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of eye; nostrils together, in front of the eye, much nearer the eye 

 than the tip of snout, anterior nostril in a short tube; interorbital 

 space broad and flattened; gill-openings large; gill-rakers short and 

 fleshy. 



Dorsal fin inserted nearer tip of snout than base of caudal, rays 

 straight and strong, longer in front, when depressed first ray reaches 

 beyond the others, spine straight, smooth, and long; pectorals reach 

 three-fourths the distance to ventrals; origin of ventral behind that 

 of dorsal, about midway between tip of snout and base of caudal; the 

 anal entirely behind the dorsal, inserted midw^ay between origin of 

 ventral and base of caudal; caudal fin deeply emarginate, the tip of 

 each lobe pointed; caudal peduncle elongate, its depth 3 in head. 



Scales large, of more or less uniform size, cycloid; pectoral with 

 scaly flap, ventral flap moderate, pointed; lateral line continuous, 

 anterior part slightly decurved. 



Color in formalin grayish brown above, paler below; sides and 

 lower parts silvery, with no dark spots; dorsal and caudal fins pale 

 gray, the rest of flns whitish. 



Total length 290 mm. 



Described from a specimen from Tamusui Ri\er, collected by T. 

 Aoki in December, 1915. 



Habitat: Tamusui River near Shintcn and Heirinbi; Rigyokutsu, 

 Nanto. 



Remarks: The present species is very closely related to Ilcniibarbiis 

 maculatiis from China, differing from it only in color. Color of H. 

 maculatiis in alcohol (Stanford Collections No. 8414; Pei-ho, China, 



Measurements of Hemibarbus laben. 



Locality. 



o — 



c'-2 



So 2 



Tamusui River. 

 Tamusui River. 

 Rigyokutsu . . . . 

 Heirinbi 



3-80 

 3-50 

 3-50 

 3-31 



4.83 III, 7 III, 6 20 



5 {III, 7 III, 6! 20 



4.33111, 7 III, 6 20 



4.66'III, 7lin, 61 20 



2.50 

 2.33 



3-75 

 3-40 

 4 

 3-66 



2.1S 

 2. II 

 2.25 

 2.42 



5 7-49-6290 

 4.50J 7-49-6 260 

 5 7-48-6 265 

 3.87I7-48-6I128 



290 mm. long; described by Jordan and Starks under the name; 

 Uemibarbiis joiteni) pinkish yellow, with a longitudinal series of eight 

 large spots above the lateral line; smaller spots irregularly placed 

 on back and sides; dorsal and caudal with similar black spots; other 

 fins without markings. Although faint dark sjiols are present in the 



