N0.12S9. FISHES FRO}T FORMOSA— JORDAN AND EVERMANN. 361 



Family LATirJD.F. 



i68. LATILUS JAPONICUS ( Houttuyn) . 



(Liitilui^ Mlnen.tix (Lai'eiK-df); Lati/Kx inyciilntiis Cnvier ami A'alfiicicniu's. ) 



Ono specimen, No. o<»x, from, Formosa, F. 1.; one specimen. No. 

 HfJS, from Formosa. F. I.: one specimen. No. 5()T<», from (xiran. 



Family PLATYCFPIIALID.F. 



i6g. PLATYCEPHALUS INERMIS ( Houttuyn I. 



(Pl(iti/rej>Ji(i/iif! crDCDiUlHii TiU'sins; J'/(tti/cep]i(il((>< </utt(i1iis Sclile«;el.) 



One specimen from Keernn. apparently identical with others from 

 Hiroshima. 



170. PLATYCEPHALUS INDICUS (Linnaeus). 



( Pl(iliir('/)}i((lii!^ liinldidlor Forskal. ) 



One large specimen. No. ?A'2, from Formosa. F. I. One laro^e speci- 

 men. No. 31 x = 361, from Formosa. F. 1. 



Family TRIGLID.F. 



171. LEPIDOTRIGLA ALATA (Houttuyn). 



(Lc/>l<hdriijh( hurgeri Sehlegel.) 

 One fine specimen. No. ::^8S, from Hokoto (Pescadore Islands). 



Fami ly CEPH ALACANTHID.F. 



172. CEPHALACANTHUS JAPONICUS (Bleeker). 



One small example. No. 280, from Giran, apparently similar to the 

 Japanese species, the proper name of which is still uncertain. 



Family GOBIID.F. 



173. ELEOTRIS FUSCA (Schneider). 



One specimen, No. 5076, from Suwata. Scales about 55. Other- 

 wise essentially like Ha^vaiian specimens. A comparison of many 

 s]jecimens will l)e necessary to show the value of this character. 



174. GLOSSOGOBIUS BRUNNEUS (Sehlegel). 



One specimen from Kotosho, apparently exactly like others from 

 Nagasaki; the characteristic cross-lines of dark spots at the nape 

 present. 



One ver}' large specimen from Keerun. 



The types of Glossogohiu>< Gill, from Hongkong, referred to Goh!ii>< 

 j>hitycephalus, must have belonged to this species, having the peculiar 

 notched tongue. 



