746 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NA TIONA L MUSE UM. 



It IS, acer.rding to Houttuyn, a Dolphin, from its blunt head. Color apparently! 

 bright yellow but not preserved very well. Closed gill coverings with a groove 1 

 crosswise. D/24, P. 14; V. 6; C. 17. Body covered with tine scales. Lacepede i 

 calls this species Coryphwenoides houfhu/m, but his generic name < 'orypfuTuoides was 

 used still earlier by Gunner for a Macrurid. 



4. (tobius NIGER Liunjeus. 



Some Goby incorrectly identified. 



5. Pleuronectes japonicus. 

 Japanese Scharretong. 



Form of the European Scharretong. Fa'cs on the left side. P 9- V Tv C 16 

 Dorsal and anal rays not counted owing to the great number. P.odv h' in.'h.'s lo„i.' 

 somewhat round on the dorsal side, and white below. 



This may be Paralichthys oUvaceu,, but we hesitate to make the identificati..n 

 The name Pleuronectes japonicus given by Herzenstein to a common Hounder of the 

 island ot Hokkaido, is preoccupied by Pleuronectes japonicus of Houttuyn Herzen- 

 stem's species may receive the new name of Limanda herzensteini. 



6. Sparus auratus Linnjeus. 



An erroneous identification with a Enrojiean species. 



7. Sparus argentatus. 



This is Sci^nm sina Schlegel, Sci.'eaa schlegeH Bleeker. It mav stand as Corvula 

 argentata. Black spot on opercle; color of body silvery. D. IX, 26- P 16- V 9- 

 A. 1, S; C. 18. Length 8; depth 2.nnches. " .-•,.., 



8. Sparus notatus. 



This is a species near Apogou semlliueatus Schlegel, but not recognized l)v later 

 writers. It may stand as Apogon notatus. 



Small black spots behind the gill coverings, close to the caudal tin, and on the 

 donsal hn. Hardly a finger long and covered with silverv s<-ales. Doi-sals two D 

 V-8; A. 8; P. 10; C. 14. ' , ■ u. 



9. Sparus erythrinus Linnaeus. 



An incorrect identification of a European species. 



10. Sparus latus. 



This must be Chrysophri/s aries Schlegel, whi.-h must stand as Sparus latus 

 Scales in stripes lengthwise. In body one of the widest of the familv if not the 

 widest, half as wide as long. Color, yellowish; the head silvery under' the s<-ales 

 D. XII, 9; P. 12; A. Ill, 8; V. 1, 5; C. 18. ' ' ' 



11. Sparus virgatus. 



This seems to l^e Denle.r seligerns of ^ch\e^e\ = Nemipterns sinensis. It mav stand 

 as Nemipterus virgatus. 



Stripes ot the scales plainer and larger than in Sparus latus. Similar to the Salp'i 

 of authors, which has on each si.le eleven stripes of a gol.leu hue, hence called in 

 l^rench "Virgadelle." Body oval and flat, head obtiisa, tail forked D VIII 10- 

 P. 12; A. 11,8; V. 6; C. 22. Length, 5J inches. ' ' ' 



12. Sparus fuscescens. 



This seems to he a Sebastodes, Sebastodes inermis=Sebastodes ventrirosus without 

 inucli doubt. The species may therefore stand as Sebastodes fuscescens. 



A black spot on the pectoral fin, body brownish, the coloi- perhaps due to "the 

 tailing off of some golden scales." Body fairly wide; mouth armed with small teeth- 

 lateral line straight. D. XIII, 11; P. 16; V. 1, 5; A. II, 10. Length, 4 inches. 



13. Labrus .japonicus. 



We cannot make this out. Gill coverings scaly. Small sharp-poinfe.l teeth, and 

 not double hps; pectorals sharp; lateral line almost straight. D. X, 11;P. 16; V. 1 5; 



