FISHES FROM FORMOSA— JOED AX AND EVERMANN. 



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parallel with lateral line: two stronii- caiiiue teeth in front of each jaw, 

 I)e,side,s smaller lateral canines; te(>th on \'oniei' in a small V-sl)a})e(i 

 patch; no teeth on tongue; last ray of dorsal and anal produeiKl; 

 caudal deeph' forked; gillrakers long, rather few in number, about 

 12 below angle; 6 rows of scales on cheek; preopercle scarcely 

 notched, with tine long cirri; preorbital not so broad as e3^e. 



Color, api)arently l)right red. now faded to silvery; cheeks ))right 

 silvery. 



Platyinivs sjxt/'i/s has the skull of Eteliii and Aprion, the com- 

 pressed form of Hatyin/hm^ and the strong canines of Lut'umam. Its 

 nearest ally is doubtless Platyinius rnaa'ophthalmm, but it should be 

 placed in a genus distinct from Aprion, characterized b}^ the robust 

 anterior canines. 



DENTEX HYPSELOSOMUS Bleeker. 



Head 2.75; depth 2.2; eye :1S; 

 ble 2.5: int(M'()i'l)ital H.75: preor])it; 



iiout 2.4: maxillary 2.6; mandi- 

 8.75; D. XIT. lO; longest dorsal 





spine 2.5; ray 8.2; A. Ill, S; longest anal spine 8; ray 8.2; ventrals 

 1.8; pectoral 1.2; scales 6-50-18. Body short, deep, and compressed, 

 l)ack considerabh' elevated and trenchant; the anterior protile concaxe 

 in front of eyes and with a liump above; caudal peduncle moderately 

 compressed, its least width 2 in eye, its least depth slightly greater 

 than eye: head large and deep, mouth large, somewhat oblique, the 

 jaws equal: maxillary heavy, slipping for most its length under the 

 broad, thin preorbital: premaxillaries considerably ])rotiactile: teeth 



