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PROfEEDrNGS OF THE NATIONAL .}fUS>EUM. 



Family ILEMULID.E. 



113. THERAPON THERAPS ( Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Ono spociuuMi from Keeruii. 



114. THERAPON CANCELLATUS (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Olio sp(M-im(Mi from Kotosho, agrcoiiio- fairly with P>lo('kcr's ti»^uro. 



115. THERAPON QUADRILINEATUS (Bloch). 



One specimen, No. 28i, from Giran, aoreeing with the account given 

 by Dr. (lunther. One specimen from Keerun. 



116. THERAPON JARBUA (Forskal). 

 {TJifrdpon .svrr((.s Cuvier and Viili'iiciriincs.) 

 One specimen. No. T x. from Formosa, F. 1. 



117. PLECTORHYNCHUS OCYURUS Jordan and Evermann, new species. 



Head 3.75; depth 3; eye 3.5; snout 3.5; maxillary 3. '2; mandible 3; 

 interorbital -t; preorbital 9.5; D. XIV, 18; longest dorsal spine 2.3, 

 ray 3; A. HI, 8; longest anal spine 2.5, ray 2.5; ventral 1.5; pectortd 



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V\ii. 19.- 



1.2; scales 19-115-21. Body rather long and compressed, the dorsal 

 and ventral outlines about equally arched; nape rather trenchant; 

 head moderate, pointed, jaws equal; maxillary broad at tip, slipping 

 under preorbital for its entire length; teeth on jaws in a moderately 

 broad band, the outer in front enlarged and canine-like, especially in 

 upper jaw; no teeth on vomer, palatines, or tongue; eye very large, 

 on level of upper lip; nostrils small, close together, oval, on level of 

 upper edge of orbit; preopercle with numerous rather strong, slender 



