60. MEDA. 263 



and nearer to the root of the caudal than to the eye. Caudal fin 

 deeply forked. There are seven longitudinal series of scales between 

 the lateral line and the root of the ventral fin. Coloration uniform. 

 California. 



a. Fine specimen, 14 inches long, lliver San Joaquin. Presented 

 by Dr. W. 0. Ayres. 



59. PARAPHOXINUS. 



Phoxinellus, sp., Heckel. 



Paraphoxinus, Bleeker, Atl, Ichth. Ctjpr. p. 31. 



Body sealeless, or with rudimentary, non-imbricate scales ; lateral 

 line more or less incomplete, with a series of scales. Dorsal fin 

 short, without osseous ray, commencing somewhat behind the origin 

 of the ventrals ; anal short ; caudal forked. Mouth anterior, with- 

 out barbels. Pseudobrancbise. Pharyngeal teeth subcorneal, 5 — 4. 



Dalmatia; Bosnia 



1. Paraphoxinus alepidotus. 



Phoxinellus alepidotus, Heckel, in Russegger^s Reisen, i. p. 1040 j 



Heck, Hf Kner, Siisswasserf. p. 215. 

 Paraphoxinus alepidotus, Bleeker, I. c, 



D. 10. A. 9. 

 Very similar to the Minnow. Scales only along the lateral line. 

 Coloration uniform. 

 Bosnia; Dalmatia. 



'U-c. Adult. Eiver Cettina. From the Milan Museum. 



2. Paraphoxinus croaticus. 



Phoxinellus croaticus, Steindachner, Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 1865, 

 Hi. p. 594, with fig. 



D. 10. A. 9. V. 8. 



Body covered with very small, non-imbricate scales. A dark 

 lateral band. 



Croatia. 



60. MEDA. 

 Meda, Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1856, p. 191. 



" Body elongated, slender, compressed, fusiform in its profile, and 

 sealeless. The lateral Kne may be traced along the middle of the 

 flanks, slightly deflexed upon the abdomen. The head is elongated, 

 subcorneal, rounded upon the snout without being truncated. The 

 mouth is proportionally large, subterminal, its gape slightly oblique 

 upwards, the lower jaw fitting into the upper. No barbels. The 

 isthmus narrow. Dorsal fin higher than long, provided anteriorly 

 with a stout, articulated, but simple and osseous ray, grooved pos- 

 teriorly, and neai'ly as high as the second ray, which is slightly 

 higher and the highest of all. The ventrals are inserted in advance 



