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entirely behind the dorsal; caudal fin emarginate, each lube sharply 

 pointed. 



Scales rather large, cycloid; base of the dorsal fin covered with 

 scaly sheath; lateral line continuous, very slightly decurved, extending 

 along the middle of the tail. 



Color in formalin dark gray above, paler below; sides with three 

 black cross-bars, a black spot near the base of the caudal; above the 

 gill-opening a short dark brown streak; a brown semilunar spot on 

 the occiput; all the fins uniformly dusky white. 



Total length 77 mm. 



The present description is from a specimen from Rigyokutsu, 

 Nanto, collected by T. Aoki in December, 1916. 



Habitat: Rigyokutsu, Nanto; Maruyama near Taihoku; Daito 



River. 



Measurements of Puntius snyderi. 



Locality. 



Rigyokutsu. 

 Rigyokutsu. 

 Maruj-ama. . 

 Daito River. 

 Daito River. 

 Daito River. 



IV, 9 2, 6 

 IV, 8' 2, 6 

 IV, 8' 2, 5 

 IV, 8: 2, 5 

 IV, 8 2, 5 

 IV, 8 2, 5 





1.70 2.66 

 1.87! 2.66 

 1.83 2.50 

 2 2.60 



i.86| 2.80 

 1.83 2.60 



3 



3-33 



3 



3-5 



3-4 



3-25 



3 



3-33 



3 



3-25 



3-4 



3-75 



So S 



4 -24-4 77 

 3I-24-4 66 

 3 1-2 4-4 43 

 32-23-4 48 

 3^23-4 1 58 

 4-24-45' 50 



Genus Spinibarbus gen. nov. 



Body elongate, more or less compressed, abdomen rounded. Dorsal 

 fin short, slightl}' in advance of the origin of ventral, with eight 

 branched rays and three unserrated osseous spines, the third spine 

 stronger than the others. Anal fin rather short, with five branched 

 rays. Mouth somewhat inferior, with the margin of the lower jaw 

 obtuse; lips without inner fold. Four barbels the maxillary much 

 longer than the rostral. A recumbent spine in front of the dorsal, 

 pointing forward, its basal portion hidden by the scales. Scales 

 large; lateral line running along the middle of the tail. Gill-openings 

 extend to below the angle of operculum. Gill-rakers short and fleshy. 

 Pharyngeal teeth 5, 3, 2 — 2, 3, 5. 



Distribution: Formosa. 



Remarks: Although the type of the present genus agrees very weU 

 with Gunther's Mystacolencus (Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., \TI, 

 1868, p. 206), it differs remarkably from it in having unserrated dorsal 



