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very irregular blotches, extending- fi'om base of pectoral posteriorly 

 along lower edge of lateral line to base of caudal: below this another 

 line of scattered and faint blotches from lower edge of pectoral to 

 posterior end of anal; head color of upper part of body, but streaked 

 with irregular lines of black above; a line of light dusky, as wide as 

 pupil, but becoming nearly as broad as eye at edge of opercle, running 

 from post(n-ior edge of eye to base of pectoral, its low^er edge just 

 below upper base of pectoral; below this an irregular line of light 

 brown-olivaceous slightly wider than pupil, running to middle of 

 base of pectoral; head l)el()w this pale; dorsal with 2 l)roken stripes 

 of brown-olivaceous about as wide as pupil; caudal membranes dark, 

 rays pale brown-olivaceous, anal with indications of 4 or 5 dark 



)l'l[10CEPirAHIS TADIANUS. 



blotches at the base of posterior half, rest of tin pale at base, becommg 

 darker, almost brown-olivaceous toward tips; ventrals pale, dusky; 

 pectoral slightly darker than ^'entrals. 



Tyjje. — No. 3xx, a specimen 9.5 inches long, from Formosa, returned 

 to the Imperial Fisheries Institute. 



58. CHANNA FORMOSANA Jordan and Evermann, new species. 



Head 3.6; depth 5.75; eye 5.75; snout 5.25; maxillary 2.5; mandi- 

 ble 2.25; interorbital 3.5- D. 44; A. 28; scales 4-54-13. Body 

 moderateh" long and slender, much compressed posteriorly; head large, 

 broad, depressed and snake-like; mouth large, oblique, the lower jaw 

 slightly projecting, the maxillary reaching posterior edge of orbit; 

 teeth cardiform, in both jaws and on vomer; eye moderate; caudal 

 peduncle short, very deep and very nmch compressed. Scales large, 

 plate-like, each with strong concentric strife; lateral line very irregu- 

 lar, beginning above opercular opening, extending backward on 7 

 scales, then running for 8 scales on next row above, then dropping 

 irregularly for 3 or 4 rows over origin of anal, thence continued along- 

 median line of side to base of caudal tin. Dorsal tin long, begimiing 

 over base of pectoral, the rays quite uniform in length, the last being- 

 somewhat longest, being about 2.5 in head; anal similar to dorsal, but 

 shorter, beginning under about the twelfth dorsal ray and ceasing 



