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of caudal peduncle, 4; pectoral, If ; and flattened spine, f of fin, both 

 edges serrate, front edge antrorsely serrate; pectoral reaches little 

 beyond dorsal base, but not to ventral; ventral 2f, close before anal; 

 anal papilla well developed. In alcohol brownish- chab generally. 

 Under surface of head, breast, belly, and lower surfaces and edges of 

 paired fins, pinkish-bufF. Length, 235 mm. 



FLUVIDUACO FLUVIDRACO (Richardson). 



Head, 3|; depth, 3§; D. I., 7; A. v., 15; snout, 3| in head; eye, 4-^; 

 mouth width, 2\; interorbital, 2§. Head width, H in its length. 

 Snout broad, depressed, length half its width. Lower j aw shorter than 

 upper. Maxillary reaches § in snout. Maxillary barbel longer than 

 head by pupil length. Nasal barbel. If to hind edge of gill opening. 

 Outer mental barbel, IJ in head; inner, 2. Teeth villiform, in mod- 

 erate simple bands in jaws, narrower band parallel across vomer and 

 palatines. Interorbital broadly and slightly convex. Gill rakers, 

 4 + 9 lanceolate, 1 J in eye; filaments, f of rakers. Dorsal buckler and 

 occipital process form complete bony bridge. Fu^st dorsal ray 1^ 

 in head; spine, H in fin; first anal ray, 2 in head; dorsal spine. If, 

 both edges with obsolete serrae; caudal strongly forked, 1-| in head; 

 adipose fin, 1§; pectoral, 1^; spine finely antrorse serrate along outer 

 sdge, inner with 12 large serrae. If in head; ventral, 2; humeral 

 process, 2; finely rugose. 



In alcohol cinnamon-drab to fawn color; upper surface of head 

 brownish; iris pale slaty; nasal and maxillary barbels pale brown 

 above, pinkish-buff below, like mental barbels and lower surface of 

 head; fin spines pale and most all, except brownish adipose fin, 

 tinged with dusky; upper and lower caudal edges paler than median 

 portion of fin; hind dorsal rays, also of pectoral, and both hind and 

 front ventral and anal rays, whitish. Length, 105 mm. 



Family COBITIDIDAE. 



MISGURNUS ANGUILLICAIIDATUS (Cantor). 



Head, 3| to 6i; depth, 6i to 6^; D. II, 7; A. Ill, 5; scales, 142 in 

 median lateral series from shoulder to caudal base; 30 scales trans- 

 versely between dorsal and ventral origins; 85 predorsal scales; 

 snout, 3 to 3i; eye, 3f to 5f ; interorbital, 4 to 5^. Head width. If 

 its length. Snout width, 1 to li its length. Eye anterior, 1^ to 2 

 in snout. Two hind maxillary barbels each side longer than median 

 frontal pair, 3J in head. Hind mental barbels twice length of front 

 mental pair or 4§ in head. Interorbital convex. Gill opening re- 

 stricted laterally, 2^ in head. Scales cycloid, radiating striae, 45 to 

 50 with about 23 to 25 incomplete marginal accessories, and circuli 

 moderately fine. Dorsal origin little nearer gill opening than caudal 

 base, little nearer caudal base in voung; first branched dorsal ray, 



