622 PHYSOSTOMI. 



B. iii, D. 8 (10 ?), P. 12, V. 8, A. 7 , C. 19. 



Length of head (according to figure) about 1/5, of caudal 1/5, height of body 1/5 of the total length. 

 Eyes — of moderate size. Free portion of tail appears higher than long. Back elevated. Fins — dorsal 

 commences midway between the end of the snout and the base of the caudal fin : pectoral nearly reaches the 

 rentral. Caudal emarginate. Golomrs — ^body irregularly spotted and blotched. 



Habitat. — Assam, said to have been taken at Goalpara. 



31. Nemacheilus guttatus. 



Colitis guttata, McCleU. Ind. Oyp. pp. 305, 438, pi. 52, fig. 5, 6 ; Cuv. and Val. xviii, p. 79 ; Bleeker, 

 Beng. p. 70. 



Nemaehihbs guttatus, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 360. 



B. iii, D. 8. 



This species is said to have only four barbels. Golows — light green with dark blotches. 

 Habitat. — Joorhath in Upper Assam. 



