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[No. 3, 
F. Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinidce. 
Length of head 2/9, of caudal 2/9, height of body 2/13 of the total 
length. Eyes ; diameter 1/5 of length of head, 2 diameters from end of 
snout, 1 diameter apart. Barbels, short. Fins ; the dorsal commences mid- 
way between the end of snout and base of caudal, which last is lobed. 
Pectoral extends two-thirds of the distance to the ventrals. Scales, minute. 
Lateral line, complete. Colours , reddish brown, having from nine to twelve 
yellowish olive vertical zones, those anterior to the dorsal fin coalescing 
rather irregularly across the back. Dorsal fin with three rows of fine 
black spots. Caudal irregularly spotted in bands. Some dull spots on the 
ventral and anal fins. Most of the head marbled with black dots. 
Sab. — Nilgherry and Coorg hills, and rivers at their bases. 
A variety of this species with longer barbels exists in Mysore, where 
it attains four inches in length. 
30. Nemacheilus triangularis. 
Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 295, and Fishes of Malabar, p. 203, pi. 14, fig. 1 ; 
Gunther, Catal. vii, p 352. 
B. III. D. 2/8, P. 11, Y. 9, A. 2/5, C. 19. 
Length of head 1/5, of caudal 1/5, height of body 1/4 of the total 
length. Eyes ; diameter 1/4 of length of head, 2 diameters from end of 
snout and one apart. Barbels, short. Free portion of tail rather deeper 
than long. Fins ; upper margin of dorsal fin oblique, it commences midway 
between the end of the snout and the base of the caudal, which latter is 
emarginate. Scales, distinct. Lateral line, complete. Colours, yellowish, 
with about seven black edged bands on the body disposed in a ~7 shape ; 
likewise, one passes over the opercles, a second through the eye, a third from 
the orbit to the angle of the mouth. Dorsal with three irregular rows of 
black spots. Pectoral, ventral, and anal unspotted, but stained at their 
margins. Three oblique bars across each lobe of the caudal which has a 
black mark at its base. 
Sab. — Travaneore hills. 
31. * Nemacheilus marmoratus. 
Cobitis marmnrata, Heckel, Fisch. Kaschmir, p. 76, t. 12, figs. 1 — 2, and Hugel, 
Kaschmir, iv, p. 380; *Cuv. and Yal. xviii, p. 41. 
Cobitis vittata, Heckel, 1. c. p. 80, figs. 3, 4 ; and Hugel, Kaschmir, iv, p. 382 ; 
*Cuv. and Yal., xviii, p. 42. 
NemacMlus marmoratus, *Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 356. 
B. III. D. 10, V. 7, A. 7. 
Length of head 2/9, height of body less than 2/9 of the length without 
the caudal fin. Eyes, small, situated in the middle of the length of the 
head. Free portion of tail not elongated. Fins ; upper margin of dorsal 
fin oblique, its commencement being nearly midway between the end of the 
