FISHES FROM FORMOSA— JORDAN AND EVERMANN. 



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Tyj^e. — No. 5071, speciiuen lO.O inches long, from (Jiriin, Formosa, 

 icturned to the Imperial University of Tok3^o. 



Head 2.5 (2.0 without flaps); depth 3.2; eye 5; snout 4.5; maxillary 

 2; mandible 1.7; interorhital 7.75; suborbital 12; D. XI, 13; A. Ill, 8; 

 scales 22-110—10. Body short and (X)mpressed; head large, pointed; 

 mouth very large, oblique, tlu^ jowin- jaw slightly projecting; maxil- 

 lary long, reaching posterior edge of orbit; teeth strong, canine-like 

 in jaws, the band broadening in front where the outer teeth are 

 enlarged; patch of teeth on vomer and palatines, none on tongue; eye 

 I'ather large; preopercle serrate, with 3 strong spines at the angle; 

 opercle with 3 flat spines, the middle one strongest; nostrils small, in 

 front of dorsal third of eye; interorhital narrow; caudal peduncle 

 nmch compressed, its least depth 3.75 in head, with flap. Scales ver}' 

 small, covering bod}^ and entire head; lateral line slightly arched above 



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Fig. 18.— Nemipterl's matsubar.k. 



the pectoral. Fins rather high; origin of dorsal over opercular spines; 

 origin of anal under first dorsal ray; pectoral rather long and broad, 

 reaching vent; ventrals scarcely reaching vent. 



Color in alcohol, light brown; upper two-thirds of body, ()i)ercle, 

 and nape with sparse, small roundish dark brown spots; dorsal, caudal, 

 and anal with similar spots, fewest on anal. 



One specimen S inches long, from Giran, Formosa. 



General color in alcohol, pale dusky gray with silvery reflections, 

 and some slight indications of dark in narrow lines on edge of scales 

 along lateral line, and over body posterior to front of anal; dor,sal 

 and anal dark at base, this dark being in cresent spots as large as pupil 

 on anterior base of membrane, rest of fin pale; caudal and pectoral 

 pale; ventrals pale, except the third ray, which is yellow; this A^ellow 

 extends on to the posterior base of the first and second ra3^s; dorsal 

 with a light yellow edge, anal with a 3^ellow median stripe and a yel low- 

 ed o-e. 



