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Mead 4i; depth 4; D. Ill, 7; A. Ill, 7; P. 12; V. 8; scales 74 in 

 iteral line: 14 scales between the origin of dorsal and lateral line, and 

 4 between the latter and middle of belly: pharyngeal teeth, 4, 2 — 2, 5; 

 ,'idth of head about li, or a little less than 2 in its length; snout H^ in 

 ead; eye 5-k; interorbital space 3; pectoral li; ventral 1^. 

 ^ Bod}' elongate and compressed. Head elongate, pointed, and coiu- 

 dcssed, the sides flattened, and the upper i)rotile almost straiglit to 

 ip of snout; snout rather pointed, somewhat broad and ver}' slightU' 

 produced; eye small, anterior, 1^ in snout; mouth moderate, the max- 

 ilary protractile, reaching posteriorly almost to the anterior margin of 

 he eye, and not very oblique; lips fleshy, not dilated; pharyngeal teeth 

 vith grinding surface, not hooked; nostrils close together on the sides 

 ')f the snout, and about half an eye diameter distant from the eye', 

 nterorbital space and the top of the head slightly convex. Gill-open- 

 ngs rather large; gill-rakers rather short and pointed, 4+9; pseudo- 

 )ranchia? present. Intestine short. Peritoneum pale gray. 



Scales cycloid, moderately small and of rather even size; no pectoral 

 jlap; ventral with a small fleshy flap. 



Origin of dorsal midway between tip of snout and base of caudal, 

 pointed, the first developed ray the highest, reaching beyond the others 

 to origin of anal, when depressed, its base If in its height, and its 

 upper edge nearly straight; anal inserted midway t)etween tip of pec- 

 toral and base of caudal, the first developed ray the highest reaching 

 beyond the others when the fin is depressed, the base of the fin is li 

 {in its height and its margin straight; caudal deeply emarginate, the 

 lobes pointed. 



! Pectoral two-thirds the distance to ventrals; ventrals inserted a 

 little nearer the origin of the anal than that of the pectoral, and a 

 trifle over three-fifths the distance to the former. Caudal peduni'le 

 ratlier long, its least depth 2i in the head. Lateral line slightly de- 

 curved and continuous. 



Color in alcohol dark brown, slightly olivaceous above and pale 

 below; inside of gill-openings above dark; ventrals and anal pale or 

 whitish; dorsal and caudal brown, the edges of the fin darker; pectoral 

 gra^'ish -brown. 



Length, 13i inches. 



This description from an adult female from Lake Jusan in Omori. 



This is the most abundant species of Ct/j>rmid» in Japan, reachmg 

 a large size and often entering the sea. It ranges far to the north- 

 ward, farther than anv other of the Cyprinldm except Leuoscxis tac-^ 

 zmioivsHL Our manv specimens are from Lake Jusan m Omori 

 (collection Sotaro Saito), Kawajiri in Rikuchu (collection Mitonobu 

 Irako), Kitakami R., Katase River near Enoshima, Matsushmia Hay m 

 Rikuzen, Same in Rikuoku (in salt water), Aomori m Rikuoku, Kita- 

 kami River in Morioka, Sendai, Niigata in Echigo, Iwai River in Ichi- 

 poseki, Tsuruga in Echizen, Kinu River at Utsonomiya, Hakodate, 



