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in jaws in an irregular sparse row, broadened into a patch anteriorly; 

 tip of each jaw with 4 large, stout, recurved canines, behind which are 

 the smaller, blunter teeth; no teeth on vomer, palatines, or tongue; eye 

 large, rather high, entirely above upper lip; nostrils remote, the 

 anterior small and round, the posterior larger and ovoid; preorbital 

 very deep; edge of preopercle crenulate; opercle ending in a l)road, 

 Hat point. Scales large, cycloid, firm, the exposed part much deeper 

 than long; forehead, snout, and preorl)ital naked; posterior part of cheek 

 and opercles with large scales; nape witii smaller scales; a few scales 

 on base of pectoral, and many line scales on caudal. Fins moderate, 

 the dorsal and anal each folding down into a scaly sheath at base; dorsal 

 spines rather long and slender; anal spines heteracanthous, the second 

 much broader than the others; ventrals not reaching vent; pectoral 

 longer, reaching origin of anal. 



No. XX, a specimen 11 inches long, from Formosa, and No. 366 

 from Formosa. 



Forward very gibbous, with a slight concavity above the projecting 

 snout; canines very strong; lateral teeth small, two-rowed, slightly 

 bluntish, not molar-like. Pectoral 3.3 in length; canines |. Silvery 

 in spirits, doul)tless crimson in life, the space between the eyefi paler. 



III. NEMIPTERUS VIRGATUS (Houttuyn). 



{Synagris sinensis (Lacepede) CTiinther; Dentex setigerus Cnvkn- and Valenciennes.) 



One specimen. No. ix, from Formosa, F. I. 



One specimen. No. 333, from Keerun. The depth of l)ody is 3.5 in 

 length (without caudal) in this common Japanese species, not -i, as 

 stated by Giinther. 



112. NEMIPTERUS MATSUBAR^E Jordan and Evermann, new species. 



Head 3.5; depth 3.5; eye 1; snout 3; maxillary 2.5; mandible 2.2; 

 interorlntal 6; preorbital 1.2; D. X, 9; longest dorsal spine 2.5; ray 

 1.75; A. Ill, 8; longest anal spine 3, ray 1.9; ventral 1, reaching origin 

 of anal; pectoral 1.2; scales 1—18-9; scales on cheek in 3 rows. Body 

 oblong, compressed, deepest through base of ventral; caudal deeph^ 

 forked; head su))Conic; preorljital almost as deep as eye; mouth low, 

 anterior profile in a long, gentle curve; eye moderate; maxillary reach- 

 ing anterior edge of pupil; mouth moderate, horizontal; no teeth on 

 vomer, palatines, or tongue, a single row of small cardiform teeth on 

 sides of each jaw, in lower jaw this row widens into a band of villi- 

 form teeth, anteriorly, those in front slightly larger; lower jaw with- 

 out canines; front of upper jaw with about 8 large, curved canine 

 teeth; dorsal outline a straight Ime to base of caudal; soft dorsal 

 slightly higher than spinous portion; first anal spine shortest, fin 

 gradually lengthening to last ray; ventral and pectoral long and 

 narrow; no filaments on the fins. 



