180 CTPBlNIDiB. 



Caudal peduncle elougate. The pectoral fin does not extend to the 

 ventral. There are three longitudinal series of scales between the 

 lateral line and ventral fin. A broad silvery band, sometimes tinged 

 with black, runs along the side of the head and body; back and 

 belly with scarcely any colour. 



Pharyngeal teeth 4 . 1 — 1 . 3. 



Holston River, Virginia. 

 u-c. Three inches long. From Mr. Cope's Collection. 



34. BUNGIA. 

 Bungia, Keyserling, Zeitschr. ges. Ntrwiss. xvii. p. 18. 



Scales of moderate size, lateral line complete. Dorsal fin short, 

 without spine, commencing in advance of the ventrals ; anal fin very 

 short. Mouth anterior, lips thin ; barbels two. Pharyngeal teeth 

 slightly hooked, conical, 5-5. Intestinal tract as long as the body. 



Persia. 



1. Bungia nigresceiiB. 



Keyserling, I. c. taf. 8. 



D. 10. A. 8. V.8. L. lat. 41. L. transv. G/ ?. 



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

 which is a little less than one-fourth of the total (without caudal). 

 The eye is one-fifth of the length of the head, and occupies its middle. 

 Cleft of the mouth oblique, the lower jaw being slightly the shorter ; 

 barbels longer than the eye. Origin of the dorsal fin nearer to the 

 end of the snout than to the root of the caudal, which is emarginate. 

 There are four longitudinal series of scales between the lateral hne 

 and the root of the ventral. Coloration uniform ; dorsal and caudal 

 rays with blackish dots. (Keys.) 



River Heri-Rud, near Herat. Five inches long. 



35. PIMEPHaLES * 



Pimephales t, i^af. ) Agass. Sill. Journ. 1855, xix. p. 220, 



Scales of moderate size ; lateral line present, but incomplete. Dorsal 

 Jtn short, with a short, feeble spinous rui/ in front, eoiameucing above the 

 ventrals; anal fin short. Mouth anterior, narrow; intermaxillaries 

 protractile ; the labial fold of the lower jaw is developed on the sides 

 only, not extending across the symphysis ; barbels none ; edge of 

 the jaws not sharp, covered (in males ?) with a deciduous horny 

 cover. Gill-rakers short ; pseudobranchioe. The attachment of the 

 gill-membrane to the isthmus takes place opposite to the angle of the 

 praeoperculum. Pharjmgeal teeth compressed 4-4 ; the upper and 

 lower short caucjal rays united by a broadish interradial membrane. 

 Intestinal tract with but a few convolutions. 



United States. 



* 1. Pimephales agassizii, Cope, Journ. Ac. Naf. Sc. rhilad. xiii. p. 394. — 



Indiana. 

 t Corrupted from rrmclocci^halus I Sec Agass. I. c. 



