1901,] NEW FRESHWATEE FISHES FROM NINGPO. 269 



beyoud the mouth ; upper lip not fringed ; two pairs of barbels, 

 anterior | or | diameter of eye, posterior as long as or a little 

 longer than eye ; end and sides of snout pitted (scars of nuptial 

 excrescences ?) ; diameter of eye ij to Ig times in length of snout, 

 which equals iuterorbital width, and -i to 4| times in length of 

 head. 5 or 6 short gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Dorsal III 8, equally distant from occiput and from base of caudal ; 

 longest rays about | length of head. Aual III 5 : rays as long as 

 dorsals. Pectoral nearly as long as head, not reaching ventral ; 

 latter inserted below middle of dorsal. Caudal deeply forked. 

 Caudal peduncle Ig to 1| as long as deep. Sq. 39-41^ ; 3| series of 

 scales between lateral line and ventral fin. Olive-brown above the 

 lateral line, white beneath ; a dark brown band above the pectoral, 

 behind the gill-opening, and a dark brown stripe along the lateral 

 line from the shoulder to the middle rays of the caudal fin ; six 

 rather indistinct dark bars across the back in the smallest 

 specimen; some dark brown vertical streaks or mottlings between 

 the rays of the dorsal fin ; other fins immaculate. 



Total length 135 millim. 



Three specimens. 



GrOBio isruMMiFEE, sp. nov. (Plate XXIII. fig. 2.) 



Very similar in general appearance to Gobio JfavlatUis. Depth 

 of body 4g rimes in total length, length of head 3| times. Eye in 

 the middle of the head, its diameter equal to interorbital width 

 and contained 3| times in length of head; mouth subinferior, 

 extending to below nostrils ; barbel | length of eye ; 4 bifid 

 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Pharyngeal teeth 

 as in G. jiuviatilis. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from nostrils 

 and from base of caudal ; longest rays |- length of head. Anal 

 ill 6 ; longest rays | length of head. Pectoral | length of head, 

 not reaching ventral. Latter below middle of dorsal. Caudal 

 deeply notched. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. 

 Sq. 45j,; 4 series of scales between lateral line and ventral fin. 

 Olive-brown above, whitish beneath ; head speckled with blackish ; 

 small black spots and dots about the lateral line ; a series of six 

 round black spots along the body and tail, above the lateral 

 line ; dorsal and caudal dotted with blackish, other fins imma- 

 culate. 



Total length 102 miUim. 



A single specimen. 



Opsabiichthys acanthogenys, sp. nov. (Plate XXIV. fig. 1.) 



Depth of body 3^ to 4 times in total length, length of head 

 4 times. Snout obtusely pointed, projecting slightly beyond the 

 mouth, Ig to twice as long as the eye; latter 4| to 5 times 

 in length of head, 1| to twice in interorbital width. A large, 

 deciduous, horny excrescence, bearing a longitudinal series of 5 or 

 6 spines, on each side of the snout, and another on the lower part of 



