NO. 1289. FISHES FROM FORMOSA— JORDAN AND E VERM ANN. 359 



denseh^ covering entire body and head; a few scales on soft dorsal and 

 anal; caudal lin densely scaled; dorsal fin beginning- on nape just back 

 of eye, the spines somewhat depressible in a groove, the last soft rays 

 produced; anal similar to soft dorsal but the base longer; caudal 

 lunate, the upper and lower lobes greatly produced; ventrals rather 

 short, reaching origin of anal; pectoral short and. broad, somewhat 

 falcate. 



Color in alcohol, dark lirown, almost black; a long creamy white 

 l)lotch on side from upper end of opercle to vertical at tip of pectoral, 

 this bounded 1)y jet black; fins all blue-black, except caudal which has 

 a broad, subterminal, white bar on the middle rays, a narrow lilack 

 border on tips of rays; pectoral black, the outer fifth 3'ellowish white. 



Family SIGANID.^^]. 



160. SIGANUS VERMICULATUS (Kuhl and Van Hasselt) . 



One specimen, No. 5074, from Suwata. 



Similar to Slganus vermiculatus^ but with the ])ody nuich more 

 elongate; depth 2.5 in length, without caudal. This difi'crence is per- 

 haps due to the immaturity of the specimen. 



161. SIGANUS FUSCESCENS (HouUuyn). 



{Sigarnis (illiopimctdtns (Schlegel).) 



One specimen. No. 200, from Formosa, F. 1. It is covered with 

 small rounded bluish white spots, as usual in Japanese examples. 



Two large specimens from 'Keerun; one specimen. No. lix, from 

 F^ormosa, F, I. 



Family MONACANTHID^.. 



162. STEPHANOLEPIS SULCATUS (Hollard). 



One small specimen. No. 276, from Keerun. 



Depth about half length; dorsal spine 1.7 in head; anal rays 32. 

 Body covered with fine longitudinal stria?, the raised keels of the 

 rows of scales. 



Family TETRAODONTID^. 



163. SPHEROIDES OCELLATUS (Osbeck). 



One specimen. No. 330, from Hokoto. 



Dark blotches behind pectorals forming a bar across the back. 



164. SPHEROIDES SCELERATUS (Forster). 



One specimen. No. 283, from Hokoto, agreeing with the description 

 given by Giinther (VIII, 276). The back is dark brown, covered 

 with darker spots of various sizes; the sides very abruptly silvery. 



