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Choetomus playfairii McClelland, Calcutta Jonrn. Nat. Hist., vol. 4, p. 405, pi. 

 24, fig. 3, 1844 (type locality : China). 



Coilia playfairii Richardson, Voy. Sulphur, Ichth., p. 100, pi. 54. figs. 3-4, 1844 

 (China Seas, Chusan, Yangtze Kiang mouth, Canton, Hong Kong) ; Ichth. 

 China Japan, p. 309, 1846 (Chinese Seas, Chusan, Yangtze Kiang, Canton 

 River, Hong Kong). — Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 21, p. 86, 1848 

 (copied). 



Coilia nasus Schlegel, in Siebold's Fauna Japonica, Poiss., pts. 10-14, p. 243, 

 pi. 109, fig. 4, 1846 (type locality: Seas of Japan). 



Coilia nasus Gijnther, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 7, p. 405, 1868 (Ningpo, 

 Amoy, China) ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, ser. 4, vol. 12, p. 250, 1873 (Shang- 

 hai). — Martens, Preuss. Exped. Ost-Asien, vol. 1, p. 404, 1876 (Shanghai). — 

 Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, p. 926, 1880 (Ningpo).— Kaeoli, 

 Termesz. Fiizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, p. 183, 1881 (Ningpo River). — GtJN- 

 THER, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, ser. 6, vol. 4, p. 219, 1889 (Kiu Kiang).— Ishi- 

 KAWA and Matsuura, Prelim. Cat. Fishes Mus. Tokyo, p. 9, 1897. — Gxjnther, 

 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 1, p. 263, 1898 (Newchang).— J. F. Abbott, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 23, p. 490, 1901 (Tsien Tsin).— Jordan and 

 Snyder, Annot. Zool. Japon., vol. 3, p. 54, 1901 (reference). — Jordan and 

 Stakes, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 31, p. 516, 1906 (Port Arthur, Man- 

 churia ) .—Jordan and Herre, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 31, p. 640, 1906 

 (China, Korea ) .—Fr.\nz, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., vol. 4, Suppl. vol. 1, p. 5, 

 1910 (Sagami Bay).— Gasman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 40, No. 4, p. 113, 

 1912 (Kiating). — Izuka and Matsuura, Cat. Zool. Spec. Tokyo Mus. 

 Vertebra ta, p. 183, 1920 (Chikugo).— Mori, Hand List Manchurian East 

 Mongolian Vertebr., p. 154, 1927 (reference) ; Journ. Pan Pacific Res. Inst., 

 vol. 3, p. 3, 1928 (Fusan, Korea).— Nichols, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat Hist, 

 vol. 58, art. 1, p. 3, 1928 (Shanghai, Ning Po, Pei Ho, Tientsin; Anhwei).— 

 Wu, Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, vol. 5, No. 4, p. 25, fig. 19, 1929 

 (Amoy).— Schmidt, Trans. Pacific Comm. Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., vol. 11, 

 p. 21, 1931 (Fusan). 



Mystus nasus Fowler, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., New York, vol. 50, p. 373, 

 1924 (Ninghwo). 



Osteoglossum prionostoma Basilewsky, Nouv. Mem. Soc. Nat. Moscou, vol. 10, 

 p. 244, 1855 (type locality: "Pekin; sinu Tschiliensi et mari orientalis"). 



Coilia grayi (not Richardson) Kner, Reise Novara, Fische, p. 335, 1865 

 (Hongkong). 



Coilia ectenes Jordan and Seale, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 29, p. 517, fig. 1, 

 1906 (type locality: Shanghai). — Jordan and Starks, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 31, p. 516, 1906 (Port Arthur, Manchuria). — Evermann and Shaw, Proc. 

 California Acad. Sci., ser. 4, vol. 16, p. 100, 1927 (Hangchow, Chuchi, 

 Nanking, Yangtze River). — Mori, Hand List Manchurian East. Mongolian 

 Vertebr., p. 153, 1927; Journ. Pan Pacific Res. Inst., vol. 3, p. 3, 1928 (Fusan 

 and Jinsen, Korea). — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929, p. 

 592 (Shanghai), p. 601, 1930 (Hongkong; note).— Kimura, Journ. Shanghai 

 Sci. Inst., sect. 3, vol. 3, p. 104, 1985 (Tsung Ming, Yangtze-kiang). 



? Coilia brachygnathus Kreyenberg and Pappenheim, Sitzber. Ges. Nat. Freunde 

 Berlin, p. 96, 1908 (type locality: Tungtin and Hankau) ; Abh. Ber. Mus. 

 Magdeburg, vol. 2, pt. 1, p. 10, 1909 (Yangtze Kiang).— Nichols, Bull. Amer. 

 Mus. Nat Hist, vol. 58, art. 1, p. 3, 1928 (Tungting Lake, Hunan). 



Depth 7 to 81/2; head 534 to 6%, width 2% to 2%. Snout 414 

 to 41/^ in head; eye 4% to 6, 1 to li^ in snout, 1% to 1% in inter- 



