908 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. voi.xxiii. 



? Afjogon iKircmxtrintux Efri'EU,, Neue Wirbelthiere, i>. So, \A. xxii, fig. 1, Red 

 Sea. 



fSparux meaco L.vcepede, Hist. Nat. Poisss, IV, 1803, pp. 54, 160, Japan, (in 

 a manuscript of Thunberg. — Cuvier and Yalen'ciexnes, Hist. Nat. Poiss, II, 

 1828, p. 161. "Brown, with 6 white bands and a ])rown sjxit on the tail; 

 scales large; jaws each with two canines; caudal rounded. I). lX-10. A. 

 HI, 8." The canine teeth seem to locate this very doubtful description 

 near Pdraniia quinqiidineata rather than with Apogon xchlegeli. 



Head 2f; depth 8|; D. Vl-I, 9; A. 11, 9. Scales 25. Eye 3 in 

 head. Maxillary reaching- to beyond middle of eye. Body with live 

 longitudinal .stripes of violet along the sides, the third one forming a 

 spot at base of caudal; an unpaired sixth stripe along the belly from 

 throat to vent; caudal with numerous ditfuse cross-bands (Stein- 

 dachner). Bleeker describes the Idack spot on the tail as ocellated 

 with yeilow, its center brown. 



East Indies, a single specimen 130 millimeters long taken at Kago- 

 shima by Dr. Doderlein and referred by Steindachner to this species; 

 not seen by us. The identification is perhaps dou)>tful. 



{QdhiqKf. live; llneata^ lined.) 



5. MELANOSTOMA Doderlein. 

 Mclniioxtomn IXiderleix, Beitrage znr Kentniss Fische Japans, II, 1883, p. 5 



{jllJ)OuiciUll) . 



Body rather elongate, covered with rather large, cycloid, deciduous 

 scales, about 35 in lateral line; scales of head covered with very small 

 scales; eyes large; jaws with a band of villiform teeth and with strong 

 canines in front; small or villiform teeth on vomer and palatines; pre- 

 opercle with its angle produced and with soft serrations; dorsal rays 

 lX-1. 10; anal 11, T. Vent normal. Coloration black. Deep waters 

 of Japan, distinguished from PurtiinUi chiefly by the increased number 

 of dorsal spines. 



(yL<6A.<-rcr, black; Groj.ux. mouth.) 



14. MELANOSTOMA JAPONICUM Doderlein. 



MeliUioxUjma jupon'ii'xua Steinoachek and IKidekueix, Fisehe Japans, II, 1883, 

 p. 6, off Tokyo. 



Head 3; depth 4; D. IX-1. 10; A. 11, 8; scales 36; eye 31 in head; 

 snout 4|. Body oblong, the ])ack not much elevated; small scales on 

 head covering the larger ones; base of soft tins more or less scaly; 

 jaws e([ual; maxillary extending a little beyond middle of eve; supple- 

 mental maxilhiry evident; l)oth jaws with a narrow band of villiform 

 teeth, broader above; upper jaw with a strong canine in front on each 

 side; lower jaw with about 5 canines; the fourth longest; fourth dorsal 

 spine about half head; soft dorsal and aiuil concave on the margin; 

 caudal forked; anal spines short, the second half eye; pectoral as long 

 as head, without snout; swim bladder present; pyloric coeca or 7. 



