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higher than G. ccelestinus, the bands are not as distinct, and the first and 

 last ones of G. c oe 1 e s ti n u s are obsolete ; it is still more distinguished by 

 the absence of the longitudinal submarginal black bands of the caudal, so 

 distinct in G. ccelestinus. The number of dorsal spines appears to be the 

 same in both species. 



Amphiprionin^s Gill. 



13. Amphiprion frenatus Brev. Notes on figures of Japanese Fish, p. 11, 

 ib. in Narrative Expedition to Japan, vol. 2, p. 26J, pi. vi. fig. 4. 1856. 



The color of this species, as preserved in alcohol, is very different from 

 that of the living fish. The ground color is tawny. The oblique band behind 

 the eye is purplish white, bordered on each side by black. There are nine 

 spinous rays in the dorsal fin. The groups of radiating opercular ridges 

 terminating in spines, and which are characteristic of the Amphiprion in re, are 

 perfectly distinct, although they are not shown in the above quoted figure. 



Two specimens of the species were collected by Dr. Morrow. 



Labroid^ Cuv. 



Labrin^: Bon. 



14. Julis cupido Tem. and Schl. One specimen is in the collection 

 formed by Dr. Morrow. 



15. Halichceres py rr h ogr am m a. 



Julis pyrrhogramma Tem. and Schl., Fauna Japonica, Pisces, p. 170 ; pi. 

 lxxxvi. fig. 2. 

 A single specimen is in the collection. 



Stnentognathi Gill. 



The abdominal Malacopterygian Pharyngognaths of Dr. Miiller do not 

 appear to belong to the same natural order as the Pomacentroids and 

 allied fishes. If the coalescence or separation of the inferior pharyngeal 

 bones is to be esteemed as of ordinal value, the two sections that have been 

 confounded under the name of Pharyngognathi should be at least separated, and 

 regarded as disiinct orders. In such a case, the above name may be used to 

 embrace the Exocceti, Scomberesoces, &c. There is so striking a 

 parallelism between the genera of Acanthopterygian Pharyngognaths and the 

 true Acanthopterygians, that a doubt may be even entertained whether the 

 pharyngeals are of really ordinal value in classification. Certain it is, that 

 no less than three genera that actually belong to the Pharyngognathi of Miiller, 

 were confounded by Cuvier himself with genera of the Mullerian Acanthopteri, 

 Pterophyllum of Heckel being referred to Platax, Astronotus of 

 Swainson to Lobotes and Amblodon of Rafinesque to C o r v i n a . The 

 connection of those respective genera appears, however, to be one of analogy 

 rather than of affinity. 



Scomberesoces Mull. 



Hemikhamphinje Gill. 



16. Hemirhamphus occipitalis Gill. The height is scarcely contained 

 twelve times in the length from the upper jaw to the end of the caudal fin. The 

 head forms nearly a fifth of the same length, and its height is contained between 

 two and two and a half times in its length. The eyes are large, the diameter 

 of an orbit exceeding a fourth of the length of the head, and equalling the 

 interorbital space. The upper jaw is triangular, longer than wide, and acutely 

 rounded; the distance from the middle of its side to the orbit equals an orbit's 

 diameter. The lower jaw, from the corner of the mouth to the tip, is more 

 than a half greater than the length of the head, and forms a fourth of the 

 extreme length. The dorsal fin commences between the sixth and seventh of 



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