NO. 1334. J A PA XESE CYPRINOID FimES-JORDAN A ND FO 1 1 LER. 8 2 1 



anterior; mouth small, inferior; maxillary short, reaching- to the nos- 

 tril and protractile; maxillary barbel very short; pharyngeal teeth 

 smooth, and with a narrow grinding- surface; nostrils close together 

 and near the upper part of the eye; intcrorV)ital space rather broad, 

 slightly elevated and flattened medianly. Gill-openings rather lartre'; 

 gill-rakers short, few, and weak; pseudobranchia' present. 

 Intestine with numerous convolutions. Peritoneum black. 

 Scales moderately larg-e, cycloid, and some of them imbricated on 

 the sides; no pectoral flap; ventral flap small. 



Orig-in of dorsal about midway in the l)ody without caudal, the ante- 

 rior rays the highest, the base of the fin about 5 in body without caudal, 

 and the upper edge of the fin nearly straight; origin of anal below the 

 posterior dorsal rays or aljout midway between origin of ventral and 

 base of last anal ray, the anterior rays the highest, the base of the tin 

 about 5 in body without caudal, and the upper edge of the tin nearly 



Fig. 'J.— AtHEILOUNATHUS CYANOSTIGMA. 



straight; origin of anal below the posterior dorsal rays or a])out mid- 

 way between origin of ventral and base of last anal ray, the anterior 

 jravs the highest, the base of the fln If in head, and the margin of the 

 'fin nearh^ straight; caudal deeply emarginate and the lobes pointed; 

 pectorals reaching al)out two-thirds of the distance to origin of ven- 

 {trals; ventrals inserted below the origin of the dorsal, and reaching 

 the origin of the anal. Caudal peduncle rather long, a trifle shorter 

 than head, and its least depth al)out 2i in head. Lateral line slightly 

 jdecurved and continued to the baso of caudal. 



Color in alcohol, brownish above, pale beneath; dorsal and caudal 

 jgrayish black, tlu^ former with sin'cral darker longitudinal cross bars; 

 |anal grayish, with a broad marginal, whitish band; pectorals grayish; 

 Ventrals grayish black; snout dark brown; sid(\s with a longitudinal, 

 blackish l)and ])eginning abruptly in a l)lack spot on the up})er part of 

 [the sides about over the middle of the pectoral, and on the sixth scale 

 from the head; no dark spot above gill opening. 



Length, 2f inches. 



