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Show 1901.] NEW FRESHWATER FISHES FROM NINGPO. 269 beyond the mouth ; upper lip not fringed; two pairs of barbels, anterior g or | diameter of eye, posterior as long as or a little longer than eye ; end and sides of snout pitted (scars of nuptial excrescences ?); diameter of eye lj to 1| times in length of snout, which equals interorbital Avidth, and 4 to 4| times in length of head. 5 or 6 short gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from occiput and from base of caudal ; longest rays about f length of head. Anal III 5 ; rays as long as dorsals. Pectoral nearly as long as head, not reaching ventral ; latter inserted below middle of dorsal. Caudal deeply forked. Caudal peduncle 1 \ to 1| as long as deep. Sq. 39-41*r; 3| series of scales between lateral line and ventral fin. Olive-brown above the lateral line, white beneath ; a dark brown band above the pectoral, behind the gill-opening, and a dark brown stripe along the lateral line from the shoulder to the middle rays of the caudal fin; six rather indistinct dark bars across the back in the smallest specimen; some dark brown vertical streaks or mottlings betweeu the rays of the dorsal fin ; other fins immaculate. Total length 135 millim. Three specimens. GOBIO NUMMIFER, sp. nov. (Plate XXIII. fig. 2.) Aery similar in general appearance to Gobio fiaviatilis. Depth of body 4if times in total length, length of head 3| times. Eye in the middle of the head, its diameter equal to interorbital width and contained 3| times in length of head; mouth subinferior, extending to below nostrils; barbel | length of eye ; 4 bifid gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Pharyngeal teeth as in G. Jluviatilis. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from nostrils and from base of caudal ; longest rays i length of head. Anal III 6 ; longest rays § length of head. Pectoral | length of head, not reaching ventral. Latter below middle of dorsal. Caudal deeply notched. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Sq. 45£; 4 series of scales between lateral line and ventral fin. Olive-brown above, whitish beneath ; head speckled with blackish ; small black spots and dots about the lateral line; a series of six round black spots along the body and tail, above the lateral line ; dorsal and caudal dotted with blackish, other tins immaculate. Total length 102 millim. A single specimen. OPSARIICHTHYS ACANTHOGENYS, sp. nov. (Plate XXIV. tig. 1.) Depth of body 3^ to 4 times in total length, length of head 4 times. Snout obtusely pointed, projecting slightly beyond the mouth, lg to twice as long as the eye; latter 4| to 5 times in length of head, 14 to twice in interorbital width. A large, deciduous, horny excrescence, bearing a longitudinal series of 5 or 6 spines, on each side of the snout, and another on the lower part of |