60. MEDA. 263 



llirr^ i' ^n^t '■'''* '^ *^' '"^"^^^ t'^^" t« the eye. Caudal fin 

 deeplj forked. Ihere are seven longitudinal scries of scales between 

 the lateral hnc and the root of the ventral fin. Coloration unifonn. 

 Cantornia. 



«. Fine specimen, 14 inches long, lliver San Joaquin. Presented 

 by JJr. VV, 0. Ayres. 



59. PARAPHOXINUS. 



Phoxiiielliis, sp., HecM. 



Paraphoxiuus, Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. Cijpr. p. 31. 

 iJody scaleless, or with rudimentary, non-imbricate scales; lateral 

 ime more or less incomplete, with a series of scales. Dorsal fin 

 short, without osseous ray, commencing somewhat behind the origin 

 ol the ventrals; anal short; caudal forked. Mouth anterior, with- 

 out barbels. Pseudobranchi^e. Pharyngeal teeth subconical, 5-4 

 Dalmatia; Bosnia. 



1. Paraphoxinus alepidotus. 



Phoxiuellus alepidotus, Seckel, in Rmmjyer^s Reisen, i. p. 1040; 

 -tieck. lV Kner, Susswasserf. p. 215. ' r > 



Paraphoxinus alepidotus, Bleeker, I. c. 



D. 10. A. 9. 



Very similar to the Minnow. Scales only along the lateral Une 

 Coloration uniform. 

 Bosnia; Dalmatia. 



a-c. Adult. River Cettina. From the Milan Museum. 



2. Paraphoxinus croaticus. 



Phoxiuellus croaticus, Steindachner, Sitzysher. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 1865 

 in. p. ovi, With hg. ' 



D. 10. A. 9. V. 8. 



Body covered with very small, non-imbricate scales. A dark 

 lateral band. 

 Croatia. 



GO. MEDA. 



Meda, Girarcl, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1850, p. 191. 

 "Body elongated, slender, compressed, fusiform in its profile and 

 scaleless The lateral Hue may be traced along the middle of the 

 flanks, shghtly deflexed upon the abdomen. The head is elongated 

 subconical, roimded upon the snout without being truncated The 

 mouth IS proportionally large, subterminal, its gape slightly oblique 

 upwards, the lower jaw fitting into the upper. No barbels The 

 isthmus narrow. Dorsal fin higher than long, pro^•ided anteriorly 

 with a stout, articulated, but simple and osseous ray, grooved nos- 

 tonorly, and nearly as high as the second ray, wliich is slightly 

 higher and the highest of aU. The ventrals are inserted in advance 



