On new Fresh icater Fishes from China. 



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XV. — Descriptions of Three new Freshwater Fishes from 

 China. By C. Tate Regan, M.A. 



[Plate IV.] 

 The fishes described below were collected by Dr. Martin 

 Kreyenbero;, and have been received from Dr. W. Wolter- 

 storff, of Magdeburg. 



Gymnostomus kreyenhergii. (PI. IV. fig. 1.) 

 Pharyngeal teeth hooked, slightly compressed, 5, 3, 2 — • 

 2, 3, 5. Depth of body 3| in tiie length, length of head 4. 

 Breadth of head If to 2 in its length, length of snout 2^ to 

 2|, diameter of eye 4 to 5, interorbital width 3 to 3/3. Snout 

 not projecting beyond the upper lip. Width of mouth 

 slightly more than ^ the width of head ; horny covering of 

 the lower jaw with evenly rounded anterior edge; folds of 

 the lower lip separated anteriorly by a narrow interspace ; 

 4 barbels, the anterior 5 as long as the posterior, wiiicli are 

 as long as tlie eye. 41 or 42 scales in a longitudinal series, 

 5^ in a transverse series from origin of dorsal to lateral line, 

 3^ between lateral line and base of ventral fin. Dorsal III 8, 

 not or scarcely higher than long ; origin nearly equidistant 

 from tip of snout and base of caudal ; third simple ray not 

 enlarged, articulated in its distal half, more or less distinctly 

 serrated, especially in the young ; free edge of fin sligiitly 



Heads of Gymnostomus kreyenhergii [a) and G. styani (b), 

 seen from below. 



concave. Anal III 5. Pectoral g to ^ the length of head, 

 extending f to ^ of the distance from its origin to that of the 

 ventral, which is below the second branched ray of the dorsal. 

 Caudal forked. Claudal peduncle 1^ as long as deep. 



Olivaceous, silvery below, the edges of the scales darker ; 



