NO.1240. CARDIXAL FISHES OF JAPAX-JOHDAX AXD SXYJtFR. 



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g. APOGON SEMILINEATUS Schlegel. 



NEBUTUDII (BOTTOM TAI OR PERCH); TKNOIKUJIAKO; TENSIIIBU- 

 SHAKO (INDIAN LITTLE FISH). 



{nogonsemilhwatus^cHLKUKL, Fauna Japoiiica, Poiss., 1846, p. 4, pK ii, fig. 3, Naga- 

 ,aki.-BLEEKKK,Verh. Bat. Genootsch., XXVI, p. 55, pL i, fig. 2.-Gunther, 

 Cat. Fish., I, 1870, p. 240, copied.— Steindachxek and D(3derlein, Fische 

 Japans, II, 1883, p. 2, Tokyo.— Nystkom, Handl. Svensk. Vet. Ak., 1887, p. 

 8, Nagasaki.— IsniKAWA, Prel. Cat., 1897, p. 55, Enoura in Izu. 

 AiMjunqnudrl/asrIutus (error for M-miUueatu.^) Jokdax and Snydek, Pr..c. L. S. 

 Nat. Mus., XXIII, 1900, i>. 353, Yokohama. 

 Head 2^ in length: depth 2|; depth of cuiidul peduncle 3 in head; 

 eye 3|; interorbiUil space M; ^nout 3|: maxiUary L>i; D. VJI-I,;»; 

 A. II,' S; scales in lateral series 25; in transverse series 9. 



Body rather elongate; compressed; caudal peduncle narrow; head 

 pointed. Eve large^, the diameter a little g-reater than length of snout; 



Fig. 7.— Apogon semilineatus. 



interorl.ital space slightlv convex; upper rim of orbit not projecting 

 a]>ove contour of head. Snout pointed; jaws subequal, the lower 

 slio-htlv projecting; maxillarv extending to a vertical passing ]ust pos- 

 terior to pupil. Scales thin, rather roughish. Dorsal spuies slender 

 and rather weak; the tirst minute; placed very close to base ot the sec^ 

 ond- the tip of the fourth when depressed just reaching insertion ot 

 soft^lorsal. Soft dorsal and anal reaching an equal distance poste- 

 riorlv when depressed, both falling far short of base of caudal. Pec- 

 torals reaching slightly beyond insertion of anal. Ventrals reachmg 

 vent. Caudal forked. 



Color in life light grav. Hushed with bright red; sides silvery; an 

 inkv black spot as larg-e as pupil at base of caudal; a ]et-black stnpe 

 from tip of snout through eye to gill opening; another above eye from 

 tip of snout to opposite front of soft dorsal, this usually, but not 



