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Body deeply ovoid, well compressed. Head moderate. Snout 

 obtuse, convex. Mouth terminal, without barbels. Gill openings 

 moderate. Gill membranes widely united with isthmus. Pharyn- 

 geal teeth uniserial, 4 — 4, molar and compressed. Scales large, 

 usually uniform. Lateral line complete, extends midway along side. 

 Dorsal fin with long base, third simple ray formed as stout spine, 

 its hind edge serrated. Anal much shorter, with similar stout spine. 

 Ventrals well forward. 



Large fishes found in the fresh waters of Asia and Europe. Often 

 domesticated, and the well known goldfish widely introduced into 

 many parts of the world. 



CARASSIUS AURATUS (Linnaeus) 



Cyprinus auratus Linnaetus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 322, 1758 (type locality. 



rivers of China and Japan). 

 Carassius auratus Fowler, Copeia, No. 58, p. 62, 1018 (Philippines). — Hesbe, 



Fishes Herre Philippine Exped., 1031, p. 20, 1034 (introduced in Trinidad 



River). — Roxas and Martin, Dept. Agr. Comm. Manila Tech. Bull. 6, p. 41, 



1937 (reference). 



Depth 214 to 3l^ ; head 3 to 31/3, width 1% to 1%. Snout 31/5 to 4 

 in head; eye Z% to 5%, subequal with snout, 2 to 2i/4 in interorbital ; 

 maxillary reaches to hind nostril or not quite to eye, length 3% to 4 

 in head; mouth broad, jaws about even; interorbital 21/5 to 3 in 

 head, broadly convex. Gill rakers 3 + 12, short points. Pharyngeal 

 teeth 4—4. 



Scales 26 to 28 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 or 3 more on 

 latter; 6 above, vary 5, 5 or 6 below to anal origin, 11 to 13 predorsal. 

 Scales large, well exposed and more or less uniform. 



D. IV, 16 I, to 19 I, fourth spine osseous, enlarged, hind edge ser- 

 rated, length 11/2 to 2 in head; A. Ill, 5, i, third spine enlarged, 

 osseous, hind edge serrated, length 1% to 2; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 1% to 2; pectoral 1% to 1%, rays 15 or 16; ventral i, 8, fin 

 11/2 to 1% in head ; caudal emarginate, 2% to 2% in rest of fish. 



Color largely olivaceous, paler below. Fins all more or less 

 olivaceous, dorsal and caudal usually little darker. 



Temperate eastern Asia, especially China and Japan, now widely 

 introduced. Described from Chinese and Siamese materials. 



Genus KAMPALA Van Hasselt 



Hampala Van Hasselt, Algemein Konst. Letterbode, Aout. p. 123, 1823. (Type, 

 Hampala macrolepidota Van Hasselt, monotypic.) 



Body elongate, compressed. Head moderate. Snout pointed. 

 Mouth terminal, wide, oblique, extends beyond front eye edge. Jaws 

 equal, upper little protractile. Upper lip broadened anteriorly, lower 

 laterally. Postlabial groove or furrow runs parallel with lips, in- 

 terrupted in middle of lower lip. Barbel behind mouth corner. Gill 



