88. CHANODICHTUYS. 325 



5. Osteobrama microlepis. 



Systomus microlepis, Blyth, Journ. As. Sue. Beny, 1858, p. 289, and 



18(50, p. 158 (not Blkr.). 

 Rolitee blythii, Bleek. Prodr. Cypr. p. 281 (name only). 



D. 10. A. 19. L. lat. 73. L. transv. 44. 



Dorsal spine finely pectinated ; pectorals not reaching to base of 

 ventrals. A large blackish spot near the tail. Much resembling 0. 

 ogiUni. (Bh/th.) 



Maulmein 



88. CHANODICHTHYS*. 



Chanodichthys, Bleek. Cypr. Prodi: p. 400} and Nederl. Tydschr. 



JDierk. 1864, p. 23. 

 Parabramis, Bleek. Nederl. Tydschr. Dierk. 18G4, p. 21. 



Scales of moderate size ; lateral line running a little below the 

 median line of the tail. Dorsal fin short, with the third ray en- 

 larged, osseous, and smooth, opposite to the space between ventrals 

 and anal. Anal fin many-rayed. Mouth anterior, with thin lips, the 

 lower not extending across the symphysis of the mandibles. Barbels 

 none. Gill-rakers very short ; pseudobranchiae ; air-bladder tri- 

 partite. Pharyngeal teeth 4 . 3 or 4 . 2 — 2 . 4 . 4 or 5. Intestinal 

 tract with only a few convolutions. 



China; Formosa. 



1. ChauodicJithys mongolicns. 



Leptocephalus mongolicus, Basileioski/, Nuuv. Mem. Soc. Nat. Mosc. x. 



1855, p. 234, taf. 4. fig. 2. 

 Chanodichthys mongolicus, Bleek. I. c. (name only). 



D. 9. A. 22. 



Body oblong, its depth being about two-sevenths of the total 

 length (without caudal). Mouth of moderate width, with the jaws 

 even in front. Eye apparently rather small. Origin of the dorsal 

 fin immediately behind the root of the \entrals. (Basil.) 



Mongolia and Mantschuria. 



I do not think that this is the type of a genus distinct from Cha- 

 nodichthys, the following species being intermediate between C. 

 mongolicus and the others. 



* 1. Leuciscus rhomboidiilis, C. V. xvii. p. 78. — Founded on an old Chinese 

 drawing. 

 ? 2. Abramis mantschuricus, Basilewsky, Kouv. Mem. Soc. Nat Mosc. x. 185r>, 

 p. 239. — Mongolia and Mantachuria. The author ascribes a bilobed 

 air-bladder to this species ; so tliat its systematic position is doubtful. 

 Also the two following species are said to have the air-bladder bilobed ; and 

 it is possible that they belong to a distinct genus. However, the original notices 

 of them are so imperfect that it is of no advantage to science to propose a generic 

 name for them, as has been done by Bleeker :— 



' 3. Culter pekinensis, Basiletvsky, I. c. p. 237 ; Pseudocultcr pekinensis, 

 BIcek. Cypr. I'rodr. p. 401 (name only). — Peking. 



? 4. exiguiis, Basilewsky, I. c. ; Pseudoculter e.xiguus, BIcckcr, l. c. 



(name only). — Peking. 



