12 ART. 8. S. ÏANAKA : DESClllrTIOXS OF ONE NEW 



with a very coinnion .species of Acheilognathus ; both the sj)ecies are 

 thrown together iiiuler the popuhir name " taiiago ", from which 

 I liave taken the specific name of the new species. 



MEASUREMENTS OF RIIODEUS TAN AGO. 



S|)ceiinen. 



Total k'liglh as luea.suiccl to I'uut of middle caudal rays 



Height of liody ... 



Length of head 



Diameter of eye 



luterorbital width 



Length of snout 



Length of pectoral 



Length of ventral 



Number of rays of dorsal 



Number of rays of anal 



Number of rays of pectoral ... 



Number of rays of ventral 



Number of scales in longitudinal series 



Number of scales in transverse series counted downward 



and back\vard 10 10 



5. Rhodeus miobuta, n. sp. 



Height of body about 3, head abont 4^ in length as meas- 

 ured to root of middle caudal rays. Eye about 3, interorbital 

 2 4, snout 31 in head. 



Body oblong, compressed ; caudal peduncle also compressed ; 

 upper and lower outlines evenly curved. Head small ; eye mod- 

 erately large, lateral, high. Interorbital broadly convex. Snout 

 short, bluntly pointed in profile, rounded when seen from above. 



