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Genus Ateleopus Schlegel 
Ateleopus SCHLEGEL, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., pts. 10-15, p. 255, 
1846. (Atypic. Type Ateleopus japonicus BLEEKER, 1854, affixed.) 
(Atelopus DUMERIL and BIBRON in herpetology not involved.) 
Ateleopus B LEEKER, Verh. Batavia. Genoot. (Ualez. Jap.), vol. 
25, p. 19, 1854 (Type Ateleopus Japonicus B LEEKER, Monotypic.) 
Podateles BOULENGER, Zool. Record, vol. 39, Pisces, p. 23, 1902. 
(Type Ateleopus japonicus BLEEKER, virtually. Podat e les 
BOULEMtrER proposed to replace Ateleopus SCHLEGEL.) 
Ijimaia SAUTER, Annot. Zool. Japon., vol. 5, art. 4, p. 235, 
1905. (Type, Ijimaia doefleini SAUTER, monotypic.) 
Body and tail compressed, latter well elongated, band like. 
Head oblong, long as trunk. Snout rather long and broad, overlaps mouth. 
Eye moderate, with small horizontal pupil. Maxillary protractile downward. 
Teeth villiform, in narrow bands. Bones of head and body soft, 
semicartilaginous, those of snout enclosed in thick mucigerous skin. Skin 
scaleless. Dorsal rays 8 to 10. 
