JAPANESE LOCHE. 



Cobltis Japonica. C. imberbisj capite depresso, mandihulis dentif* 

 culatis. 



Beardless Loche, with depressed head and denticulated man- 

 dibles. 



Cobitis Japonica. C. capite imberhi depressor mandihulis dentatis, 

 Lin. Sj/st. Nat. Gmel. p. 1352. Houttuyn. Jet. Haarl. 20. 

 p. 337. 



Length about fiv e inches : native of J apan : 

 first described by Houttuyn in the 20th vol. of the 

 Haarlem Transactions. In the dorsal fin are 

 twelve rays ; in the pectoral eleven; in the ventral 

 eight 5 in the anal nine 3 and in the caudal twenty. 



