80. ASPius. 311 



Aspius vulgaris, Leiblem, Curr. Bldtt. zool,-mi)ier. Vet: Reyensb, viL 

 1853, p. 122. 



D. 11. A. 17. V. 10. L. lat. 67-70. L. traiisv. '-^. Vert. 49. 



Cleft of tlie mouth wide. The commencement of the anal fin is 

 behind the dorsal. Uniform silvery on the sides ; males with rough 

 excrescences on the scales during the spawning-season. 



Europe east of the Rhine. 



a. Fine specimen. Danube. From the Stuttgart Collection. 



b. Adult : skull. Danube. From Dr. A. Giinther's Collection. 



2. Aspius vorax. 



Aspius vorax, Heckel, in Russegger's Itcisen, i. p. 1081, taf. 10. fig. 3. 

 D. 11. A. 13. L. lat. 94-105. L. transv. 18/10. 

 Cleft of the mouth -wade, with the lower jaw much projecting 

 beyond the upper. Eye small. The length of the head is one- 

 fourth of the total (without caudal). The commencement of the 

 anal fin is immediately behind the dorsal. The hindmost suborbital 

 bone is nearly as large as the praeorbital, the intermediate bones 

 being naiTow. Coloration uniform. 

 River Tigris. 



rt. Stuff'ed, 13 inches long. From the Collection of Commander 

 Jones. 



3. Aspius spilurus. 

 D. 9. A. 14. L. lat. 46. L. transv. 8/5. 



The height of the body is two-ninths of the total length (without 

 caudal), the length of the head one-fourth. Cleft of the mouth 

 wide, the maxillary extending beyond the front margin of the eye. 

 Snout pointed, with the lower jaw prominent, its symphysial knob 

 received into a notch of the uppei' jaw. Eye as long as the snout, 

 its diameter being contained thrice and one-third in the length of 

 the head. Interorbital space flat, narrower than the orbit. Origin 

 of the dorsal fin nearer to the root of the caudal than to the end of 

 the snout ; origin of the anal immediately behind the end of the 

 dorsal. Caudal fin deeply forked, as long as the head. Pectorals 

 extending somewhat beyond the root of the ventrals, which reach to 

 the vent. A black spot on the base of the caudal. 



Pharyngeal teeth 5 . 3—2 . 4. 



China. 

 a-e. From 1| to 2| inches long. Inland mountainous region of 

 Hongkong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



