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[No. 3, 
F. Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinidce. 
The appearance of this fish alters considerably with age. In the young 
the head is only 2/3 as wide as long, hut the two dimensions are equal in the 
adult. 
10. Nemactieiots semiaematus. 
Day, Proo. Zool. Soo. 1867, p. 286 ; Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 353. 
B. III. D. 3/8, P. 12, V. 7, A. 2/5, C. 18. 
Length of head 2/11, of caudal 2/9, height of body 2/11 of the total 
length. Eyes ; diameter 1/4 of length of head, 1-J diameters from end of 
snout, 1 diameter apart. A cartilaginous knob on pre-orbital. Free portion 
of tail as deep as long. Fins ; origin of dorsal nearer the snout than the 
base of the caudal. Pectoral as long as the head, the basal half of some 
of its rays being generally stiffened by osseous matter. Caudal lobed in its 
last half. Scales, indistinct. Lateral line, complete. Colours, light 
brown, with numerous irregularly shaped spots and bars proceeding from the 
back towards the lateral line ; head brownish, with a dark lipe from the 
snout through the orbit. Dorsal lin with about three rows of dark spots ; 
caudal irregularly barred ; a dark line runs along the centre of the back. 
I lab . — Bowani and Sigur rivers along the base of the Nilgherry hills - ; 
also imported into tanks on those mountains. 
11. * NeMACHEJXTTS TENET CAUDA. 
Colitis tcmicaucla, Stein., Verb. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1866, p. 792, t. 17, fig. 3. 
Ncmacldlus tenmcauda, Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 357. 
B. III. D. 11, V. 8, A. 7. 
Length of head nearly 1/5, height of body less than 1/5 of the length,, 
without the caudal. Free portion of tail very low, its depth being rather 
less than 1/3 of its length. Fins ; upper margin of dorsal oblique, with 
its anterior angle rounded ; it arises nearer to the root of the caudal than to 
the end of the snout. Pectoral extends rather above half the distance 
to the base of the ventral. Caudal emarginate. Scales, absent. Colours ; 
upper part of side, dorsal and caudal fins irregularly mottled with brown, 
and some spots along the sides. 
Mai. — Tibet. 
12. N EMACTTETLUS ZONADTEENANS. 
CobiUs eonalterrums, Blyth, J. A. S. of B. 1860, p. 172. 
Nemacheihis xonaltemans, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1869, p. 551. 
B. III. D. 2/9, A. 2/5. 
Eyes of moderate size, rather above one diameter from end of snout. 
Fins ; dorsal commences rather nearer the snout than the base of the caudal, 
which latter is entire. Scales, distinct. Colours ; ton to eleven bars descend 
down the lower two-thirds of the body to the abdomen, with intermediate 
half bands superiorly between them. Dorsal and caudal fins spotted in bands. 
Mai. — Tenasserim Provinces. 
