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Synopsis of the Species. 

 1. Protosalanx hyalocranius, Abbott, 1901 *. 



D. 17. A. 30-32. P. 23-25. Depth of body 10-13 in 

 the length ( ? ), length of head 5£-5^. 



Three specimens, 115-130 mm. in total length, from 

 Shanghai (Swinhoe). 



2. Salangichthys microdon, Bleek., 1860. 



D. 12-14. A. 25-27. P. 15-16. Origin of anal below 

 posterior rays of dorsal. 



Numerous specimens, up to 85 mm. in total length, in- 

 cluding the types of the species from Yeddo (Bleeker), and 

 examples from Vladivostock (Hook), Yokohama ('Challenger'), 

 and the Inland ISea of Japan {Gordon Smith). 



3. Hemisalanx prognathus, sp. n.f 



D. 13. A. 26. P. 10. Depth of body 14 in the length, 

 length of head 6^. 



A single specimen, 120 mm. in total length, from Shanghai 

 ( Swinhoe). 



4. Leucosoma chinens e,Osbeck, 1765 ( Sy nodus macrocephalus, 

 Lacep., Leucosoma reevesii } Gray). 



D. 10-11. A. 29-31. P. 10-12. 



Four specimens, 160-180 mm. in total length, from China, 

 including the type of L. reevesii. 



5. Salanx cuvieri, Val., 1849. 



D. 13. A. 26-27. P. 9-10. Depth of body 13 to 14 in 

 the length, length of head 5£. Head 3 times as long as 

 broad; snout as long as postorbital part of head. Origin of 

 pelvics nearer to that of anal than to base of pectoral ; anal 

 origin below fourth or fifth ray of dorsal. 



* Abbott gives D. 16-18. A. 28-31. P. 27 for specimens from Tien- 

 tsin. His figure of a male shows depth of body 9 in the length. 



t Salanx ariahensis (Kishinouye), Jord. & Snyd. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mas. 

 i ! II (2, p. 592, from the Ariaka Sea (Kiushiu), is an insufficiently described 

 spi ties which may belong to Hemisalanx. 



\). 13. A. 26. P. 10. Dorsal opposite anal. Teeth subequal ; tongue 

 t lothless. 



