824 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxvi. 



abdoiiKMi. Tli(> form of the fins cand the nuiiiber of their rays, the 

 c'oloi-, uiul all the other churacter.s, are coniiiion with GnathojHHion 

 elo7igatus. 



Leiio-th 'l^ iiu'hes. (8chlco-el.) 



Fi-om a stream near Nagasaki; perhaps identical with fh7afhopo<,nn 

 eloiigaius. 



{</r((ciJlx^ sliMuler.) 



5. HEMIBARBUS Bleeker. 

 IIemiharJ>ui^V>\.Kv.K^R, Prodr. Cyprin., 1861, p. 281 {liarf>u.s). 

 Body elongate, rathe;- slender, and compressed. Head elongate, 

 somewhat pointed, and with many mucous cavities about the eye.s'and 

 along the edge of the preoperculum; snout long, blunt at the tip; eye 

 rather larg(\ high; mouth inferior, the maxillary not reaching'eye; 

 lips tieshy; each maxillary with a barbel as long as the eye; teeth 5,' 

 3, 1—1, 3, 5. Gill-i-akers short; intestine short. Peritoneum silvery; 

 scales cycloid, about 49. Dorsal inserted nearer tip of snout than' 

 base of caudal, and armed with a slender, sharp, strong, and smooth 

 .spine: anal inserted far behind tip of depressed dorsal; caudal de(>ply 

 emai-ginate, the lobes pointed; ventrals inserted behind origin of the 

 dorsal. Lateral line slightly decurved and continuous. 



Large fishes of the streams of Japan and Formosa, allied to the 

 European Bar])el {BarlNs larhis). 



(V/n, half; harhHs.) 



8. HEMIBARBUS BARBUS (Schlegel). 

 SOI, NIGOI. 



fiohh, harhus Tkmminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., 1846, p. 198, pi. 



xcix, ri<j. 1; near Nagasaki. 

 llcniharbm barbus Bleeker, Prodr. Cypr., 1861, p. 281.-Jordan and Snyder 



Check List Fish. Japan, 1901, p. 46; Yokohama.-JoRDAN and Evermann' 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1902; Formcsa. 

 Barbus scJdegeU GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish., VII, 1868, p. 134; Formo.-a.-IsniKvw. 



Prel. Cat. 1897, p. 15; Tokyo, Ise. ' ' ' 



Hoad 3r, depth 4i; D. Ill, 7; A. Ill, G; P. 20; V. 9; scales 49 in 

 the lateral line; 7 scales in an oblique series between origin of dorsal 

 and lateral line, and 7 scales between the latter and middle of bellv 

 pharyngeal teeth 5, 3, 1-1, 3, 5; width of head 2i in its length; snout 

 2%- in head; eye 5; interorbital space 3f ; pectoral U; ventral U; eve 

 2 in snout. " 



Body elongate and compressed. Head elongate, pointed, greatlv 

 compressed, with many mucous cavities around the eves, and below 

 and b(di,nd the edge of the preoperculum; snout long, pointed, and 

 produced; eyes moderately large, anterior and superior; mouth small 

 interior, and with the upper jaw produced; lips fleshy and not broad; 

 a slender maxillary barbel equal to the diameter of the eye; pharyn- 



