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its tip scarcely reaching ventral; ventral fin not reaching the anus; 

 caudal peduncle deep and long, its depth twice in head. 



Bod}' covered with large cycloid scales; lateral line nearly straight, 

 extending along the middle of sides from upper part of gill-opening to 

 the base of caudal. 



Color in formalin uniformly dark gray, somewhat paler below; lower 

 parts whitish; all the rays uniformly gray. 



Total length 210 mm. 



Described from a specimen from Ritakukansho, Giran. 



Habitat: Abundant in the fresh waters of Formosa, very common. 



Genus Cyprinus (Artedi) Linnaeus. 

 1858. Cyprinus (Artedi) Linn/EUS, Syst. Nat. Ed. X, p. 320, (Type Cyprinus 

 carpio Linnaeus.) 



Body robust, compressed. Mouth moderate, anterior, with four 

 long barbels. Snout blunt, rounded. Teeth molar, broad and trun- 

 cate, I, I, 3-3, I, I. Scales large. Lateral line continuous. Dorsal 

 fin very long, with a stout spine, serrated behind; anal fin short, also 

 with a spine. Large fishes of the fresh waters of Asia. (Jordan & 

 Fowler.) 



Distribution: Temperate parts of Europe and Asia; introduced into 



North America. 



17. Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus. 



Koi (Japan); Taihii (Formosa). 



1758. Cyprinus carpio Linn^us, System. Nat., Ed. X, p. 320. — Gunther, Cat. 

 Fish., VII, 1868, p. 25; Europe and Asia. — Peters, Monatsb. Ak. Berl. 

 1880, p. 924and 1029; Hongkong. — Sauvage, Bull. Sec. Philom., 1881, p. 7; 

 Swatow. — Bull. Soc. Zool. France, IX, 1884, p. i; Tonkin. — Gunther, 

 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), 1889, p. 224; Yang-tsze-kiang. — Ann. Ac. St. 

 Petersb., 1896, p. 12; Cheng-tu-fu. — ^Rutter, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad., 

 1897, p. 57; Swatow. — Gunther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), I, 1898, p. 261; 

 Newchang. — ^Abbott, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXIII, 1901, p. 484; Pei-ho. — 

 Jordan & Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXVI, 1903, p. 321; For- 

 mosa. — Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), XIII, 1904, p. 191; Yunnan. — 

 Jordan & Richardson, Mem. Carneg. Mus., IV, No. 4, p. 169; Formosa. — 

 Jordan & Seale, Proc. Davenport Acad. Sc, X, 1905, p. 3; Hongkong. — 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXIII, 1906, p. 537; Buitenzorg; Java. — Jordan & 

 Metz, Mem. Carneg. Mus., VI, No. 2, 1913, p. 14; Corea. — Jordan, Snyder, 

 and Tanaka, Journ. Coll. Sci., Tokyo, XXXIII, 1913, p. 76; Japan. 



1798. Cyprinus rubro-fuscus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, p. 530, PI. 16, 

 Fig. I. — Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1846, XVI, p. 74. — Richardson, 

 Ichthy. China, 1846, p. 288. 



