294 report — 1845. 



Barbus deauratus, C. et V. xvi. p. 188; Icon. Reeves, 154; Hardw. 



Malac. 96. Chinese name, Kea yu (Birch) ; " Excellent yu" (Reeves) ; 



Ka u (Bridgem. Chrest. 6). Length of the drawing 10^ inches. 



Colour of the body a rich golden-yellow, faintly reticulated and changing to silver on the 

 belly. Back marked by six or seven large blotches of umber-brown, which are partly con- 

 fluent behind the dorsal. Head purplish-red and crimson on the upper half, rest whitish. 

 Tip of the gill-flap sap-green. The basal half of the caudal is pale gall-stone yellow : the 

 other fins have yellowish rays, and their membranes more or less deeply shaded by blackish- 

 gray. Front rays of the anal and pectoral and also the axilla of the latter crimson. 



Hab. Canton. Cochin China. 



Abramis bramula, C. et V. xvi. p. 357, fide figurae inter Icon. Piscium 

 24 a pictore Sinensi Cantoni pictas, Bib. Banks ; Icon. Reeves, 108 ; 

 Hardw. Malac. 16. Chinese name, Peen yu, " Side fish" (Birch); Peen 

 yu, " Flat fish" (Reeves) ; Pin u (Bridgem. Chrest. 9). Length of draw- 

 ing 19 inches. Height 6 inches. Length of head 3| inches. Genus 

 Phodeus? Agassiz. 



This species is partly rhomboidal in form, the very strong, round and slightly curved dor- 

 sal spine crowning the superior angle. The slope is straight from thence to near the base of 

 the caudal, but anteriorly it is moderately convex to the nape, where the depression or hori- 

 zontality of the facial line gives a considerable concavity to the profile. The posterior under- 

 side of the rhomb is shorter than the upper one and is wholly occupied by the anal. The 

 under angle of the rhomb is wanting, the belly being straight from the anus to the pectoral, 

 where the outline again ascends. The height to the apex of the rhomb is equal to nearly a 

 third of the whole length of the fish. The very obtuse lower jaw is a little shorter than the 

 thickish upper one, yet the mouth is terminal. Eye large, a little above mid-height and much 

 nearer to the end of the snout than to the gill-opening. The triangular dorsal commences 

 behind the ventrals and ends opposite to the anus. Its height is equal to half that of the body 

 and much exceeds that of its base. The rays shown in the drawing are D. 2(6, the strong 

 second spine being a little shorter than the adjoining branched ray, and the last ray divided 

 to the base. A. 1|29 : the spine strong. Caudal deeply forked. Lateral line traced on forty- 

 one scales, decidedly below the middle height and very slightly decurved. Scales large, very 

 silvery, and on the back faintly oil-green with a well-defined rectangular or crescentic olive 

 or blackish-green spot on the base of each. From the lateral line downwards these spots are 

 replaced by light pearl-gray shadings. The temples and edges of the gill-plates are buff and 

 saffron-yellow ; the top of the head hair-brown ; and the end of the nose and centre of the 

 operculum bluish- or greenish-gray. Upper half of the operculum reddish-brown ; lower half 

 pale yellow. Dorsal clove-brown with a broad bluish-gray border. Anal greenish-gray at 

 the base and bluish-gray on the border. Caudal blackish-gray with a crimson base, Ventrals 

 pale with bluish-gray rays. 



Hab. Canton. 



Abramis terminalis, Richardson; Icon. Reeves, 80; Hardw. Malac. 15. 



Chinese name, Peenyu, " Border fish" (Reeves) ; Pinu (Bridgem. Chrest. 



10). Length of drawing 9 inches. Height of body 3. Length of head 



1*63 inch. Genus Rhodeus ?, Agass. 



This fish has the rhomboidal form of the preceding species; but the profile of the very small 

 head, instead of being almost horizontal, forms part of the anterior face of the rhomb. The 

 dorsal spine is strong and tall, being equal to two-thirds of the height ; but the anal spine is 

 represented as slender. D. 2|7 ; A. 1|20. Dorsal placed as in the preceding species, its base 

 little exceeding half its height. Caudal deeply forked with very acute lobes. Eye large ; 

 snout acute ; mouth small. Lips thin, but drawn as if both upper and under one were double. 

 The scales appear to be very delicate andnacry ; about fifty-eight are represented as forming the 

 lateral line, which is conspicuously decurved from the middle of the pectoral to the middle of 

 the anal. The scales are shaded with greenish-gray on the back and are pearly on the sides 

 without spots, the resulting general tint being pale. Opercular pieces and eye bordered with 

 oil-green, and there are some reddish tints on the snout and round the gill-opening, The 

 fins yellowish-gray and greenish-gray. 



Hab. Canton. 



Abramis rhomboidalis, C. ct V. xvii. p. 78 (Leuciscus). 



M. Valenciennes describes this species from a Chinese painting, and it appears from his 



