90. CULTER. 329 



free portion of the taU is two-thirds as high as long. The diameter 

 of tlie eye IS two-sevenths of the length of the head, scarcely less 

 than that of the snout, and much more than the interorhital space, 

 which IS very convex. Mouth of moderate width, subvertical the 

 maxillary not extending to the vertical from the front margin of the 

 eye Suborbital nng very narrow. The second dorsal spine is of 

 moderate strength, three-fourths of the length of the head. Pectoral 

 hn shorter than the head, extending to the ventral. Coloration 

 unitorm silvery. 

 China. 



a. Six inches long, in not good state. Prom the Haslar CoUection. 

 I am unable to find distinctive characters of Cidter alhurmu^, Kner, 

 I^ovara, Iisch. p. 362 He says that the interorhital space is on]^^ 

 half as w^de as the diameter of the eye; this is also the case in 

 0. recurvtcejys. 



2. Culter brevicauda. 



Closely allied to C remrviceps, but with the entire abdominal 

 edge trenchant, and shorter tail. 



D.2/7. A. 28-29. L. lat. 65. L. transv. 12/9. 



.u ^?! ^f^^* ,°^ *^^ ^"'^y '' contained thrice and three-fourths in 

 the total length (without caudal), the length of the head four times 

 Abdominal edge trenchant from the pectorals to the anal. Nape of 

 the neck convex The free portion of the tail is as high as lono- 

 Ihc diameter of the eye is two-ninths of the length of the head 

 rather less than that of the snout, and more than the interorbital 

 space, which is very convex. Mouth of moderate width, subvertical 

 the maxillary not extending to the vertical from the front margin of 

 the eye. Suborbital ring very narrow. The second dorsal spine is 

 of moderate strength, thi-ee-fifths of the length of the head Pec- 

 toral hn not quite as long as the head, extending to the ventral 

 Coloration unitbrm silvery. 



Air-bladder tripartite, the hindmost partition being minute Pha 

 ryngeal teeth slender, hooked, 5.4. 2—2 . 3 or 4 . 4. 



Pormosa. 



«-f?. Adult (9 inches) and half-grown. Prom Consul Swinhoe's 

 Collection. 



Richardson has described from figures two Chinese fishes which 

 It the characters indicated by the artist be correct, would appear to 

 bc^long to a distinct genus, though e^•idently allied to CuUer, from 

 which they differ in having the lateral line bent downwards in an 

 abrupt curve behind the pectoral fin. I abstain from namin- the 

 genus, as such materials generally prove more or less deceptive"-— 



J. />rM(vsc»s rtCK^HS, Hichards. Ichth. Chin. p. 297. DS''' 115? 

 L. lat. 34 ? The height of the body is two-sevenths of 'the 'total 

 length (without caudal), the length of the head two-ninths. Mouth 

 oblique ; snout pointed, with tlie jaws e.jual in k^ngth. The dorsd 

 im IS inserted immediately behind the vcutrals. Pectoral fins not 



