FISHES COLLECTED AT TIEN-TSIN— ABBOTT. 



485 



rising again abruptly at end of anal to middle of caudal peduncle. 

 Dorsal nearer tip of snout than root of caudal by a distance equal to 

 diameter of eye, arising almost even with veiitrals; second spine 

 rather stout, weakly serrated. Origin of anal a trifle beyond perpen- 

 dicular from tip of dorsal. Pectoral equal to head in length, not 

 reaching ventral. Color silvery, darker above. Length 180 mm. 



Tyjpe. — No. 6299 in Leland Stanford -lunior University Museum; 

 also No. i9545, U. S. N. M. 



CULTICULA Abbott, new genus. 



Distinguished by the following set of characters: Teeth in one row, 

 6 or 5-5, knife-shaped, not hooked. Abdomen keeled between ven- 

 trals and anal, the scales not running across. Dorsal inserted a little 

 behind ventrals, with 7 branched rays, preceded b}^ 2 spines, the second 

 of which is strong and smooth. Anal inserted below tip of depressed 

 dorsal; rays II, 11. Lateral line complete; curved downward; extend- 

 ing along middle of caudal peduncle. Scales large, -17 in lateral series; 

 8 between lateral line and dorsal lin. Air-bladder large, \vith median 

 constriction. Alimentary canal long; folded many times. Peritoneum 

 black. Sides with a straight, dark, lateral band equal in width to 

 diameter of eve. 



CULTICULA EMMELAS Abbott, new species. 



Dorsal, II, 7. Anal, 11, 11. Scales, 8^-17-4^. Body 

 elliptical, both outlines equally curved. Depth 



elongate 

 in bod}' length to 



CULTICULA EMMELAS, NEW SPECIES. 



l)ase of caudal. Head 4f in body, acute, the eve median, anterior, 4 

 in head, aljout equal to snout. Interorbital a little more than one- 

 third the length of the head. Mouth terminal, lips thin. Pharyngeal 

 teeth, knife shaped, not hooked, 6 or 5-5. Pectoral rather short, 

 about a pupil's length shorter than head. Ventrals inserted under 

 dorsal, the latter inserted nearer tip of snout than root of caudal by 

 distance equal to snout. Lateral line arises at upper limit of opercle 



