On Three new Fishes from Yunnan, 63 



A. distincdis, also from Otajjo, may be distinguished by 

 its thicker, ahuost parallel-side:! rostrum, stouter and shorter 

 antciuuc, cviik'iitly shorter seeond joint (jf the funicuhis, by 

 its deeper tlioraeic channel, and the doubii! elytial trans- 

 verse impressions, one being behind the middle femora and 

 the other in line with the posterior pair. 



Length, rest, inel., 1^ ; breadth quite \ lines. 



Descriljed from a single mounted specimen sent by 

 ^Ir. J. II. Lewis, who found it at Otago. 



V. — ffrscriptons of Three new Fishes from Yunnan, 

 collected by Mr. J. Urahani. By U. Tate RlGAN, 13. A. 



Schizothorax taliensis. 



Di'pth of body 5 to G in the length, length of head 42 to 5. 

 Diameter of eye 3^-3| in the length of head, length ot snout 

 3^, interorbital width 3. Month terminal, with the jaw3 

 equal anteriorly; maxillary extending to below anterior edge 

 ot eye ; fold of the lower lip not continuou.s ; barbcds short. 

 85 to 100 scales in tlie lateral line, 24 to 2U between dorsal 

 fin and lateral line, 12 to 15 between lateral line and root of 

 ventral. Scales irregular ; thorax and a median abdominal 

 strip naked. Dorsal IV 7, its origin nearly equidistant from 

 tip of snout and base of caudal ; the compound serrate! ray 

 strong, its length § to | the length of head ; free edge of t!ie 

 lin concave. Anal III 5, when laid back extending to tlie 

 base of caudal. Pectoral | the length of head, extending ^ 

 or a little more than ^ of the distance from its base to the 

 origin of ventrals. Ventrals 9- or 10-rayed, originating a 

 little behind the origin of dorsal, extending ^ to ^ of the 

 distance from their base to the origin of anal. Cuidal 

 forked. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Silvery ; 

 back bluish. 



Four specimens, 130 to 210 mm. in total length, from the 

 Tali Fu Lake, 300 miles W. of Yunnan Fu. 



Discognathus yunnanensis. 



Depth of body 5 in the length, length of head 4^. Eye 

 slightly nearer to edge of 0[)erculum than to tip of snout, its 

 diameter :J- the length of head and ^ the width of the slightly 

 convex interorbital region. Barbels 2 on each side, short, 



