224 MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM. 



Depth 3.33 in body-length to base of caudal; D. Ill, 9; A. II, 10; scales in 

 lateral line 36 to 39, in transverse series between insertions of dorsal and anal 6/4, 

 pharj^ngeal teeth 5-5. 



Head 4 inbodj'-length; eyes 3.57 in head; snout 4; mouth butshghtly oblique; 

 barbel long, somewhat more than half diameter of eye, coarse; gill-rakers 2-)- 8; 

 pharyngeal teeth hooked, smooth, and with narrow grinding surface; caudal 

 peduncle short, 1.14 in head, its depth 2 in head. 



Dorsal inserted nearly midway between snout and base of caudal, its base 

 1.125 in head, its height 1.33; anal inserted under fifth or sixth branched dorsal 

 ray, its base 1.33 in head, its height 1.83; its margin straight; pectorals and ventrals 

 equal, 1.5 in head, the ventrals inserted under first dorsal ray. 



Color in alcohol plain, without lateral stripes or spots, except for an indistinct 

 line along sides of caudal peduncle; dorsal in adult with a broad indistinct bar of 

 blue-black along the middle of membrane; anal similar, but margined with white; 

 pectorals clear; ventrals and belly from jaws to middle of anal nearly black in all 

 the males; peritoneum black. 



54. Acheilognathus lanceolatus (Temminck & Schlegel). 



Capoeta lanceolata Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, 1846, p. 202, pi. C, fig. 5, near Nagasaki. 



Matsubara, on Lake Biwa. 



We give here a description of a female specimen 93 mm. in total length, with 

 numerous others, male and female, between 56 and 75 mm. in body-length, from 

 Funayado, Kiusiu, collected by Jordan and Snyder (No. 7359, Stanford University 

 Collection) : 



Depth 3.33 in body-length to last vertebra; D. Ill, 8; A. II, 9; scales in lateral 

 line 35, in transverse series between insertions of vertical fins 6/4; pharyngeal teeth 

 5-5. 



Head about 4 in body length; eye 3.16 in head; snout slightly longer than di- 

 ameter of eye; mouth but httle oblique; anterior edge of premaxillaries level with 

 lower edge of pupil; gill-rakers 2-)- 8, slender and short; pharyngeal teeth smooth, 

 hooked, with narrow grinding surface, and uncolored; barbel long, equal to snout; 

 lateral line complete; caudal peduncle short, 1.14 in head, measured from last anal 

 ray, its depth moderate, 2 in head; breadth of body, 2 in head. 



Dorsal insertion midway between snout and base of caudal, its base 1.33 in 

 head, its height 1.5; anal inserted under last dorsal ray. Its base 1.5 in head, its 

 height the same, its margin straight; ventral 1.83 in head, inserted under first dorsal 

 ray; pectoral equal to length of base of dorsal. 



Color in alcohol plain, save for faint trace of black in a line along sides of caudal ; 



