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The American species, heretofore called Pachi/nathus e(q)t stratum^ 

 is different from Japanese or Hawaiian specimens, having larger 

 scales. It has been named Ballstes verres by Gil])ert and Starks. 



{caplstratus l)ridled.) 



4. PACHYNATHUS CONSPICILLUM (Bloch and Schneider). 



MONGARA KAWAHAGI (8P0TTP:D SKIN PEELER), KOMONIUWO 

 (BLOTCHED FISH). 



Balidi's cotupiclUuiii Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, 1801, p. 474; 

 Indian Seas (after Guaperva tachete of Sonnerat). — Schleoel, Fauna Japon- 

 ica, 1846, p. 289, pi. cxxix, fig. 1; Nagasaki. — Bleekek, Atlas Ichth. Balist., 

 1865-69, p. 116, pi. VII, fig. 2.— GtTNTHER, Cat. Fish., VIII, 1870, p. 220; Japan, 

 Formosa. — Namiye, Cat. Spec. Vert., 1881, p. 113, Kishin. — Isiiikawa, Prel. 

 Cat., 1897, p. 4, Kagoshima. 



Bnlixtex hirnlnr Shaw, Gen. Zool., V, 1804, p. 407, pi. 11. 



D. HI, 25 to 26; A. 21 to 22; scales in lateral line 46, or about 50 to 

 55 from gill opening to middle part of caudal. Eye -i to 6 in head, 2^ 

 to 4 in snout. Head higher than long; lips broad and flesh}'; patch of 

 enlarged scales 3 or 4 in number behind the gill opening; about 29 

 scales in a transverse section from the origin of the dor.sal to the vent; 

 dorsal and anal rather low; caudal subtruncate; ventral spine very 

 short and movable; two and a half series of tubercles on caudal 

 peduncle; caudal rounded, the angles not produced; lateral line not 

 conspicuous. Color brownish or black, with very large, round, yellow 

 spots on the lower part of the body in 4 longitudinal series. Back 

 between dorsals of a lighter coloration. The center of each scale 

 brown and the edges yellowish; a yellowish band across the snout from 

 one eya to the other; extremity of the snout orange and with a narrow 

 orange ring; pectorals with yellow ororange rays; spinous dorsal brown 

 or ])lackish; soft dorsal and anal gravish blue and with orange bases; 

 caudal black at liase, medianly clear yellow, Avith a marginal black 

 band. Length 13 inches. (Schlegel, Bleeker. Giinther; the color 

 after Schlegel.) 



This species is occasionally taken in the Kuro Shiwo, off* the coast of 

 Japan and southward. It is recorded from Nagasaki and Kagoshima, 

 and we have examined a specimen from Urakawa, in Hokkaido, pre- 

 served in the museum at Hakodate. This has: D. Ill, 24; scales 44. 

 A specimen from Kii is in the Imperial University. 



{consplclUuiii, a pair of spectacles, in allusion to the round spots.) 



4. PSEUDOBALISTES Bleeker. 

 PseudohaUates^AM^Kmi, Atlas Ichth. Balist., Ill, 1865-69, p. 113 {flavimarginatr(s) 

 This genus differs from PachyiiatJiu>< in the large size of the scales 

 on the cheek, which do not cover the whole surface, though not leav- 

 ing the naked stripes seen in Parahalistes. Snout naked. Caudal 



