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Head 4 in length; depth 4; I). 3, 7; A. 2, 6; P. 14; V. 8; width of 

 head 1.78 in its length; eye 3.66 in head; interorbital space 2.5; snout 

 3; pectoral 1.25; ventral 1.25; thirty-eight scales in the lateral line, 

 five scales in an oblique series between origin of dorsal and lateral line, 

 five scales between the latter and the middle of belly, three scales 

 between lateral line and the root of ventral; pharyngeal teeth 5-5; gill- 

 rakers rudimentary, merely fleshy rudiments. 



Body elongate, compressed; head triangular, pointed, compressed, 

 upper surface more or less compressed, interorbital space rather 

 broad; snout truncated in front, anterior part very slightly swollen; 

 mouth anterior, transverse, its angle not reaching the nostril; upper 

 lip rather thick and fleshy; lower jaw projecting, with horny anterior 

 edge; eyes large, slightly anterior and superior; nostrils together, in 

 front of eye above;' no barbel; gill-openings moderate; peritoneum 

 silvery. 



Origin of the dorsal nearer tip of snout than base of caudal, one 

 Scale in advance of that of the ventral, first single ray minute, the 

 second about half as long as the third, anterior divided ray the longest; 

 pectorals elongate; but not reaching the root of the ventral; ventrals 

 beneath the dorsal; anal fin entirely behind the dorsal, its origin much 



Measurements of Pseudorasbora parva. 



Locality. 



Taihoku 4 



Taihoku 4 



Taihoku 4 



Taihoku 4 



Taihoku 4.28 



Taihoku 4 



Raupi 3.6 



Raupi 3.4 



Rigyokutsu 4.25 



Shori 4.5 



Shori 4.5 



Ako I 4.29 



Shinchiku j 4.5 



Bokusekikaku I 4 



4 



4 



4 



4 



4 



3-87 



4 



4 



4.14 



3-64 

 3-5 I 3 

 4-ii;3 

 3-29 3 

 3-6o 3 



2,6 

 2, 6 

 2. 6 

 2,6 

 2,6 

 2,6 

 2, 6 

 2, 6 

 2, 6 

 2, 6 

 2, 6 

 2, 6 

 2,6 

 2,6 



i-77| 

 2 



I.75J 

 1.77 



1-75 

 1-75 



1.82 

 1.64 



1-54 

 1.80 

 1.89 



1-75 



2.50 3 

 2.50 3 

 2.33 3 

 2.28 3 

 2.33 3 

 2.33 3 

 3 3 

 3 3 

 2.50 2 

 2.25 3 

 2.13 3 



86 



2.37 2.71 

 2.37 3 

 2.36 2.66 



3.665 

 3-75 ,5 



3-50 



3-66 



3-50 



3.80 



4 



3-50 



4 



3-8o 



3-66 



3-66 



3-66 



4 



-38-5 

 -36-5 

 -36-5 

 -37-5 

 -37-5 

 -36-5 

 -36-5 

 -36-5 

 -36-5 

 -38-5 

 -36-5 

 -35-5 

 -37-5 

 -38-6 



M E 



-1 



77 

 75 

 70 

 77 

 71 

 69 

 47 

 38 

 100 

 96 

 93 



75 



nearer to that of the ventral than base of the caudal; caudal fin bifur- 

 cate, tip of each lobe sharply pointed. 



Body covered with rather large cycloid scales; lateral line very 

 slightly decurved, extending along the middle of the sides. 



