134 ART. r. — JO RrAN, TANAKA AND SNVDER : 



399. Brama raii (Bloch). 



Shima gatsuwo. 

 Brama marina caitda forcipata Ray, Synopsis Methodica Piscium, 1713, p. 



115. Middelburg. 

 Spams raii Bloch, Ichthyol., 1791, pl. 273. After Ray, etc. 

 Distrib. — Indian Sea; Chile; Japan. 



400. Brama japonica Hilgendorf. 



Hama-shimagatsuwo. 



Brama japonica Hilgendorf, S. B. Nat. Freund., 1878, p, i. Japanese seas. 

 Distrib. — Japanese seas. 



Genus Taractes Lowe. 



Taractcs Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1863, p. 82. 



Argo Döderlein, Fisch. Japans, III, 1884, p. 7 {Argo stci7idac/ineriD'ôdQx\Q\n. 



The generic name Argo preoccupied in Mollusks, by Bohadsch, 1761). 



Type Brama longipinnis Lowe. 



401. Taractes steindadmeri (Döderlein). 



Manzai-uwo; Eboshidai. 



Argo sttindachneri Döderlein, Fische Japans, III, 1884, p. 174. Tokyo. 

 Distrib. — Tök}ö. 



Fantily ITIENID/T]. 



G-enus Mené Lacépède. 



Mené Laépède, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 1803, p. 479. 

 Type Mené anna Carolina Lacépède. 



402. Mené maculata (Bloch & Schneider). 



Ginkagami. 



Ze7is macîdaius Bloch & Schneider, Ichthyol., i8or, p. 95, pl. 22. 



Tranquebar. 

 Distrib. — East Indian seas; Hawaii; Japan. 



Family STKO.lIATEIDiE. 



Genus ApolectuS Cuvier & Valnciennes. 

 Apolectus Q.\\\i\cx & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., VIII, 1831, p. 438. This 



