CATALOGUE OF BRITISH FISH. 
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1. Cobitis barbatula. The Loach. B. M. 
Cobitis barbatula, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 499- Bloch , Ichth. pi. 31, f. 
3. Bloch , Schneid. Syst. Ichth. 434. Lacep. Poiss. v. 8 . Don. 
Brit. Fish. i. pi. 22. Turton , Brit. Faun. 103. Flem. Brit. 
An. 189, (“ Gobitis.’’) Jen. Man. 416. Pam. Wern. Mem. vii. 
270. Yarr. Brit. Fish. i. 376. Id. 2 ed. i. 427. Val. Hist. 
Nat. Poiss. xvii. 14, t. 520. Cuv. R. A. ii. 276. 
Loche, Will. Hist. Pise. 265, tab. Q. 8, f. 1 . Perm. Brit. Zool. iii. 
247, pi. 58. Id. (edit. 1812), iii. 379, pi. 69. 
Groundling, Beardie. Local names. 
Hab. — Fresh water. 
8. BOTIA. 
Botia, Gray , Zool. Misc. 1830. 
Cobitis, p., L. 
Gobitis, p., Fleming. 
Acanthopsis, Agassiz , Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. Neuchatel , i. 36, 1835. 
Acanthophthalmus, Kuhl , MSS. (cited in Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. 
xviii. 4). 
1. Botia taenia. Spined Loach, or Groundling. B, M. 
Cobitis Taenia, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 499. Bloch , Ichth. pi. 31, f. 2. 
Bloch , Schneid. Syst. Ichth. 434. Lacep. Poiss. v. 9. Gent. 
Mag. 1798, p. 1013, fig. Berken. Syn. i. 79. Turton , Brit. 
Faun. 103. Flem. Brit. An. 189, (“ Gobitis.’’) Jen. Man. 417. 
Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xviii. 58. 
Cobitis barbatula aculeata, Will. Hist. Pise. 265, tab. Q. 8, f. 3. 
Botia taenia, Gray , Zool. Misc. 8. Yarr. Brit. Fish. i. 381. Id. 
2 ed. i. 432. 
Acanthopsis taenia, Agassiz, Mem. Soc. Sc. Neuchatel , i. 36. Bonap. 
Pesc. Fur. 26.* 
Var. Cobitis caspia, Eichwald. 
Spinous Loche, Penn. Brit. Zool. (edit. 1812), iii. 381. 
Spined Loche, Yarrell. 
Groundling. Local name. 
Hab. — Fresh, water. Presented by W. Yarrell, Esq. 
