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Scales, moderately distinct. Colours, brownish with dark blotches, almost 
bands, on the upper half of the body, and some also upon the fins. Occiput 
nearly black. A dark mark at the base of the caudal, which is irregularly 
banded. A black spot at the base of the anterior dorsal rays, and a bar 
across the lower portion of the fin. 
Hab . — Cauvery above Trichinopoly, also ? Ceylon. 
25. Nemaciteii/cs mootajtijs. 
BcTiistura montana, McClell., Ind. Cyp. pp. 307, 440, t. 57, fig. 1. 
Colitis montana, # Cuv. and Val., xviii, p. 69. 
? Nemacheilus montanus, Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 350. 
Saant-al, Panj. 
B. III. D. 3/7, P. 10, Y. 8, A. 2/5, C. 18. 
Length of head 1/6, of caudal 1/6, height of body 1/8 of the total 
length. Eyes, small, in the middle of the length of the head. Mead, rather 
above half as wide as long. Free portion of tail as deep as long. Eins ; 
the dorsal’s upper margin straight and oblique, it commences midway 
between the anterior margin of the orbit and the base of the caudal fin ; 
pectoral extends a little above half the distance to the ventral. Caudal 
with rounded lobes. Scales, absent. Colours , yellowish, with twelve verti- 
cal brown bands, much narrower than the intermediate ground colour, and 
decreasing in width below the lateral line ; a dark band across the base of 
the caudal, which fin as well as the dorsal has a single row of indistinct spots 
forming a sort of greyish band ; a dark mark at the base of the anterior 
dorsal rays. 
Ilab . — Himalayas. 
26. Nemacheilus spilopteeus. 
Colitis spitopterus, Cuv. and Yal., xviii, p. 27, pi. 522. 
Nemachilus spitopterus, Gunther, Catal., vii, p. 358. 
B. III. D. 2/7, P. 10, Y. 7, A. 2/5, C. 19. 
Length of head 2/11, of caudal 1/7 of the total length. Height of 
body scarcely equals the length of the head. Eyes, near the summit of the 
head and in the middle of its length. Barbels, short. Free portion of 
tail about twice as long as high. Fins ; dorsal with an oblique upper mar- 
gin, it commences midway between the end of the snout and the root of 
the caudal. Pectoral reaches half way to the base of the ventral. Caudal 
very slightly emarginate. Scales, absent. Colours, greenish yellow, with 
from eleven to fifteen irregular bands crossing the back, and a black band 
across the root of the caudal fin. A black blotch at the base of the three 
first dorsal rays. 
Sab. — Himalayas, Assam and Cochin China. 
