Oligolepis fasciatus Wu et Lin sp. nov. D. VI, I--10--11; A. I--9;P. 18--19; V. I--5; C. 18-19. LI. 56-60. L. tr. 18一21. Gill-rakers 4+12--14. Depth 4.2--4.5 in length without caudal fin, head 3.3-3.7.Snout 4.1--4.5 in head , eye 3.2--4.5. Head 1.1一1.3 in caudal fin. Body elongate, compressed, dorsal and ventral profile broadly curved. Head compressed, moderate. snout obtusely rounded, a little shorter than or about diameter of the eve.Eye large or moderate, supra--lateral, lacrzte at anterior part of head. 1nterorbit v cry narrow, l}rostrils two, mouth large, terminal, maillary long, 1.5ta2 times in head, lover jaw a little prominent. Teeth on jaws small and pointed, in several rows. Lips well deve loped. Gillcleft moderate; Gill membranes a little united to isthmus. CTilh-takers slender. Anus situated before the origin of anal fin. Body covered with small cycloid scales, head naked, nape with small scales, without lateral line. Two dorsal fins, orign of the first dorsal slightly above at the hacfi of the base of pectoral. The base of second dorsal elongate, anal fin similar and opposite to second dorsal. Pectoral broad, elongate, ventral fin moderate, united into a sucking dish. Candal fin elongate,rounded and pointed,xnuch longer than head. Colour yellowish，with 7-8 broad dark brown transverse bands on head and body. A very dark elongate spot between first and second spines of first dorsal; a big rounded black one between fifth and si$th spin. The second dorsal with two or three crossbands of dark brown spots. Anal and caudal fin pale gray. Pectoral whitish ventral dark black. Holotype No. HB 2--16, length without caudal 36 mm, collected from Jimei, Xiamen，Fujian Prov ince, August 13, 1980. Paratype 3:Nos. H 2-20，D 9-19，038, length 16.2-20 mn, collected from Jimoi, November 25, 1980;MarCh 22, and October 13, 1981.. The holotype is kept in the Laboratory of Fishes, Shanghai Fisheries College.The paratypee deposited in the Thid Institute of oceanography，National Bureau of Oceanography, Xiamen, Fujian Province.