 11, V. 7, A. 7, C. 19. 



Length of head 2/9, of caudal 2/9, height of body 2/11 of the total 

 length. Eyes, small, in the middle of the length of the head. Free portion 

 of the tail rather longer than deep. Barbels, six, four rostral and two 

 maxillary. Fins ; dorsal with an oblique upper edge, it arises midway be- 

 tween the end of the snout and the base of the caudal. Pectoral extends 

 two-thirds of the distance to the root of the ventral. Caudal lobed. 

 Colours ; body with nine dark cross bands, broader than the lighter inter- 

 spaces, a black streak across the root of the caudal. Dorsal and caudal 

 rays with blackish dots. 



Sab. — Cossy river up to 2 inches long. 



29. Nehacheixtts Denisonh. 



? Colitis montanus, Jerdon, M. J. L. and S. 1849, p. 332 (not McClelland). 

 Nemaclieilus Denisonii, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 287 ; Gunther, Catal. vii, 

 p. 352. 



B. III. D. JL, P. 11, V. 7, A. 2/5, C. 17. 



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