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snout 3; pectoral 1.375; ventral 1.33; twenty-five scales in the lateral 

 line; four scales in an oblique series from origin of dorsal to lateral line, 

 two between the latter and the root of ventral, four scales between 

 lateral line and the middle of belly; pharyngeal teeth 5, 3, 2 — 2, 3, 5; 

 gill-rakers rudimentary. 



Body elongate, compressed, rather deep; head moderate, top more 

 or less convex; snout short, obtusely rounded anteriorly; mouth subin- 

 ferior, arched, its angle not reaching the orbit; lip fleshy; lower jaw 

 slightly shorter than the upper; barbels two, maxillary, slender; eyes 

 moderate, anterior; nostrils close together, in front of eye, the anterior 

 in a short tube. 



Origin of dorsal midway between the tip of snout and base of caudal, 

 nearly opposite that of the ventral, first spine minute, third spine 

 strongly serrated behind, its length 1.66 in head; pectoral fin not 

 reaching the ventral; anal short, anterior ray the longest; caudal fin 

 emarginate, the tip of each lobe pointed. 



Scales rather large; base of the dorsal and anal provided with scaly 

 sheath; ventral flap present, scaly; no pectoral flap; lateral line con- 

 tinuous, extending along the middle of the sides, slightly decurved. 



Color in formalin pale gray above, paler below; belly whitish; 

 sides with about seven short black cross-bars, none of them reaching 



Measurements of Capoeta semifasciolata. 



Locality. 



c'2 





Ako 

 Ako 

 Ako 



3-66 

 3-33 

 3-25 



2.80 III, 8 

 2.86JIII. 8 

 3 IlII. 8 



2,6 

 2.5 

 2. S 



1. 71 

 1. 71 

 1. 71 



2.33 

 2.40 

 2.60 



3.00 

 3-00 

 3-25 



4-25-4 

 4-24-4 



3.254-24-4 



the back or belly; a round black spot on the end of lateral line; back 

 with numerous small black spots; a large dark spot on the top of the 

 head; an obscure black longitudinal streak along the median dorsal 

 line; dorsal and caudal fins dusky, the rest of fins whitish. 



Total length 51 mm. 



Described from a specimen from Ako, collected by T. Aoki in 

 December, 1916. 



Habitat : Ako (nine specimens). 



