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blackish blotch on lateral line below about opposite sixth dorsal 

 spine. Dorsal grayish or violaceous. Anal pale bluish. Caudal 

 and pectoral rosy. Ventral whitish. In preserved specimens 

 streaks become dark, with more or less distinct light borders. Reaches 

 900 mm. (Barnard.) 

 South Africa. 



DENTEX TUMIFRONS (Schlegel) 



Chrysophrys tumifrons Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., pts. 2-4, p. 70, pi. 34, 

 1843 (type locality : Nagasaki Bay). 



Pagrus tumifrons Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. l,p. 470, 1859 (copied). — 

 KIroli, Term^sz. Fiizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, p. 167, 1881 (Nagasaki). — 

 Nystrom, Bihang kon. Svensk. Vet. Akad. Handlingar, Stockholm, vol. 13, 

 No. 4, p. 14, 1887 (Nagasaki). — Ishikawa and Matstjura, Prelim. Cat. 

 Fish. Mus. Tokyo, p. 53, 1897. — Jordan and Snyder, Annot. Zool. Japon., 

 vol. 3, p. 79, 1901 (Nagasaki). — Kishinouye, Journ. Fisher. Bur. Tokyo, 

 vol. 10, No. 3, p. 38, pis. 3, 5, figs. 5-8, pi. 7, fig. 2, 1901 (Hondo, Shikoku, 

 Kushu, Formosa). — Franz, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., vol. 4, Suppl. vol. 1, 

 p. 47, 1910 (Aburatsubu). 



Sparus tumifrons Bleeker, Verh. kon. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam (Poiss. Japan), 

 vol. 18, p. 7, 1879 (name only). 



Taius tumifrons Jordan and Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 41, p. 571, 

 fig. 8, 1912 (Takao, Formosa) .—Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 

 p. 415, 1912 (Kagoshima). — Jordan and Metz, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 

 6, No. 1, p. 34, 1913 (Tsushima Straits). — Tanaka, Fishes of Japan, vol. 21, 

 p. 374, pi. 102, fig. 314, 1915 (South Japan, Formosa, China). — Izuka and 

 Matsuura, Cat. Zool. Spec. Tokyo Mus., Vertebr., p. 148, 1920 (Nagasaki). — 

 Jordan and Hubbs, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 10, No. 2, p. 241, 1925 

 (Tokyo, Kobe, Kagoshima, Misaki, Toyama, Miyazu). — Oshima, Jap. 

 Journ. Zool., Trans. Abstracts, vol. 1, No. 5, figs. 2-3, 1927 (Keelung, Tong 

 King Bay). — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929 (1930), p. 

 592 (Nagasaki), p. 596 (Shanghai), p. 609 (Hong Kong). — Schmidt and 

 LiNDBERG, Bull. Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., 1930, p. 1140 (Tsuruga). — Sowerby, 

 Naturalist in Manchuria, vol. 4, p. 192, 1930 (Tsushima Straits). — Schmidt, 

 Bull. Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., 1931, p. Ill (Mogi, Obama); Trans. Pac. Comm. 

 Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., vol. 2, p. 70, 1931 (Nagasaki; Fusan). — Anonymous, 

 lUustrat. Jap. Aquat. Plants Animal., vol. 1, pi. 36, fig. 4, 1931. 



Raius tumifrons Jordan and Thompson, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 6, No. 4, 

 p. 256, 1914 (Misaki, Tsushima Straits). (Error.) 



Dentex hypselosoma Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 6, p. 402, 1854 

 (type locality: Nagasaki); Verh. Batav. Genootsch., vol. 26, No. 4, p. 89, 

 pi. 4, fig. 2, 1857 (Nagasaki). — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 

 p. 371, 1859 (copied). — Martens, Preuss. Exped. Ost-Asien, p. 387, 1876 

 (Yokohama). — Karoli, Term^sz. Fuzetek, Budapest, vol. 6, p. 154, 1881 

 (Hakuri). — Steindachner, Ann. Hofmus. Wien, vol. 11, p. 199, 1896 

 (Kobe, Hiogo, Nagasaki). — Jordan and Snyder, Annot. Zool. Japon., vol. 

 3, p. 77, 1901 (Nagasaki). 



Dentex hypselosomus Jordan and Evermann, Proc. U. S, Nat. Mus., vol. 25, 

 p. 345, fig. 17, 1902 (Formosa). — Jordan and Richardson, Mem. Carnegie 

 Mus., vol. 4, No. 4, p. 185, 1909 (Takao). 



Synagris hypselosoma Bleeker, Verh. kon. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, vol. 13, 

 No. 3, p. 40, 1873 (Nagasaki); Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 7, fig. 2, 

 pi. (36) 314, 1873-1876; vol. 8, p. 98, 1876-1877 (Japan). 

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