ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS OF A TOUR IN THK FAR EAST. 
FISH OF THE TAI-HU, KIANGSU PROVINCE, CHINA. 
By Henry W. Fowler 
of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 
INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 
[Most of the fish described in this report were purchased from fishermen on tlie Tai Hu and 
were undoubtedly from the hike. A feA, however, were bought in the market at .Soochow. vSome 
of these were said to come from Ningpo, but the rest appeared to be of local origin. The only 
fish I took commonh^ in my dredge was Leucosoma chinense, half-grown individuals of which were 
evidently fairly abundant in the lake in December on a soft muddy bottom. 
Dr. Fowler, in collaboration with Mr. Barton A. Bean, has already described a collection of fishes 
from Soochow most of which probably exist in the Tai Hu {Proc. U. S. Nat. Miis. LVIIL pp. 307-321 ; 
1921). This collection included specimens of the following species not represented in my own : — 
Coilia dupeoides (Lacepede). 
Salanx cuvieri Cuvier and \^alenciennes. 
Pseudogobio sinensis (Kner). 
Myloleiicisciis atripinnis Carman. 
Hyporhamphits sinensis (Giinther). 
Collichthys lucidus (Richardson). 
MiiioHS monodactylus (Schneider). 
Trachidermis fasciatus (Heckel). 
Micyopercops dabryi Fowler and Bean. 
Biitis biitis (Hamilton Buchanan). 
Cynoglossus abbreviaiiis Gray. 
It is probable that our knowledge of the fish-fauna of this area is still far from complete, but 
the two collections together give us at any rate some idea of its peculiarities. The occurrence of young 
fish of the estuarine famih- Salangidae in the lake is noteworthy, while the existence of such 
marine genera as Minous and Cvnoglossus so far from the sea is also interesting, if these . species 
were captured actualh" at vSoochow. — A'. Aniiandale.] 
The fishes in this collection were all obtained near Soo Chow in 1915. 
They were forwarded to Philadelphia on the "City of Lahore," which left 
Calcutta, July 6, 1922. Owing to the writer's absence in Hawaii and the neglect of 
our agent, they were not located until over a year later. It was, therefore, not 
possible to begin work on them before December i, 1923, and the present list was 
not completed tmtil December 27. All were later returned to the Indian Museum 
to be installed in that institution. 
Though none of the species are new to science, some are of particular interest for 
their rarity and locality. Descriptive itejns have therefore been supplied where 
desirable, especially with reference to variation. 
