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Argyrops spinifera Jordan and Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Miis., vol. 41, p. 575, 



1912 (name). 

 Argyrops spinifer Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929 (1930), 



p. 609 (Hong Kong). 

 Pagrus longifilis Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 159, 1830 (type 



locality: Trincomalee, Ceylon). 

 Argyrops longifilis Jordan and Richardson, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 4, No. 4, 



p. 189, 1909 (Takao, Formosa). 

 Sparus longifilis Seno, Formosan fisheries, p. 128, 1911. 

 Pagrus ruber Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1887, p. 658 (type locality: 



Muscat, East Arabia); 1889, p. 245 (Muscat). 

 Paragyrops edita Tanaka, Zool. Mag. Tokyo, vol. 28, No. 330, p. 141, 1916 



(type locality: Tokyo); Fisheries of Japan, vol. 24, p. 425, pi. 116, fig. 342 



pi. 117, fig. 343, 1916 (Tokyo market). 

 Argyrops edita Oshima, Jap. Journ. Zool., Trans. Abstracts, vol. 1, No. 5, p. 143 



fig. 4, 1927 (Keeling, East China Sea). 

 Evynnis edita Anonymous, Hlustrat. Jap. Aquat. Plants Animal., vol. 1, pi. 36 



fig. 3, 1931. 

 Pagrus ciliaris von Bonde, South Afric. Fisher. Marine Biol. Surv., Rep. No. 1 



p. 19, pi. 5, 1923. 

 Argyrops bleekeri Oshima, Jap. Journ. Zool., Trans. Abstracts, vol. 1, No. 5, p 



141, 1927 (Toko, Tainan). 

 Chrysophrys rubroptera Tirant, Service Oc^anogr. Pech. Indo-Chine, 6* Note, p 



(9) 14 (168), 1929 (type locality: Hue River, Annam). 



Depth 1% to 1%; head 2% to 3, width 2. Snout 1% to 2% in head; 

 eye 3 to 3%, 1% in snout, siibequal with interorbital ; maxillary reaches 

 eye, expansion 3 in eye, length 2}^ to 3 in head; teeth biserial, front 

 ones conic, posterior molars; interorbital 3)^ to 3%, broadly convex. 

 Gill rakers 7 + 10, short, lanceolate, % of gill filaments which Iji in eye. 



Scales 50 to 53 in lateral line to caudal base and 4 more on latter; 

 7 or 8 above, 16 to 18 below, 20 to 45 predorsal, 4 or 5 rows on cheek. 

 Scales with 8 to 11 basal radiating striae; 30 to 90 apical denticles, 

 rather obtuse; circuli fine. 



D, XI or XII, 10, I or 11, i, third to sixth spines end in long slen- 

 der filaments reaching beyond caudal or equal combined head and 

 body or even entire fish, second ray 2% in head; A. Ill, 8, i, second 

 spine 2%, first ray 2}^; caudal 1 to iKo, emarginate; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 2% to 2^; ventral iKo to 1%; pectoral 2% in com- 

 bined head and body to caudal base. 



Back pale brownish, below paler to whitish. Fins all pale brown- 

 ish. Irish whitish. Ventral and anal with little brownish medially 

 and subterminally. 



Red Sea, Arabia, Persian Gulf, Delagoa Bay, Madagascar, Mauri- 

 tius, India, Ceylon, East Indies, Philippines, Indo-China, China, 

 Formosa, Japan. In life this fish is generally pink with four or five 

 deeper broad transverse bars across body and the fins pale or trans- 

 parent. 



One example, U.S.N. M. Takao, Formosa. Dr. Fred Baker. Length, 210 mm. 

 One example, A.N.S.P. Delagoa Bay, Portuguese East Africa. H. W. Bell 

 Marley. Length, 84 mm. 



