FISHES FROM LAKE BIWA. 



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Collected at Katata and Iba, Febr. 1898 and July 1907. 



9. Acheilognathus lanceolata (Schlegel). 



Ixical name : lîote. 



Numerous specimens, the largest being 8.5 cm. long measured to 

 caudal base. 



Collected at Iba, Katata, Funaki, Matsubara and Kihama, Jan. — 

 May, 1898 and Febr. 1907. 



10. Acheilognathus limbata (Schlegel). 



Local name : Bote ; Aburazyako. 



Numerous specimens. The largest is 5.5 cm. long measured to 

 caudal base. 



Collected at Iba, Matsubara, Funaki and Kihama, Jan. — May, 1898 

 and Febr. 1907. 



11. Acheilognathus cyanostigma Jordan & howler. 



, Local name : Aburazyako. 

 Seventeen specimens ; the largest is 3.9 cm. long without caudal. 

 Collected at Matsubara in May 1898. 



Lateral band and spot very distinct in many specimens ; in some 

 others the band ends rather indistinctly in the anterior part, the spot 

 being indistinct also ; in still others the entire lateral band and the 

 spot are both indistinct. 



12. Acheilognathus shimazui, n. sp. 



Local name : Aburabotc. 



Head 4, height of body 2?- to 2\ in total length exclusive of 

 caudal ; eye 3], snout 3^, interorbital 2§, maxillary barbel 3^ in head. 

 D. Ill, 8; A. II, 10; L. lat. 32 to 35 ; L. trans. 5 to 6+1 + 3. 



Body moderately compressed ; caudal peduncle compressed. Back 

 elevated. Upper contour highest at the origin of dorsal, but lower 

 contour lowest at a short distance before the origin of ventral. Eye 

 lateral, high up ; interorbital broader than diameter of eye, convex. 

 Snout equal to eye in length, its profile rather steep ; nape elevated. 

 Maxillary barbel rather strong, equal to diameter of eye in length. 



