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Grayish, irregularly blotched darker. Wliite below. Iris golden. 

 Fins grayish or blackish. Ventral pale (rosy) or dark. Reaches 

 1,000 mm. (Barnard.) 



South Africa, Natal. 



SPARUS LATUS Houttuyn 



Sparus latus Houttuyn, Verb. Holland. Maatsch. Wet. Haarlem, vol. 20, p. 322, 

 1782 (type locality: Japan). — Bonnaterrb, Tabl. Ichth., p. 102, 1788 (seas, 

 of Japan). — Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Linn., vol. 1, p. 1276, 1789 (Japanese seas). 

 — Walbaum, Artedi Pise, vol. 3, p. 300, 1792 (on Gmelin). — Forster, 

 Fauna Indica, p. 15, 1795. — Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, p. 284, 1801 

 (Japan). — Jordan and Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 41, p. 583, 

 fig. 10, 1912 (Kobe and Wakanoura). — Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 42, p. 415, 1912 (Tokyo and Kagoshima). — Jordan and Thompson, 

 Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 6, No. 4, p. 256, 1914 (Osaka). — Izuka and Mat- 

 suuRA, Cat. Zool. Spec. Tokyo Mus., Vertebr., p. 149, 1920 (Tsu, Ise).— 

 Jordan and Hubbs, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 10, No. 2, p. 240, 1925 (Bay 

 of Mikawa). — Oshima, Jap. Journ. Zool., Trans. Abstr., vol. 1, No. 5, p. 151, 

 1927 (Tainan). — Schmidt, Trans. Pacific Comm. Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., 

 vol. 1, p. 50, 1930 (Kominato, Riu Kiu). — Schmidt and Lindberg, Bull. 

 Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., 1930, p. 1139 (Tsuruga) .—Schmidt, Trans. Pacific 

 Comm. Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., vol. 2, p. 68, 1931 (Nagasaki, Fusan, Gensan). 



Coins datnia Buchanan-Hamilton, Fishes of Ganges, pp. 88, 369, pi. 9, fig. 29, 

 1822 (type locality: AU mouths of the Ganges). 



Chrysophrys datnia Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, p. 140, pi. 34, fig. 1, 1875 (Hooghly 

 River at Calcutta); Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 2, p. 44, fig. 17, 1889. — 

 Ogilby, Handb. Sydney, p. 129, 1898.— Lloyd, Rec. Indian Mus., vol. 1, 

 p. 226, 1907 (Akyab). — Zugmayer, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., math.-phys. 

 KL, vol. 26, pt. 6, p. 11, 1913 (Mekran).— Tirant, Service Oc^anogr. Pdch. 

 Indo-Chine, note 6, p. 168, 1929 (Cochin China). 



Chnjsophuys datnia Pellegrin, Ann. Mus. Zool. R. Univ. Napoli, new ser., 

 vol. 3, No. 27, p. 6, 1912 (Massaoua). 



Sparus datnia Bleeker, Versl. Meded. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, ser. 2, vol. 

 11, p. 5, pi. 2, 1876 (Nagasaki; Calcutta) ; Atlas Ichth. Ind. Nderland., vol. 8, 

 p. 109, pi. (77) 361, fig. 4, 1876-1877 (Java?, Manila) .—Seale, Philippine 

 Journ. Sci., vol. 9, No. 1, p. 67, 1914 (Hong Kong). — Herre and Montalban, 

 Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 33, No. 4, p. 431, pi. 6, fig. 1, 1927 (Paraoir, Amoy, 

 Hong Kong). — Fowler, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 33, No. 1, 

 p. 114, 1928 (Bombay). 



Sparus (Chrysophrys) datnia Steindachner, Ann. Hofmus. Wien, vol. 11, 

 p. 201, 1896 (China, India, Manila, Ningpo, Tokyo, Nagasaki). 



Chrysophrys longispinnis Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 116, 1830 

 (type locality : Bengal) . 



Chrysophrys hasta (not Schneider) Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 

 p. 490, 1859 (part; Calcutta, Ganges, Bay of Bengal). 



Pagrus flavopinnis GIjnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 490, 1859 (no 

 description; name in text) (type locality: Bay of Bengal). 



Sparus chrysopterus Kishinouye, Zool. Mag. Tokyo, vol. 19, p. 327, 1907 (type 

 locality: Kiusiu; Shikoku; Inland Sea; Pacific coast Hondo). 



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

 head; eye 4% to 4^, 1% to 1% in snout, iKo to 1% in interorbital; 

 maxillary reaches to or % in eye, expansion K in eye, length 2}^ to 2% in 

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