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the lower opercular. Tip of maxillary under middle of eye. Ante- 

 rior part of lateral line spinous. Ventrals reach past origin of anal, 

 their ends black, but the tips white. Other fins with black spots, a 

 black blotch at base of caudal, lower half of pectoral black. (Color 

 notes from alcoholic specimens). 



Platycephalus asper Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Platycephalus asper Cuvier & Valenciennes, IV, 257, 1829 ; Schlegel, Fauna 

 Japonica, Poissons, p. 40, pi. 16, fig. 4, 5, 1847 ; Giinther, Cat. Fishes, II, 190, 

 1860. 



One specimen, 65 inches long. 



Head 2 i (3 in total), depth 6J, eye Bi ; scales 55; D. I, VIII, 

 11; A. 11. 



Snout broad and flat, scarcely shorter than eye; interorbital, 

 deeply grooved, narrow, Al in snout. Tip of maxillary under middle 

 of eye. Preopercle with three spines at angle, the upper much the 

 larger, about half as long as snout, the lower very short and blunt. 

 Opercle with two spines, widely separated, the lower larger, about 

 the size of the middle preopercular spine. Interopercle with a strong 

 spine directed forward. A small spine in front of eye, and a short, 

 heavy scapular spine. All ridges of head, excepting that of the 

 preopercle and opercle, finely serrate ; the opercular ridge with a 

 series of small spines on each side. Nostrils with short tubes. Ven- 

 tral fins reach origin of anal. All fins except anal and ventrals with 

 cross series of black spots, lower half of pectorals almost entirely 

 black, with white tips. Anal white, ventrals with black tips. 



Platycephalus insidiator (Forskal). 



Coitus insidiator Forskal, 25, 1775. 



Platycephalus insidiator, Giinther, Cat., II, 1860 ; Day, Fishes of India, 276. 



Recorded by Sauvage. 



TRIGLIDJE. 



Lepidotrigla burgeri (Sehlegel). 



Trigla burgeri Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., p. 35, pi. 14, figs. 1 and 2, 

 1847 ; Giinther, Cat. Fishes, II, 198, 1860. 



One specimen, 5i inches long. 



Head 3, depth 4| ; lat. 1. 60 ; D. VIII, 16 ; A. 16. 



Teeth of vomer very weak ; triangular spine of preorbital sharp- 

 pointed with finely serrate edges, as long as depth of eye. Inter- 

 orbital broadly and deeply grooved. Opercle with a broad backward 

 process, the end of which is emarginate and the corners sharp. 

 Opercle with a broad dermal margin. Gill-opening extending along 



