616 PHTSOSTOMI. 



9. Nemacheilus semiarmatus, Plate CLVI, fig. 11. 



Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 286 ; Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 363. 



B. iii, D. lO-ll(V), P- 12, V. 7, A. 7(1), C. 18. 



Length of head 6J, of caudal 5^, height of hody 5i in the total length. %es— diameter 4i in the 

 length of head, 1| diameters from end of snout, 1 diameter apart. The greatest width of the head equals its 

 length excluding the snout. Free portion of tail as deep as long. Fins — origin of dorsal midway between 

 the snout and the base of the caudal. Pectoral as long as the head, the basal half of some of its outer rays 

 being generally stiffened by osseous matter. Caudal lobed in its last half. Scales — minute, becoming most 

 distinct in the last half of the body. Lateral-line — complete. Golov/rs — light brown, with _ numerous 

 irregularly shaped spots and bars proceeding from the back towards the lateral-line : head brownish, with a 

 dark line from the snout through the orbit. Dorsal fin with about three rows of dark spots : caudal 

 irregularly barred : a dark line runs along the centre of the back. 



Habitat.— Bowany and Seegoor rivers along the base of the Neilgherry hills : also imported into tanks on 

 those mountains. 



10. Nemacheilus corica, Plate CLVI, fig. 1. 



CoUtis corica, Ham. Buch. Pish. Ganges, pp. 359, 395 ; Cuv. and Val, xviii, p. 36 ; Bleeker, Beng. 

 p. 70. 



ScMstura pimctata, McClell. Ind. Cyp. pp. 308, 442, pi. 63, f. 4 (from H.B.'s MS). 

 Acoura oinerea, Swainson, Pishes, ii, p. 310. 

 Nemacheilus corica, Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 361. 

 Khorika, Beng. 



B. iii, D. 10(1), P. 13, V. 8, A. 7(1), C. 17. 



Length of head 6^, of caudal 6, height of body 6 in the total length. Eyes — of moderate size, in the 

 middle of the length of the head : nearly 2 diameters from the end of the snout. The greatest width of the 

 head equals its length excluding the snout. Barbels — thin, the external rostral pair longer than the orbit. Fms 

 — dorsal commences anterior to the ventral and nearer to the snout than to the base of the caudal, which last is 

 lobed in its posterior half, the lower being the longer : upper margin of dorsal fin oblique. Third and fourth 

 pectoral rays produced, reaching the base of the ventral fin. Scales — ^visible in the posterior half of the body. 

 Golov/rs — bluish, with about thirteen black blotches along the middle of the side, and smaller ones above and 

 descending to between them : usually a silvery band along the middle of the side. 



Habitat. — N.E. Bengal, Punjab and Assam. 



11. Nemacheilus rupicola, Plate CLIIl, fig. 9. 



Schistura rwpicola, McClelland, Joum. Asiat. Soc. Beng. vii, pi. 55 f. 3, and Ind. Cyp. pp. 309, 441, pi. 

 67, f. 3. 



Cobitis rwpeoida, Cuv. and Val. xviii, p. 40 ; Bleeker, Beng. p. 70. 

 ? Cobitis mdcrops, Steind. Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. "Wien, 1866, p. 794, t. 13, f. 3. 

 Nemacheilus rwpecula and ? microps, Gunther, Catal. vii, pp. 351, 357. 

 Saant-al, Punj. 



B. iii, D. 9.11(f:|), P. 10, V. 8, A. 7(1), C. 18. 



Length of head 65, of caudal 6, height of body 7 to 8 in the total length. Eyes — small, in the middle 

 of the length of the head: the width of the interorbital space equals about 3/4 the length of the snout. 

 Head nearly as wide as long, Mouth transverse and snout obtuse in the adult. Free portion of tail not as 

 deep as long. Fins — the dorsal's upper margin oblique, it commences midway between the nostrils and the 

 base of the caudal fin : pectoral extends a little above half the distance to the ventral. Caudal emarginate. 

 Scales — absent, or minute in the posterior half of the body. I/aieroZ-Zme— complete. Colours — yellowish, 

 with 12 to 17 vertical brown bands, much narrower than the intermediate ground colour, and decreasing in 

 width below the lateral-line, they are sometimes incomplete as shown in the figure : a wide dark band across 

 the base of the caudal, which fin as well as the dorsal has several rows of spots forming bands : a dark mark 

 at the base of the anterior dorsal rays, sometimes another at the base of the middle ones. 



Habitat. — Himalayas and ? Tibet at 16,000 feet above the sea. 



12, Nemacheilus montanus, Plate CLIII, fig. 6. 



Schistura montama, McClell. Ind. Cyp. pp. 307, 440, t. 57, f. 1. 

 Cobitis montana, Cuv. and Val. xviii, p. 69 ; Bleeker, Beng. p. 70. 

 Saant-at, Punj. 



B. iii, D. 9,10(7^^), P. 10, V. 7, A. 7(1), C. 19. 



Length of head 5^ to 5f, of caudal 5. to 6, height of body 8^ in the total length. JE?i/es— small, 



