133J. JAPANESE CYPRINOID FISHES-JORDAN AND FO WLER. 829 



j^d the lobes pointed; pectoral falling- rather in front of the orioin of 

 Cirsal, and about three-fifths of the space to ventrals; oi-ig-in of ven- 

 tils a trifle behind the orig-in of the dorsal, and reaching about three- 

 fths in the space to the origin of anal. Caudal peduncle compressed, 

 tther long, and its least depth 2iV in head. Lateral line continuous 

 3)ng the sides, and almost straight. 



iColor in alcohol In-own, pale or whitish below, and the body more 

 : less silvery on the sides and lower parts; a pale longitudinal l)and, 

 I (oining darker along the caudal peduncle, along the sides; (ins tinted 

 ah brown, except the ventrals and anal, which arc pale like the lower 

 jrface. 



Length 4:i, inches. 



This description from a specimen from Lake Biwa at ]\ratsul)ara. 



Fresh waters of southern Japan, very abundant in Lake Biwa. 



Our many specimens are from near Karasaki, Lake Biwa (cotypes), 



(). «!272, Ichthyological collections Leland Stanford Junior Uni- 

 iisity Museum (collection K. Otaki)) Lake Biwa at Matsubai-a and 

 'zc. the Yodo River at Osaka in Settsu, the Chikugo lliver at 

 [irunie, and from near Nagoya in Owari. 



In young- examples the tins are longer, and the lateral bund more 



tinct posteriorly but without a dark spot at the base of the caudal. 



(Named for Kinichiro Maveda, a Japanes(^ student in Leland Stan- 

 'rd Junior Li^niversity.) 



X2. LEUCOGOBIO BIWiE (Jordan and Snyder). 



j (iohio h'urx Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., XXIII, 1900, \). ;i40. pi. 

 I IX, fig. 1; Lake Biwa near Matsnbara. — Jordan and Snyder, Chcclc List Fish. 



.Tai)an, III, April 3, 1901, p. 46; Lake Biwa. 



Head 4; depth about 6; D. Ill, 7; A. HI, 6; P. IT; V. 8; scales 

 i in the lateral line; -4 scales between the origin of dorsal and lateral 

 e. and scales between the latter and middle of belly; phar3Migeal 

 'til f), 3 — 3, 5; width of head 2 in its length; e^'e a little over 3; 

 ciorbital space -Ai; pectoral 1^; ventral 1^. 



B( uly elongate, rather slender and compressed. Head elongate, com- 

 essed, and somewhat pointed in front; snout rather long, l)luntly 

 unded, and a little shorter than the eye; e3^es large lateral and ante- 

 »r; mouth oblique, inferior, protractile, the jaws equal, and the max- 

 ir}' reaching almost to the front of the eye; the jaws meet about level 

 itth the lower margin of the e^'e; lips somewhat fleshy; a maxillary 

 rbel equal to about two-thirds the orbit; several pharyngeal teeth in 

 3 larger row with narrow grinding surfaces; nostrils together and 

 ar the front of the eye; interorbital space broad and flattened, (xill- 

 ^enings large; gillrakers short, few, and weak; pseudobranchi;e well 

 Jveloped; gill-fllaments rather long-. Intestine short. Peritoneum 

 lith a little dusty coloring-. 



