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Color in formalin dark gray, upper half of the body spotted and 

 marbled with darker; base of the caudal above with a black sjjot; 

 dorsal and caudal fins with several rows of dark small spots; sides of 

 body with a number of obscure longitudinal black stripes; belly to- 

 gether with pectorals, ventrals, and anal whitish. 



Total length 107 mm. 



Described from a specimen from Giran, collected on December 2, 

 1916. 



Habitat: Very abundant in all the rivers and rice-fields of the island. 



My specimens came from the Tamusui River near Taihoku; Maru- 



yama; Giran; Jitsugetsutan (Lake Candidius) ; Rato and Raupi; 



Giran. 



Measurements of Misguniiis anguillicaudalus. 



Locality. 



c J:; 



Giran 



Giran 



Maruyama . 

 Maruyama . 

 Maruyama. 

 Maruyama. 



2.40 

 2.66 

 2.30 

 2.28J 8 

 2.33 8.66 

 2.i6l 7.33 



140 

 140 

 150 

 148 



107 



120 



150 



90 



90 



149 



12. Misgurnus decemcirrosus (Basilewsky). 



1855. Cobitis decemcirrosus B.\silewsky, Mem. Soc. Nat. Moscow, p. 239, PL 7; 



near Peking. 

 1888. Misgurnus mizolepis Gunther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., June, p. 434; Kiu- 



Kiang, China. 

 1901. Misgurnus anguillicaudalus Abbott, Vvoc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIII, p. 489; 



Tientsin, China. — Jordan & Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXV, 1903, 



p. 321; Tiaholu, Formosa. 

 1906. Misgurnus decemcirrosus, Jordan & Snyder, Proc. LI. S. Nat. Mus., XXX, 



p. 834; Tientsin, China. — ^Jordan & Rich.\rdson, Mem. Carneg. Mus., IV, 



No. 4, 1909, p. 169; Formosa. 



Head 7 in length; depth 6.2; D. 7; h. 6; P. I, 9; V. 6; width of head 

 2.33 in its length; eye 7 in head, 3 in snout; 2 in interorbital space; 

 snout 2.5 in head; pectoral 1.33; ventral 2; scales about 112 in lateral 

 series, 23 in transverse series from origin of dorsal to the ventral. 



Body elongate and compressed; head small, triangular, compressed; 

 snout long, pointed and produced; eyes small, superior, and nearer 

 tip of snout than gill-opening; mouth inferior, with thick fleshy lips; 

 ten barbels, four belonging to the mandible, the longest barbel 1.8 in 



