342 The Bass and their Relatives 



The pigfishes, Orthopristis, have the spines feebler and the 

 anal fin more elongate. Of the many species, American and 

 Mediterranean, Orthopristis chrysopterus is most familiar, ranging 

 northward to Long Island, and excellent as a pan fish. Para- 

 pristipoma trilineatum, the Isaki of Japan, is equally abundant 

 and very similar to it. Many related species belong to the 

 Asiatic genera, Terapon, Scolopsis, C<zsio, etc., sometimes 

 placed in a distinct family as Teraponida, Terapon servus 

 enters the streams of Polynesia, and is a very common fish 

 of the river mouths, taken in Samoa by the boys. Terapon 

 theraps is found throughout the East Indies. Terapon richard- 

 soni is the Australian silver perch. Casio contains numerous 

 small species, elongate and brightly colored, largely blue and 

 golden. Scolopsis, having a spine on the preorbital, contains 

 numerous species in the East Indies and Polynesia. These are 

 often handsomely colored. Among them is the taiva, Scolopsis 

 trilineatus of Samoa, gray with white streaks and markings of 

 delicate pattern. A fossil species in the Italian Eocene related 

 to Pomadasis is Pomadasis furcattis. Another, perhaps allied 

 to Terapon, is called Pelates quindecimalis. 



FIG. 279. The Red Tai of Japan, Pagrus major Schlegel. Family Sparidce. 



(After Kishinouye.) 



The Porgies: Sparidae. The great family of Sparidcu or 

 porgies is also closely related to the H&mulida. The most 

 tangible difference rests in the teeth, which are stronger, and 



