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ventral fin broad, entirely behind the dorsal, reaching the anal 

 papilla; anal fin well-developed, shorter than the adipose dorsal, 

 inserted behind the origin of the latter, elongate and higher in front; 

 caudal fin slightly diverging posteriorly, its tip very slightly emargi- 

 nate; caudal peduncle much compressed, deeper posteriorly; depth 

 twice in head. 



Body smooth; lateral line continuous, straight, extending along 

 the middle of the sides. 



Color in formalin dark reddish gray, darker above, paler below; 

 lower parts whitish. 



Total length 172 mm. 



Described from a specimen from Tamusui River near Shinten, 

 collected by T. Aoki in December, 191 5. 



Habitat: Tamusui River; Taito River; Sobun River. 



Remarks: The present species is closely related to Pseudobagrus 

 atirantiacus^ from Japan. The specific differences may be expressed 

 as follows: 



a '. Anal fin 20-22-raycd; pectoral I, 7; gill-rakers 3 -h 7; the dorsal inserted 

 above tip of pectoral; adipo e dorsal shorter than the anal; maxillary barbel 



long, reaching the tip of operculum aurantiacus. 



aa" . Anal fin 18-19-rayed; pectoral I, 8 or I, 9; gill-rakers 3 + 10; origin of the 

 dorsal in advance of the tip of pectoral; adipose dorsal much longer than the 

 anal; maxillary barbel short, not reaching the base of pectoral. . . .adiposalis. 



Measurements of Pseudobagrus adiposalis. 



Locality. 



Tamusui River . 

 Tamusui River. 

 Tamusui River . 

 Tamusui River. 

 Tamusui River. 



Heirinbi 



Sobun River. . . 





165 

 172 



147 

 190 

 160 

 141 

 310 



Genus Liobagrus Hilgendorf. 



1878. Liobagrus Hilgendorf, Sitzungs. Ge.sellsch. Frcund. Berlin, p. i. (Type 

 Liobagrus reinii Hilgendorf.) 



Body elongate, with compressed tail and rounded caudal. Head 

 broad and depressed; top of head smooth, the humeral process smooth; 



1 Bagrus aurantiacus Temminck & Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., 1846, p. 227, 

 PI. CIV, Fig. 2; Japan. 



Pseudobagrus aurantiacus Bkn^kcr, Act. Soc. Sci. Indo-Nocrl., \TII, 1S60, p. 85. 



