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1£ to 3£ inches. Nagaya, Tsuruga and L. Biwa at Matsubara (all 

 Jordan and Snyder), Jap. 



RHODEOP8 subgen. nov. 



Type Acheilognathus brevianalis sp. nov. 



This differs from the subgenus Acheilognathus Bleeker in the 

 absence of maxillary barbels. 



{ t IJ6Sov ) rose, hence Rhodeus; &<l>, appearance.) 



Fig. 2. — Acheilognathus brevianalis Fowler. (Type.) 



Acheilognathus brevianalis sp. nov. Fig. 2. 



Head 3f; depth 3£; D. iii, 8, i; A. iii, 7, i; P. i, 12?; V. i, 7; scales 

 37 in 1. 1. to caudal base, and 3 more on latter; 6 scales above 1. 1. ; 

 4 scales below 1. 1. ; 14 predorsal scales; head width \ its length; 

 head depth at occiput 1^; snout 3f ; eye 3f; maxillary 4^; inter- 

 orbital 2f ; first branched dorsal ray 1^; first branched anal ray 1|; 

 least depth caudal peduncle 2\; pectoral 1|; ventral 2. 



Body well compressed, rather deep, contour nearly ellipsoid, edges 

 convexly rounded, and greatest depth at dorsal origin. Caudal 

 peduncle compressed, least depth h its length. 



Head small, deep, compressed, sides flattened and but slightly 



convergent below, and lower profile more inclined than upper.. 



Snout short, convex over surface, end rather obtuse, projecting 



slightly beyond closed mandible, and length f- its width. Eye large, 



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