NO. 133^. .71 1 PA NESE (J YPRINOID FISHES—JORDA N A XJ) FO WL Ell. 8 1 5 



I Color in alcohol, dark brown above, pale or silver}^ below, and each 

 of the scales above and on the sides with a narrow brown maro-in, form- 

 ing a reticulated appearance; top of head and snout dark brown; dor- 

 sal and anal grayish, with 2 longitudinal pale or whitish liands; cau- 

 dal and pectoral grayish; ventrals pale; sides with a pale hiteral sti'eak, 

 becoming more distinct and darker along the sides of caudal peduncU;; 

 a dark ])lotch above and behind gill-opening. 



Length 2^ inches. 



This description from a specimen from Tsuruga. 



This species is represented in our collection b}?^ manj^ examples from 

 Tsuruga in Echizen, Tsuchiura near Tokyo, ^Nlatsushhna in Rikuzeii, 

 and the Tokyo market. It is generally counnon in the streams of 

 northern Japan. From the species of Acheilognatlim it is readily dis- 

 tinguished by its small scales. 



(rvTtoz^ type.) 



2. PARACHEILOGNATHUS Bleeker. 

 Pararhrilognathus'BhKEKEii, Atlas Irhth., Ill, 1863, p. 33 (t'liomhem). 



Body short, deep and rhomljoid. Head small; eye moderate; snout 

 pointed and slightly projecting; mouth small, inferior, the maxillary 

 not reaching eye; a small maxillary l)arbel, generally less than half 

 thee3"e; teeth 5 — 5, the edges serrate; interorbital space broad. Intes- 

 tine long. Peritoneum dark or l)lackish. Scales large, some of those 

 on the sides strongl}^ imbricated, 37. Origin of dorsal midway ])etween 

 tip of snout and base of caudal, base of hn long, with 14 developed 

 rays; anal with 10 developed ra3\s; caudal deeply emarginate; ventrals 

 inserted a little before origin of dorsal. Lateral line slightly decurved, 

 and continuous. Short, deep-bodied lishes of the rivers of Japan. 



{j/apa, near; acludUxjiKdliun.) 



2. PARACHEILOGNATHUS RHOMBEA (Schlegel). 



TABIRA (SHINER); AKABABIRA (RED-8HINER)i BOTE TANA(i()" 



(POTBELLY). 



Capocta rhombea Schlegel, Fauna Japoiiica, Poiss., 184(>, p. 205, pi. r, li.u- <3; 



streams near Nagasaki. 

 Acheilo(jnat}u(s rJiombcus Bleeker, Proilr. C'ypr., 1860, p. 255. 

 Parnrhi'ilognathus rJwmhens Bleekek, Atl. Ichtliyol. Cypr., 1863, p. 33. 

 Arhilogiiafhiis rhomhnis GtJNTiiER, Cat. Fish, VII, 1868, p. 279; Nagasaki, I'mm 



one of Schlegel's types.— Isiiikawa, Prel. Cat., 1S97, p. 12: Tokyo, Lake 



Biwa, Yamashiro. 

 AcMlognatJiiix Mceixu'lrri Sauvage,'' Bull. >Soc. Pliiloin. I'ai'is, ISS:',, p. ;'.; Luke 



Biwa. 



"The name Tcmago is used alike for the deep-bodied shiners and for the surf-iish, 

 Dilrcina temm'mch. 



''The following is the description given by Dr. Sauvage: 



"D. 14-15: A. 11-12; L. lat. 38. Hauteur du eorj^s contenue pres de trois fois et 

 deniie dans la longueur totale; longueur de la tete cinq fois et un tiers dans la uicme 



