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Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 33, No. 1, p. 114, 1928 (Bombay); Proc. Acad. 



Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929 (1930), p. 609 (Hong Kong). 

 Nemipterus japonicus Jokdan and Se.\le, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, p. 21, 



1906 (1907) (Cavite).— EvERMANN and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol.26, 



p. 82, 1906 (1907) (San Fabian). — Jordan and Richardson, Bull. Bur. 



Fisher., vol. 27, p. 258, 1907 (1908) (Manila); Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 4, 



No. 4, p. 186, 1909 (Takao, Formosa). — Seale, Philippine Journ.Sci., 



vol. 9, No. 1, p. 66, 1914 (Hong Kong). 

 Caniharus filamentosus Ruppell, Atlas Reise nordl. Afrika, Fische, p. 50, pi. 12, 



fig. 3, 1828 (type locality: Red Sea). 

 Si/nagris filmnentosus GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 378,1859 



(compiled). — Klunzinger, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 20, p. 766, 1870 



(Koseir, Red Sea). 

 Dentex (Heterognathodon) filamentosus Steindachner, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. 



Wien, math.-nat. Kl., vol. 57, pt. 1, p. 976, 1868 (Mauritius). 

 Dentex bipunctatus (Ehrenberg) Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 



247, 1830 (type locality: Djedda). — Ruppell, Neue Wirbelth., Fische, p. 



114, 1835 (note). 

 Dentex tambulus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 249 (on Block), 



p. 558 (note), 1830. 

 Dentex blochii Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 2, p. 176, 1851 (type 



locality: Batavia); Verh. Batav. Genootsch. (Bengal), vol. 25, p. 38, 1853. — 



Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 12, p. 527, 1904 



(Padang); Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929 (1930), p. 609 (Hong 



Kong) . 

 Dentex blochi Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 8, p. 90, pi. (52) 330, 



fig. 1, 1876-1877 (Sumatra, Java, Singapore). 

 Syvagris grammicus Day, Fishes of Malabar, p. 26, pi. 4, 1865 (type locality: 



Cochin on the Malabar coast); Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1865, p. 14 (type). 

 Heterognathodon guliminda (not Cantor) Ishikawa and Matsxjura, Prelim. Cat. 



Fishes Tokyo Mus., p. 54, 1897. 



Depth 2% to 3}^; head 2% to 2>%, width \% to 2%. Snout 2% to ?,% 

 in head; e3^e 3Ko to 4, 1 to !){ in snout, Httle greater than interorbital; 

 maxillary reaches )i to ){ in eye, expansion \)i to 2)^ in eye, length 2j^ 

 to 3 in head; teeth in villiform bands in jaws of 4 or 5 irregular series, 

 above outer enlarged series with 8 front canines, none below nor outer 

 lower teeth enlarged; interorbital 4}2 to 5, but slightly elevated and 

 level to slightly depressed medially; hind preopercle edge mnnutely 

 though distinctly serrated, lower edge entire, crenulations minute; 

 opercle ends in broad flat point; suborbital depth % of eye. Gill 

 rakers 5 or 6 + 7 to 10, short, compressed, prickty, lanceolate, )i of 

 gill filaments, which V/i in eye. 



Scales 43 to 47 in lateral line to caudal base and 1 to 7 more on latter, 

 4 or 5 above, 10 or 11 below, 12 to 15 predorsal extend forward mid- 

 way in eye, 3 rov/s on cheek and preopercle flange broadl}?^ naked; 

 caudal more or less finely scaly. Suprascapula entire, venulose, like- 

 wise scales above to occiput and forward to eyes, besides those border- 

 ing interorbital; likewise preorbital, interorbital and preopercle flange 

 venulose. Scales with 5 to 7 basal radiating striae; 36 to 80 feeble 



