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dorsal fin midway between the root of the caudal and the front margin 

 of the ej^e. 

 China. 



a. Five and a half inches long. From the Haslar Collection. 



5. Chanodichthys pekinensis. 



Abrauiis pekiueusis, Jiasilewsky, Kouv. Mem. Sue. Nat. Mosc. x. 1855, 



p. 239, tab. 6. fig. 2. 

 I'arabraniis pekinensis, Bleek. Nederl. Tydschr. Dierk. 1864, p. 22. 

 Culter pekinensis, Kner, Novara, Fiseh. p. 360, taf. 14. fig. 3. 



D, 10. A. 34. V. 9. L. lat. ca 50. L. transv. 11/9. 



The osseous dorsal ray is not serrated, strong, and as long as the 

 head. The height of the body is contained thrice in the total length 

 (without caudal), the length of the head iive times and one-half. 

 Profile of the n;ipe concave. The diameter of the eye is longer than 

 the snout, its length being one-fourth of that of the head. Upper 

 jaw overlapping the lower. The pectoral fin is scarcely shorter than 

 the head. Origin of the dorsal fin midway between the root of the 

 caudal and the supero-posterior angle of the 02)ercidum. (Blkr.) 



Peking. 



There are several not unimportant discrepancies between Bleeker's 

 and Kner's accounts of this fish ; the latter was not acquainted with 

 the description given by Bleeker, and erroneously quotes " Pseiido- 

 vulter j^elcinensis, Blkr.," in the synonymy, which name is intended 

 for a different fish. 



The following species is an aberrant form of this genus, if it is not 

 a hybrid : — 



6. Chanodichthys leucisculus. 



? Culter leucisculus, Basilewshy, Kouv. Mem. Soc. Nat. Mosc. x. 1855, 



p. 238. 

 ? IJemiculter leucisculus, Bleek. Ct/pr. Prodr. p. 401. 

 Culter leuciscidus, Kner, Kovara, Fisch. p. 362. 



D. 9. A. 15. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 8|/?. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, which is 

 one-fourth of the total (without caudal). Cleft of the mouth oblique, 

 of moderate width, with the upper jaw slightly the longer. Origin 

 of the dorsal fin behind the ventral, and behind the middle of the 

 total length (caudal not included). Pectorals nearly reaching ven- 

 trals. Abdomen keeled to the vent. [N.B. Abdomine non com- 

 presso, Basilewskt/]. Air-bladder bilobed. i^Kner.) 



China. 



89. SMILIOGASTER. 



SmiUogaster, Bleek. Atl. IchtJnjoL Ci/j>r. p. 33. 

 Body elevated, much compressed, the entire abdominal edge being 

 trenchant. Scales small ; lateral line nearly straight. Jaws of 



