320 CTPRINID^. 



84. ELOPICHTHYS. 



Elopiclithys, Blceker, Cypr. Prodr. p. 286 (diagnos. incorrect) ; Nederl. 

 Tydschr. Dicrk. 1865, p. 27. 



Scales small ; lateral line terminating in the middle of the depth 

 of the tail. Dorsal fin with ten branched rays, placed somewhat 

 behind the root of the ventrals ; anal fin many-rayed. Mouth wide, 

 oblique, extending to below the eye. The anterior part of the snout 

 is formed by the greatly enlarged upper terminations of the inter- 

 maxillaries ; maxillaries grown to the intermaxillaries and bent 

 downwards beyond the lower end of the latter. Lower jaw with a 

 very strong symphysial hook. Harbels none. Suborbital ring nar- 

 row. Pharyngeal teeth compressed, in three series. Postventral 

 portion of the abdomen compressed. 



China. 



1. Elopichthys bambusa. 



Leuciscus bambusa, Richards. Voy. Sulph. IchtJt. p. 141, pi. 6.3. fig. 2 ; 



and Ichth. Chin. p. 299. 

 ? Nasus dahuricus, Basilewsky, Nouv. 3Iem. Soc. Nat. Mosc. x. 1855, 



p. 2.34, tab. 7. fig. 1. 

 Elopichtlij-a bambusa, Bleek. I. c. 

 Opsarius bambusa, Kner, Novara, Fisch. p. 357. 



D. 13. A. 14. V. 10-11. L. lat. ca 100. L. transv. ?5. 



Head and body much elongate, compressed ; eye small ; fins 

 small, caudal deeply forked. There are nine longitudinal series of 

 scales between the lateral line and ventral fin. 



China. 

 a. Type of the species, 17 inches long, stuffed. Presented by J. E. 

 Eeeves, Esq. 



85. PELOTROPHUS. 



Pelotropbus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. .314. 



Body more or less elongate ; scales of moderate or rather small 

 size ; lateral line running near to the lower profile. Dorsal fin with 

 ten branched rays, without spine, situated nearer to the anal than to 

 the ventrals ; anal fin elongate, many-rayed, with the anterior part 

 much elevated, whilst the posterior is very low, the two divisions being 

 abraptly divided. Lower jaw more or less conspicuously projecting 

 beyond the upper. Upper jaw protractile. Cheeks nearly entirely 

 covered by the dilated suborbital ring. Pharyngeal teeth ? 



East Africa. 



1. Pelotrophus microlepis. 



Giinth. I. c. 



D. 13. A. 19-22. V. 10. L. lat. 88. L. transv. 14/10. 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, 



which is about two-ninths of the total (without caudal) ; the diameter 



of the eye is one-fifth (in young examples) or one-eighth (in old ones) 



of the length of the head, and about one-half of that of the snout. 



