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ochraceous — buff, slightly darker on back; pale brownish line from 

 gill opening along side of back to caudal base medially, little wider 

 behind; fins and head all pale or whitish; iris slaty. Length, 147 mm. 



Family HEMIRAMPHIDAE. 



HYPORHAMPHUS SINENSIS (GUnther). 



Head from snout tip, 4f ; depth, 2f in head measured from snout 

 tip; D. II, 14; A. II, 16; head from snout tip, 1^ in rest of beak; 

 snout, 2^ in head from upper jaw tip; eye, 4^; maxillary, 3; inter- 

 orbital, 4J. Body but slightly compressed. Head width, 3f in head 

 measured from upper jaw tip. Snout depressed, elongately triangular 

 as seen from above; width at eyes If its length. Eye large, 1| in 

 postocular region. Narrow bands of fine teeth in jaws. Maxillary 

 I to eye. Interorbital level. Gill opening forward to front pupil 

 edge. Rakers, 8+20, lanceolate, longest f of filaments and latter If 

 in eye. Scales very deciduous, mostly fallen, with 3 or 4 basal 

 radiating striae; coarse circuli about 14. Dorsal inserted little 

 behind last third in space between pectoral origin and caudal base; 

 first branched dorsal ray 3 in head measured from snout tip; anal 

 inserted opposite dorsal, first branched ray 2|; caudal slightly emargi- 

 nate behind, H in head; pectoral, 1^; ventral inserted midway 

 between uppermost edge of gill opening and caudal base, fin, 2^. 



In alcohol pale clay color generally. Sides of head, especially 

 opercle, iris and broad longitudinal band nearly equal to eye in width, 

 from shoulder to caudal base medially, bright silvery white. Beak 

 pale brown and uniform fins all much lighter. Length, 155 mm. 



This example differs a little from Hemirhamphus sinensis Gunther 

 in that the body appears but little compressed, lower jaw beyond 

 snout tip 4f to caudal base, triangular part of upper jaw wide at 

 lung, eye slightly less than interorbital, or ^ of postorbital, and 

 ventral origin placed little more posterior. 



Family SERRANIDAE. 



SINIPERCA CHUATSI (Basilewsky).i 



Head, 2f; depth, 2J; D. XII, 14, t; A. Ill, 9, r; pores in lateral 

 line about 110 to caudal base; scales about 120 rows along lateral 

 line to caudal base; 26 scales above lateral line to soft dorsal origin, 

 54 below to spinous anal origin; 34 predorsal scales; snout 4 in 

 head measured from upper jaw tip; eye, 5|; maxillary, 2f; inter- 

 orbital, 8. Back well elevated. Head width 2f in its total length, 

 and upper profile slightly concave over eye. Snout width slightly 

 less than its length. Mandible well protruded. Maxillary extends 

 slightly beyond eye, expansion IJ in eye. Teeth in rather narrow 



1 Cit. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 0, 1866, p. 2n5 



