81. ALBtTKNUS. 3^5 



■^'E/^Tfi'^S -J""'^'"'"'''' "* -^''""■'^ ^"y- -^«««- '^i-rid. iii. p. 500, 

 Leuciscus clupeoides, Cuv. Sr Vol. xvii. p. 291. 



D. 11. A. 18*. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 11/5 



oi^il%7T'"f^ 'Y^'!u' ^i' f^P^'^ ^''''- '°«^'^ t^^'^ the length 

 of the head, and one-fourth of the total (vvithout caudal). Lower 

 jaw projecting beyond the upper. The origin of the anal fin is 

 nnmedjatdy bdiind the end of the dorsal ; pe^ctorals well d'velo^ed 

 not extending to the veutrals. Coloration uniform. ^ 



Hivers oi .Southern Russia and Northern Persia. 



5. Alburnus eichwaldii. 

 Cyprinus alburnus i?/,./««//r/, Faun. Casp.-Caucm. p. 159 (not L ) 

 Al£ui-uu8 eichwaldii, De Filippi, Viayy^m Persia, p. 359. ^ 

 D. 10. A. 15. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 11/7. 

 The height of the body is one-fourth of the total length (^dth the 



Ta K T'^ P^'^'u"*^' ^'^^ ^^' lower jaw but sHghtly prominent. 

 A dark band along the upper part of the side. 

 River Kur, near Tiflis. 



This may prove to properly belong to Ahramis. 



6. Alburnus scoranzoides. 



Alburnus scoranzoides, HecM, Siissicasserf. p. 139. 



A. 13-14. L. lat. 41-42. L. transv. 7|/?. 

 Three longitudinal series of scales between the lateral Une and 

 the ventral fan. The and fin commences behind the vertical from 

 the end of the dorsal. (Ileck.) 

 Montenegro. 



a. Adult, in bad state. River Ricka. From the Milan Museum. 



7. Alburnus mento. 

 Die Mai-Renke. 



Leuciscus mento, Cun. Sf Val. x\'ii. p 271 



ment(jides, Kcssler, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1859, p 531 



D. 11. A. 17-19. V.9-10. L. lat. 65-68. L. transv. 11 /7 

 Vert. 24/20. ' ' 



Body rather elongate, its depth being contained from four times 

 and one-third to five times in the total length (without caudal) 

 Snout as long as, or rather longer than, the eye ; cleft of the moulh 

 airected upwards, the lower jaw considerably projecting beyond the 

 * This is the number stated by Valenciennes, and shown in the figure given 

 by ^fordmanu; the latter author has ~ in tin. fV.rnmla of tlic text. 



