NO. 1391. KOREAX FISHES— JORDAN AND STARKS. 197 



10. LONGURIO ATHYMIUS Jordan and Starks, new species. 



Head, Q^^ in lenjiih; depth, l>i. Dorsal, 0; anal, 8; scales, 55. 

 E3^e, 5i in head; snout, 2|; maxillary, 3i; interorbital space (bone 

 only), 3i. 



Bod}' elongate; not compressed; the back not at all elevated; taper- 

 ing* very slightly and gradually to the caudal peduncle. Snout blunt 

 and rounded, projecting beyond the mouth a distance equal to three- 

 fourths the diameter of the eye. Mouth l)roadly V-shaped, entirely 

 inferior, the tips not thickened. Maxillary reaching to below pos- 

 terior nostril, its end with a barbel nearly equal in length to the eye. 

 Eye elliptical; its length contained If in snout. Gill-rakers short and 

 weak, 3X14 in number. Pharyngeal teeth 5 in single row; the ante- 

 rior 2 blunt and rounded, the others with a concave surface. 



Scales large, rather firmly attached and regularl}' arranged; an en- 

 larged scale at base of ventral. Lateral line slightly bending down 

 anteriorly and running straight backward through middle of caudal 

 peduncle. 



First ray of dorsal placed at the beginning of the anterior third of 

 the distance between base of caudal and tip of snout. Posterior edge 

 of dorsal concave; the height of its anterior rays exceeds the length 

 of the head by half the diameter of the eye. Length of pectoral 

 equal to length of head. Insertion of ventrals below sixth or seventh 

 dorsal ray; length of ventrals li in head. First anal ray from base 

 of caudal a distance equal to that between base of pectoral and base of 

 ventral. First I'ay of anal and .dorsal unbranched, shorter than the 

 second, to which it is rather closely attached; last ray branched to 

 base. Caudal broken, but apparentl}' it was slighth" forked. 



Color silvery. l)rownish on back. The type is a badly faded speci- 

 men and no markings are evident. 



The type and sole specimen is from Chemulpo, Korea; it measures 

 25cm. in entire length, and is numbered 51-195, U. S. National Museum. 



2. COREIUS Jordan and Starks, new genus. 



This genus is related to Zezera and Roltita. It ditiers from the 

 former in having the dorsal anteriorly placed, the snout 1)1 unt and 

 projecting beyond the mouth, and the eye with a broad, thin, annular 

 eyelid; from the latter, in having large barbels, teeth in one row, lips 

 without a horny cutting edge, and dorsal short. 



II. COREIUS CETOPSIS (Kner). 



Two specimens collected at Chemulpo, Korea, by Jouy. The follow- 

 ing description is of the larger one, 10 cm. in length. 



Dorsal 9; anal 8; scales 52; transverse series 6 from lirst anal ray, 

 7 from first dorsal ray in oblique series to lateral line. Head 5 in 



