FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE SEAS AND ADJACENT WATERS 6 



p. 9, 1887 (Nagasaki). — Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 23, 

 p. 357, 1900 (Tokyo) ; Annot. Zool. Japon., vol. 3, p. 82, 1901 (Yokohama 

 and Nagasaki). — Jordan and Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 25, 

 p. 351, 1902 (Formosa). — Jordan and Richardson, Mem. Carnegie Mus., 

 vol. 4, No. 4, p. 188, 1909 (Formosa). 



Anoplus ScHLEGEL, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., pt. 1, p. 17, pi. 8, 1842 (type locality: 

 Japan) . 



Banjos banjos Jordan and Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mu3., vol. 41, p. 540, fig. 

 2, 1912 (Tokyo); Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 6, No. 4, p. 255, fig. 27, 1914 

 (Misaki). — Izuka and Matsuura, Cat. Zool. Spec. Tokyo Mus., Vertebr., 

 p. 150, 1920 (Tateyama, Boshiu). — Jordan and Hubbs, Mem. Carnegie 

 Mus., vol. 10, No. 2, p. 238, 1925 (Misaki). — Schmidt, Trans. Pacific Comm. 

 Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., vol. 2, p. 65, 1931 (Nagasaki; Kagoshima; Misaki). 



Banjos typus Bleeker, Arch. N^erland. Sci. Nat. Harlem, vol. 11, p. 277, 1876 

 (no locality). (On Anoplus banjos Richardson.) 



Anoplus maculaius (Doderlein) Steindachner and Doderlein, Denkschr. 

 Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. Kl., vol. 48, p. 7, 1884 (name in text; MS. 

 name for young) (type locality: Tokyo). 



Depth 2; head 2%, width 2%. Snout 2% in head; eye 2%, iKo in 

 snout, greater than interorbital ; maxillary reaches eye, expansion 2% 

 in eye, length 2% in head; teeth simple, conic, outer row slightly en- 

 larged, in about 5 or 6 irregular series transversely in jaws; triangular 

 band of rather large, low, obtuse teeth on vomer; interorbital 4Ko, 

 nearly level; preopercle edge denticulate, several of denticles little 

 enlarged at angle. Gill rakers 6+ 15, lanceolate, l]i in gill filaments, 

 which 2^^ in eye. 



Scales 55 in lateral line to caudal base and 6 more on latter; tubes 

 40 in lateral line to caudal base and 4 more on latter; 12 scales above 

 lateral line, 21 below, 10 rows on cheek to preopercle ridge. Scales 

 with 9 or 10 basal radiating striae; 37 apical denticles, with 7 trans- 

 verse series of basal elements; circuli fine. 



D. X, 12, I, third spine iKo in head, second ray 2)i; A. Ill, 7, i, sec- 

 ond spine \%, second ray 2)U; caudal 1%, slightly emarginate behind; 

 least depth of caudal peduncle 3Ko; pectoral 1}^; ventral 1. 



Light brown, with about 8 obscure ill-defined longitudinal darker 

 bands, paler intervals on lower and under surfaces of head and body 

 whitish. On front of head 2 dark-brown bands cross interorbital con- 

 necting eyes and medially also connected by short dark-brown bar; 

 2 bands across snout and one across occipital, besides 2 others above 

 on predorsal. Iris pale yellowish. Spinous dorsal membranes dark 

 brown, dusky marginally and large blackish blotch over eighth and 

 ninth. Soft dorsal pale, with two brown blotches and large black 

 apical blotch. Hind preopercle edge dusky in emargination, with 

 two obscure dark bands over each lobe. Anal pale, blackish on spi- 

 nous membranes terminally, over most of last one and first soft dorsal 

 membrane. Pectoral pale. Ventral largely blackish on membranes, 

 especially terminally. 



Formosa, Japan. 



