NO. 2338. FISHES FROM SOOCHOW, CHINA— FOWLER AND BEAN. 321 



Family MASTACEMBELIDAE. 



MASTACEMBELUS SINENSIS (Bleeker). 



Head, 6^; depth, 10§; D. XXXIII, 65; A. Ill, 64; scales about 

 345 ill median lateral comit from shoulder to caudal base; 50 scales 

 transversely between anal origin and spinous dorsal base; 35 pre- 

 dorsal scales to occiput; snout, 3i in head; eye, 8; maxillary, 2|; 

 interorbital, 71; pectoral, 3f. Trunk, without head, equally long 

 as rest of body. Head width 3|- in its length. Snout conic, width 

 If its length. Eye 2|- in snout. Maxillary to pupil. Lower jaw 

 slightly shorter than upper. Bands of moderate conic teeth in jaws, 

 none on mouth roof. Interorbital convex. Strong spine below eye. 

 Rakers rudimentary and filaments long as eye. Scales with 15 to 18 

 marginal radiating striae, also 2 or 3 basal lobes formed; circuli 

 coarse. In alcohol generally fawn-color, reticulated with deep 

 brown to dusky; lower surface all finely and evenly reticulated with 

 grayish. Length, 206 mm. 



Family SOLEIDAE. 



CYNOGLOSSUS ABBUEVIATUS Gray. 



Head, 4; depth, 3|; D. 105; A. 92; scales, 130 in median lateral 

 line to caudal base; 24 scales above median lateral line to upper 

 lateral line; snout, 3 in head; upper eye, 8; maxillary, 3|; head 

 depth 1-iVj caudal 2f. Maxillary extends eye diameter beyond 

 lower eye. Eyes, about § an eye-diameter apart, and upper half an 

 eye diameter in advance of lower. Scales with 2 to 6 basal radiatmg 

 striae and 2 to 5 long slender apical spines. In alcohol left side 

 cinnamon drab, very indistinctly mottled with darker; right side 

 paler, uniform; lins all pale. Iris slightly slaty. Length 78 mm. 



It appears to agree with the account by Peters.^ 



J Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1880, p. 923. 

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