NO. 1289. FISHES FROM FORMOSA— JORDAN AND EVERMANN. 



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Family SCI.ENID.F. 



133. CORVULA ARGENTATA Houttuyn. 



One specimen, No. x 71, from Formosa, F. 1. It sccm.s to a^-ree 

 with Cormila argentata {= Scipena schlegell Bleeker) from Japan, but 

 tlio soft dorsal rays are fewer (I, 23), the teeth are rather stronger 

 than usual, and the black markings on first dorsal more distinct. 



Family PENTACEROTID.F. 



134. ANOPLOS BANJOS Bleeker. 



One specimen. No. 28.5, from Formosa, F. 1., similar to Japanese 

 examples. 



Family POLYNEMID.F. 



135. POLYDACTYLUS PLEBEIUS ( Broussonnet) . 



A small specimen, No. 324, from Kotosho. Scales about 50; pec- 

 toral filaments 5, the longest reaching beyond ventrals. The specimen 

 is in bad order and the identification not quite certain. 



136. POLYDACTYLUS RHADINUS Jordan and Evermann, new species. 



Head 3.6; depth 4.6; eye 4.5; snout 1>; maxillary 1.7; interorbital 5; 

 D. VII-I, 15: A. Ill, 16; scales 10-89-12; pectoral 1.4; ventrals 2.5. 

 Body long and slender, compressed, the back not much elevated; head 



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Fifi. '20. — POLYDACTYLUS RHADINUS. 



long, pointed, the snout blunt; mouth very large, nearly horizontal, 

 the lower jaw much the shorter, the snout greatl}' projecting; maxil- 

 lary very long and slender, projecting far behind the eye: teeth in 

 jaws in broad setiform bands, covering the jaws not only on top but 

 extending far down both sides; pi'eorbital ver}"^ narrow: eye covered 

 largely by adipose membrane; caudal peduncle long and shMider. 

 Dorsal tins two' remote, the anterior of slender spines onl}', inserted 



