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oclo-es of b(jth tins concave. Caudal deeply forked. Pectorals pointed, 

 contained about 1\ in head. Yentrals about '1 in head: extending- 

 l)eyond anal opening, which is located far forward. 



Color in life, light red; lower half abruptly silvery; tins all light 

 reddish: inside of gill chamber blackish. Alcoholic specimens retain 

 much of the silver on the lower parts, have the upper edge of the orbit 

 dusky, and have a somewhat indefinite dusky longitudinal band on 



lower half of body. 



l^ength 80 to 12.5 millimeters. An interesting species allied to 

 Scomhrops and Apogon, but with the vent advanced forward. South- 

 ern Japan: rather rare. Our specimens are from Wakanoura and 

 Misaki. 



RECAPITULATIOX, WITH LOCALITIES. 

 Family Apo<;<)Xir).?:. 



1. Apogonichthi/f! Bleeker. 



1. carinatns (Cuvier and Valenciennes) ; 3Iisaki, Wakanoura, Nagasaki. 



2. r;/ar/'f (Bleeker; not seen). 



2. Apogoit Lacepede. 



§ fMorh'inrhn^ Lacepede. 



?,. nUjei- Dodorlein; Nagasaki, Mogi. 



4. iiiarginatus Doderlein; ^^'akanoura. 



5. urdcolor Doderlein; near Yokohama. 



6. lineatus Schlegel; Tokyo, Yokohama, Owari, Enoshima, Wakanoura, Kobe, 



Onomichi, Miyajima, Hiroshima, Tsuruga, Kawatana, Hakata, and 

 Nagasaki. 



7. schlegeli Bleeker; Nagasaki. 



8. dfjcderhlni Jordan and Snyder; Nagasaki. 



9. semnhmdus Schlegel; Tokyo, Yokohama, Yodomi, Enoshinw, ^Iisaki, 



Wakanoura. 



10. notatus (Houttuyn); Wakanoura, Nagasaki. 

 § Apogon. 



11. kiensis Jordan and Snyder; Wakanoura. 



3. Archanna Gill. 



12. kagoshiinaiia Doderlein; not seen. 



4. Piimm'ia Bleeker. 



13. quinqnelmeata (Cuvier and Valenciennes) ; not seen. 



5. Mehinostoma Doderlein. 



14. japonkum Doderlein; not seen. 



6. Tt'lescopias Jordan and Snyder. 



15. gilberti Jordan and Snyder; :Misaki. 



7. ,S'com 6 rops Schlegel. 



16. boops (Houttuyn) ; Same, ]^Iinato, Tateyama, Matsushima, Awa, Misaki, 



Enoshima, Wakanoura, Kobe, Nagasaki. 



8. Acropouta Schlegel. 



17. japonicuia Gunther; AVakanoura, Alisaki. 



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