NO. 1278. JAPANESE OPLEONA THOIB FISHES— JORD A N & FO WLER. 7 7 



the upper profile oblique with the snout projecting; eye rather high, 

 41 in head and If in snout; mouth moderate, the maxillary reaching- 

 below the second nostril; teeth with sharp cutting edge; lips moderately 

 thick; interorbital space convex; gill-opening moderately long, the 

 membrane folding over and free from the isthmus; gill-rakers moder- 

 ately long and in moderate numbers; base of dorsal and anal scaled; 

 first dorsal spine short, before the pectoral, the other dorsal spines 

 highest in the middle and sloping behind; soft dorsal high and rounded 

 in front, sloping downward behind; first anal spine the shortest; anal 

 highest in front and sloping behind; pectoral deep and rounded, 1^ in 

 head; ventrals longer than the pectorals, their spines 2i in head; 

 caudal deep, the lobes pointed and the edge emarginate; lateral line 

 arched, high, and concurrent with the back; caudal peduncle 2| in the 

 head, compressed. 



Color in spirits brown, dark above, with seven dark, distinct, black, 

 vertical bands, the first through the eye; ventrals black; caudal broadl}' 

 edged with black; lower margin of the anal blackish. Length, 6| 

 inches. Here described from Tokyo examples. 



This species is common in the bays of southern Japan, occurring 

 frequently in the markets and valued as food, ranking with percoid 

 fishes generall}'. Our specimens are from Aomori, Tokyo, Misaki, 

 Wakanoura, Kobe, Onomichi, Hiroshima, Tsuruga, and Hakata. 



{fasciatus^ cross-banded. ) 



OPLEGNATHUS PUNCTATUS Schlegel. 



ISHIGAKIDAI (STONEWALL PERCH, FROM THE COLORATION); KIKO- 

 BLSHA (MOVE OF THE KNIGHT IN CHESS). 



/S'c«Torfo». jjwicta/ws Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., 1846, p. 91; Nagasaki. 

 Hoplcgiiathus jmnclatas RiCHARDSon, Ichth. China, 1846, p. 247; Canton.— GtJN- 



TiiER, Cat. Fish., Ill, 1861, p. 358; China. 

 Hoplogitathus punctutus Steindachner and Doderlein, Fische Japans, II, 1883, 



p. 24; Tokyo, Kobe, Kanagawa, Hakodate. — Nystrom, Svensk, Vet. Handl., 



1887, p. 38; Nagasaki.— Iskikawa, Prel. Cat., 1897, p. 34; Boshu, Tokyo, 



Kagoshima. 

 Oplegnathus punclatuia Jordan and Snyder, Check List, 1901, p. 82; Yokohama. 

 Hoplegnathus maculosus Richardson, Ichth. China, 1846, p. 247; Canton. 



Head 3^; depth If; D. XH, 15; A. HI, 13; P. I, 16; V. I, 5; 

 scales about 25-110-60. Body deep, strongl}^ compressed and covered 

 ^\ ith very small ctenoid scales. Head moderately deep, the upper 

 profile oblique and with the snout projecting; eye high, li in head. 

 If in snout; mouth moderate, the maxillary reaching below the second 

 nostril; teeth with sharp cutting edge; lips moderately thick and 

 broad; interorbital space strongly convex; gill-opening moderateh^ 

 long, the membrane free over the isthmus; gill-rakers moderateU^ 

 long and in moderate number; base of dorsal and anal scaled; first 

 dorsal spine short, before the base of the pectoral, the others highest 



