278 CYPKINID.'E. 



3, Achilognatlius intermedius. 



Capoeta intermedia, Schleg. Faun. Japon. Pom. p. 203, tab. 100. fig. 4. 

 Acheilognathus intermedius, Bleeker, I. c. (name only). 



D. 9 (?). A. 10 (?). 



Barbels as long as the eye. The height of the body is contained 

 twice and three-fifths in the total length (without caudal), the 

 length of the head four times and one-half. The last doi^al ray is 

 op])ositc to about the third of the anal fin. {Schley. ) 



Japan. 



4. Achilognathus melanogaster. 



? Capoeta lanceolata, Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 202, pi. 100. 



fig. 3. 

 ? Acheilognathus lanceolatus, Bleek. Prodr. Cypr. p. 225 (name only") . 

 Acheilognathus melanogaster, Bleek. Act. <SV. Sc. Indo-Neerl. viii. 



Japan, vi. p. 02, tab. 2. fig. 1. 



D. 12. A. 11. L. lat. 37. L. transv. 5i/6. 



Barbels nearly as long as the eye. The height of the body is 

 one-third, or a little less than one-third, of the total length (with- 

 out caudal), the length of the head one-fourth. The last dorsal ray 

 is opposite to about the fifth of the anal fin. Pharyngeal teeth not 

 serrated. There are four longitudinal series of scales between the 

 lateral li..e and the root of the ventral fin. An indistinct bluish 

 band along the side of the body ; abdomen black. 



Japan. 



a. One of the typical specimens. Jcddo. From Dr. Bleeker's Col- 

 lection. 



5. Achilognathus imberbis. 

 D. 12. A. 12. L. lat. 35. L. transv. 6/5. 



Barbels none. The height of the body is rather more than one- 

 third of the total length (without caudal), the length of the head 

 somewhat less than one-fourth. Snout rather shorter than the eye, 

 the diameter of which is one-third of the length of the head, and 

 less than the width of the interorbital space. Mouth small, oblique, 

 anterior ; lower jaw with a sharpish margin. The origin of the 

 dorsid fin is nearer to the snout than to the caudal, immediately 

 behind the root of the ventrals ; its last ray is opposite to about the 

 eighth of the anal ; [it is elevated, wuth the upper mai'gin convex, 

 its last ray being longer than the base of the fin]. Caudal fin 

 forked. The pectoral fin extends to the root of the ventral. The 

 lateral line is but slightly curved downwards. There are three and 

 a half longitudinal scries of scales between the lateral line and the 

 root of the ventral fin. Silvery, a bluish band along the middle 

 of the side of the tail. Ventral and anal fins with well-defined 

 yellowish-white outer margins. 



Pharyngeal teeth uncinate, partially serrated. 



China. 



Q. Adult male, 2| inches long. Purchased of ^Ir. Cuming. 



