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Pharyngeal teeth long, but not very sharp; the longer row of four 

 or live teeth, the ►shorter usually with only one tooth, though some- 

 times with two. 



First dorsal ray midway between base of caudal and front of eye; 

 posterior margin of dorsal not concave, the long anterior rays do not 

 reach past the posterior ones when tin is depressed. First anal ray 

 distant from caudal liase a third the length of l)ody without caudal. 

 Insertion of ventrals a little in front of the dorsal. Caudal forked or 

 lunate when fin is extended. 



Color brown mottled with darker scales. Belly dusk}^ brown. A 

 black streak along median line of back, and a difi'used lateral streak, 

 more conspicuous posteriorl3\ A large dark brown very conspicuous 

 spot on base of dorsal rays; a lighter more diffused spot at base of 

 caudal rays. Other fins slightly dusky. 



This species somewhat resembles Z. jouyl but is without the deep 

 caudal peduncle. 



Fig. 5.— Leuciscus semotilus. 



Several specimens taken in a fresh-water stream near Fusan, Korea, 

 by Jouy. 



The largest specimen is 125 mm. in length. The type is numbered 

 51500, U. 8. National Museum. 



Cotypes are numbered 8562, Ichthyological collections, Stanford 

 University. 



i6. LEUCISCUS TACZANOWSKII Steindachner. 



Gensan. 



17. PARAPELECUS JOUYI Jordan and Starks, new species. 



Dorsal 9, the first ray short unbranched; anal, 21, counting two 

 short anterior ra3's; scales 40, 3^ from first anal ra}-, 1^ from first 

 dorfeal ray to lateral line. Head, -li in length without caudal; depth, 

 4|. Ej^e, 4i in head; snout, 3i; interorbital space, 3f ; maxillary, 3, 



Body moderately compressed and deep; the ventral outline more 

 strongly convex than the dorsal; the entire ventral outline from 

 isthnuis to anal trenchant. Snout pointed, a little longer than eye. 

 Posterior nostril long and narrow, its length contained 2^ times in the 



