NO. 1334. JAPANESE VYPRINOID FISHES— JORDAN AND FOWLER. 813 



q Dorsal liu inserted in advance of ventrals; scales 

 small, about 75; dorsal tin short; teeth 2, 



•^5— '>, '^ Tnholodou, 14. 



77 Dorsal inserted behind ventrals; teeth 2, 4 or 

 5— 5,2 or 1. 



/■ lateral line complete Lnicm-ua, 15 



;■/■ Lateral line incomplete: teeth 2, 5 — 4 or 5, 



- ' - J'ho.rinils, m 



nnn Teeth three-rowed. 



s Abdomen behind ventrals, it.s edge rounded, 

 as usual; anal in male elevated. 

 t Upper jaw normal, without deep notch; 

 teeth 1 or 2, 4, 4 or 5 — 5, 4, 2 or 1. 



Scales 40 to 60 /dcco, 1 7 



tt Upper jaw produced, with a deep notch; 



teeth 2, 4, 5—5, 4, 2. Scales about 50. . 



OpsariicJdhi/s, 18 



s.s" Abdomen ))ehind ventrals, comprcs.sed to 



an edge; before ventrals rounded; anal 



elongate of 15 rays; first dorsal ray more 



or less enlarged and spine-like; teeth 2, 



4, 5 — 5, 4, 2; scales small, about 70 



hchlkai'ia, 19 

 aa Cyprinin.e. Dorsal fin many-rayed, preceded by a strong, serrated spine; anal 

 spine present; teeth molar. 



u Barbels none; teeth 4 — 4, one-rowed.. 



Carasxiu.s, 20 

 uu Barbels two on each side; teeth three- 

 rowed, 1,1, 3 — 3, 1, 1 Cyprlnui<, 21 



1. PSEUDOPERILAMPUS Bleeker. 



Psen(loperUiiiiiini>f Bi.eeker, Versl. ]\red. Ak. Vet. Amst., XV, ISHli, p. 235, {ti/pns). 



Body short, deep, and rhomboid. Head small, and the upper profile 

 concave over the e3'es; eye large; snout bluntly pointed; mouth small, 

 oblique; no barbels; teeth 5 — 5, the sides serrate; interorl/ital space 

 broad. Int«\stine long-. Peritoneuni black. Scales small, and very 

 narrowly imbricated, about 55 in lateral line. Origin of dorsal nearer 

 base of caudal than tip of snout, its base rather long, with ]o developed 

 rays; anal with 1(» developed rays; caudal emarginate; \ entrals inserted 

 hefore dor.sal. Lateral line nearly straight and continuous. 



Herbivorous fishes of the Japanese streams and lakes, reseml)ling 

 the bream {Ahr<itiiis). 



{tf-evSifs, false; j)er/7a7r/ju(-s, a related genus.) 



I. PSEUDOPERILAMPUS TYPUS Bleeker. 

 ZENITANA(;0 (COIN-MINNOW); NIGABUNA (BITTER CARP). 



Pseudoperilamjmft ii/pus Bleeker, Versl. Ak. Vet. Amst., XV, p. 235; Tokyo; 



Ned. Tyds. Dierk, I, p. 382.— GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish, VII, 18(38, p. 2S1; from 



Japan, same type. 

 Pseudoperilampus sp. Ishihawa, Prel. Cat., 1897, p. 12; Tokyo, Tegauma. 



Head, 3f ; depth, 2i; D. HI. 10; A. HI, 10; P. lL>; V. 8; scales. 55 

 in the lateral line; 12 scales between origin of dorsal and lateral line. 



