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Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



Total length 88 mm. 



Described from a specimen from Dainansho, Nanto, collected by 

 T. Aoki in December, 1916. 



Habitat: Dainansho, Nanto. 



Remarks: The present species differs from Liohagrus formosanus 

 Regan from Lake Candidius in having a 7-rayed dorsal, a 12-rayed 

 anal, and a slightly protruded upper jaw. 



9. Liobagrus formosanus Regan. 



1908. Liobagrus formosanus Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), II, p. 360; Lake 

 Candidius, Formosa. — Jordan & Richardson, Mem. Carneg. Mus., IV, 

 no. 4, 1909, p. 168; Lake Candidius (after Regan). 



Depth of body six times in the length, length of head 4.33. Head a 

 little longer than broad; interocular width nearly three times in the 

 length of head. Jaws equal anteriorly; premaxillary band of teeth 

 apparently two and one-half times as long as broad; posterior mandibu- 

 lar barbel extending to basal part of pectoral. Dorsal I, 5; spine 

 one-fourth the length of head. Pectoral spine half the length of the 

 fin, which is eight- tenths the length of the head. Anal 15. Caudal 

 rounded. Grayish; fins dusky; anal and caudal with a narrow pale 

 edge. 



i\ single specimen, 37 mm. in total length; Lake Candidius, For- 

 mosa (Regan). 



Habitat: Jitsugetsutan (Lake Candidius). Not seen. 



Remarks: According to Regan the present species is closely related 

 to Liobagrus andersoni Regan^ from Corea. 



Genus Clarl4s Gronovius. 



1763. Clarias Gronovius, Zoophyl., p. 100 (non binomial). 



1777. Clarias Scopoli, Intr. Hist. Nat., p. 455. (Type Clarias oronlis Gunthcr.) 

 1803. Macro pier onotus L.acepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, p. 84. (Type Macrop- 

 leronoliis charmuth Lacepede.) 



Adipose fin none; dorsal long, extending from the nape to the 



^Liobagrus andersoni Regan, Proc. Z06I. Soc. London, 1908, p. 61; Kimhoa, 

 Corea. 



