FISHES FROM FORMOSA-^JORDAN AND EVERMANN. 



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but the name may be applied provisionally to the present form. We 

 have numerous young- examples of Gh/phisodon saxatiUs from Misaki. 

 Sjxiru^'i fasciafus Gronow and Lahnix sexfasciatits Lacepede are 

 probably referal)le to this species or to G. coelestinus. Ch^todon. 

 tyrirhittl seems to be G. cmlestinu)^. Glyphiaodon rahtl Cuvier and 

 Valenciennes, from the Red Sea and elsewhere, is said to have the 

 fourth band under the second half of the spinous dorsal. It is, how- 

 ever, doubtless identical with G. saxatiUs. No. 294, Formosa, F. I. 



139. GLYPHISODON SORDIDUS (Forskal). 



One specimen from Kotosho similar to others from Hawaii and 

 Misaki. 



Family LABRID.F. 



140. CHCEROPS AZURIO Jordan and Snyder. 



{Cho;rops japo)uriis (Cuvier ami Valeiu-it'iines ) ; nut Lithni-'^ japonic xs Hoiittuyn.) 

 One specimen from Koeruii. 

 141. CHCEROPS NYCTEMBLEMA' Jordan and Evermann, new species. 



A large specimen, 18 inches long-. No. 356, Formosa, F. 1., returned 

 to the Imperial Fisheries Institute. 



CHffiROPS NYCTEMBLEMA. 



In the mouth is a card with these notes in Japanese: "Body with 

 rows of purplish spots. Iris and chin blue." 



Head 3.5; depth 2.7; eye 6.8; snout 2.2; interorbital 3.8; preor- 

 bital 2.7; D. XIII, 7; longest dorsal spine 3.5, ray 2.1; A. HI, 10; 

 longest anal spine I, ray 2; ventral 1.5; pectoral 1.2; scales 5-30-1). 



^The name kvc, night, ep/3Xrfjiia, banner, refers to the black flag, the emblem of 

 Formot^a. 



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