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bay of Nagasaki. It is iimcii valued as a food fisii and is eaten raw 

 with a sauce of i^d'c or rice brandy. No specimens were taken by 

 Jordan and Snyder. 

 {anoinalus^ anomalous. ) 



2. TRIACANTHUS Cuvier. 



Triacanthns Cvxi-EK, Eegne Animal, Isted., 1817, p. 152 {hiaculealus). 



Bod}' more or less elongate, compressed, covered with minute rough 

 scales; tail slender, prolonged; teeth in two series in each jaw; those 

 of the outer row incisor-like, ten in number, those of the inner row 

 more rounded, two or four in number. First dorsal of one ver}?^ 

 strong rough spine and several short ones. Ventral tins each of a 

 strong spine attached to the pubic bone; soft dorsal of about i24 rays, 

 anal of about 19; lateral line conspicuous. 



(rpezs", three; (XKavOa^ spine.) 



2. TRIACANTHUS BREVIROSTRIS Schlegel. 

 GIN-KAWAMUKI (SILVERY FILEFISH). 



TriacantJms brevirostris Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., 1846, p. 294, pi. cxxix, 

 fig. 2; Nagasaki. — Hollaed, Ann. Sci. Nat., I, 1854, p. 45, pi. ii, fig. 1. — 

 Bleeker, i\.tlas Ichth. Balist. , 1865-69, pi. xvii, fig. 3; Java, Madura, Sumatra, 

 Singapore, Borneo, Celebes, Amboyna, etc. — GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish., VIII, 1S70, 

 p. 209; Japan, Formosa, Amboyna, Madras, China. — Ishikawa, Prel. Cat., 

 1897, p. 4; Kagoshima, Suruga. 



Triacanthus rJiodopterus Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen., XXII, 1849, p. 25, pi. iv, fig. 8. 



Tnacanthiis rasselli Bleeker, A^erli. Bat. (iien., XXII, 1849, p. 25; Coromandel 

 (after Patrick Russell). 



Triacanthus brachysoma Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., IV, 1853, p. 128. 



Balistes bipes Gronow, Cat. Fish., Ed. Gray, 1854, p.- 37; East Indies. 



Head about 4; depth 2 to2t; snout li, and eye 3 to 4 in head; D. V, 

 22 to 25; A. 17 to 20. Maxillary 10 in external series, incised or 

 cuneiform, and inner series obtusely rotundate. Snout not produced, 

 with the upper profile nearly straight. Pectorals rounded, short. 

 First dorsal spine strong, covered with asperities; ventral spines long. 

 Second dorsal a little lower than the longest anal ray. Color above 

 greenish or bluish gray, below silvery or j^ellowish; head above, 

 greenish; spinous dorsal with a black l)lotch. Length, 11 inches. 

 (Schlegel, Bleeker, Gunther.) 



Bleeker regards TruicantJius nieuhoji with a depth of 2 to 3 (total 

 length) as distinct from Triacanthus hrevirostris, which has a depth of 

 3 to 3i (total length). 



This species, common in the East Indies, is rare in Japan, being 

 recorded from the southern region only. In the Imperial Museum are 

 specimens of this species from Suruga Bay and from Kagoshima. No 

 specimens taken by Jordan and Snyder. 



{brevis, short; rostru/n, snout.) 



