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9. ABBOTTINA Jordan and Fowler. 

 Ahbottina Jordan and Fowler, new genus {psegma). 



|| Body elongate, oblong and compressed. Mead elongate, pointed; 

 ^ snout elongate, compressed, concave above, and slightly produced, with 



the tip bluntly rounded; eye small, high, and midway in head; mouth 

 J small, inferior, protractile downward, and the maxillary not reaching 

 !eye; lips rieshv, not papillose; barbels moderate, one on each maxil- 

 ,' lary ; teeth 5 — 5; interorl>ital space flat. Intestine short. Peritoneum 

 I silvery. Scales large, about 38, none on breast. Origin of dorsal 

 'nearer tip of snout than base of caudal, and inserted far ])ehind base 

 1 of last dorsal ra}' ; caudal emarginate; ventral inserted a little behind 

 [ the middle of the base of the dorsal. 



1 Lateral line slightly decurved on the tirst 3 or 4 scales, after which 

 I it is straight and continuous. Dorsal and caudal with several dark, 

 I well-defined crossbars, as in Pseudogohlo, which it resembles, but is 

 I easily distinguished by its smooth lips. Breeding males have the 

 '. median dorsal rays enlarged, so that the tin is very large. 



(Named for James Francis Abbott, late of Stanford University, 



since professor in the Japanese Military Academy at Etajima, who 

 i assisted Professors Jordan and Snyder in their work on Lake Biwa, 



Lake Togo, Yodo River, and at Tsuruga and Misaki.) 



15. ABBOTTINA PSEGMA Jordan and Fowler, new species. 



Head, 3i; depth, ii, D. II, 8; A. 11, 8; P. I, 11; V. 8; scales 38 

 in the lateral line; 5 scales in an ol)lique series between the origin of 

 the dorsal and about 6 between the latter and the middle of the belly; 

 pharyngeal teeth 5—5; width of head If in its length; snout 2i in 

 head; eye 5; interorbital space 3ii; pectoral a little shorter than the 

 head; ventral \\. 



Body elongate, oblong, moderately deep, and compressed. Head 

 elongate, pointed, and compressed; snout elongate, compressed, con- 

 cave above and slightly produced l^eyond the mandibles, the tip bluntly 

 rounded; eye small, 2i in snout, high, and about midway in the length 

 of the head; mouth small, inferior, and protractile downward, the 

 maxillary reaching posteriorly beyond the nostrils, but not to the 

 anterior margin of the eye; lips moderately broad, thick, and fleshy, 

 but not covered with distinct papillte, as they are perfectly smooth; 

 barbel short, thick, and about equal to two-thirds the diameter of the 

 eye; pharyngeal teeth small, weak, with a narrow grinding surface 

 and slightly hooked; nostrils together, rather large, and nearer the 

 eye than the tip of snout; interorbital space ])road and flat, the top of 

 the head also rather flat. Gill openings large, the gill membranes 

 forming a rather fleshy flap on each side below: gill rakers short, 

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