A CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF JAPAN. 123 



Promeihcichthys Gill, Mem. N.it. Ac. S:i.. VI, 1893, PP- nS. ^^l- (Substitute 

 for Promet hi H< of Lowe). 



Type Promci/iCHS aflanticns \.nx\'c^GcinpyIu^ promcthiis Cuvier & 

 Valenciennes. 



357. Prometlieichtbys promeiheus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Kurosibi-kamasu . 

 Genipylus promcthcm Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nit. Foiss., VIII, 1831, P- 



213, pi. 222, St. Helena. 

 Distrib.— Hawaii ; Tahiti ; Australia ; Japan. 



Genus Ruvettus Cocco. 



Kuvetius Cocco, Giorn. Sei. Sicilia., XLII, 182g, p. 21. 

 Type Rnvctiiti prctiosns Cocco. 



358. Ruvettns pretiosus Cocco. 



Tama-kamasu. 



Riivettui prctiom<i Cocco, Giornale di Scienze per la Sicilia, XLII, 1829, p. 



21. Messina. 

 Distrib.— Plawaii ; Japan ; West Indies. 



Genus NealoluS Johnson. 



NealotiLi Johnson, Troc. Zool. Soc. Lond , 1865, p. 434- 

 Type Ncalotus. tripes Johnson. 



359. Nealotus tripes Johnson. (Fig. 89). 



Fuurai-kamasu . 



Nealotus tripes Johnson, Troc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 434- Madeira. 

 Distrib.— Madeira ; The Challenger Station No. 40 (34° 51' N, 68" 30' W.) ; 

 Hamashima, Japan. 



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