. Central Asiatic Expeditions of the American Museum of Natural History, under the leadership of Roy Chapman Andrews : preliminary contributions in geology, palaeontology, and zoology. Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930); Scientific expeditions; Natural history; Scientific expeditions; Natural history. 350 Bulletin American Museum of Natural History [Vol. LIV Dorsal II, 20^2; anal II, o>2. Scales 35. Cornprossed. Intcrorbital a little convex; snout pointed; lower jaw very .slightly included; mouth horizontal; maxillary not nearly to under front of eye; with 2 barbels, the terminal somew
. Central Asiatic Expeditions of the American Museum of Natural History, under the leadership of Roy Chapman Andrews : preliminary contributions in geology, palaeontology, and zoology. Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930); Scientific expeditions; Natural history; Scientific expeditions; Natural history. 350 Bulletin American Museum of Natural History [Vol. LIV Dorsal II, 20^2; anal II, o>2. Scales 35. Cornprossed. Intcrorbital a little convex; snout pointed; lower jaw very .slightly included; mouth horizontal; maxillary not nearly to under front of eye; with 2 barbels, the terminal somewhat the longer; gill cover with faint stria*, radiating downward and backward; gill-membranes joined to sides of isthmus under edge of preoporcle. Dorsal and anal with stout spines, barbed behind, that of the dorsal strongly, of the anal weakly so; the dorsal especially with a goft tip; axils of dorsal and anal apposed; dorsal origin equidistant from tip of snout and base of caudal, over center of ventral base; pectoral and ventral rounded; pectoral passing ventral origin; ventral reaching two-thirds distance to anal; caudal well forked with iiroad pointed lolies. Scales rather rough with faint radiating striae; lateral line complete, slightly bent down, in the center of peduncle. Dark; scales with narrow dark edges; paler on lower surfaces; fins dusky. Several specimens of which this is one of the smaller. Carassius Nilsson NiLssoN, 1832, 'Prodromus Ichthyologiae Scandinaviae.' IV, p. 290. Type: Cyprinus carassius L. Anal as well as dorsal with a serrate spine; dorsal long; no barbels; teeth in one row, Fig. 20. Carassius auratus (Linn:cus). S3 mm. without caudal. Carassius auratus (Linnaeus) Cyprinus auratus s, , 'Syst. Nat.,' 10th Kd., I, p. 322. Description of a specimen from Nodoa. Hainan: Ixjngth to base of caudal 80 mm. Depth in length ; head Eye in head ; snout ; intcrorbital ; maxillary ; p<?ctoral ; ventnil ; cau
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