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head; 6 conic canines in front of each jaw, sometimes only 4 above; 

 3 rows of molars each side below and 4 rows each side above, next 

 innermost posteriorly with broadest or largest teeth, sometimes only 

 3 rows of molars above and 2 below in young; interorbital 3% to 4Ko, 

 broadly convex; infraorbital depth to maxillary end Iji to VA in eye; 

 preopercle edge entire. Gill rakers 5 + 10 or 11, short compressed 

 points, 3K in gill filaments, which 1% in eye. 



Scales 41 to 48 in lateral line to caudal base and 6 to 11 more on 

 latter; 6 to 8 above, 12 to 14 below, 18 to 25 predorsal forward oppo- 

 site middle of eye; 6 rows on cheek; suprascapula entire. Scales with 

 11 to 13 basal radiating striae; 12 to 90 weak apical denticles, with 6 

 or 7 distinct transverse series of basal elements; circuli very fine. 



D. XI or XII, 10, 1 or 11, i, spines strong, third 2 to 2^ in head, first 

 ray 2}^ to 2%; A. Ill, 8, i, second spine enlarged, length 1% to 2, first 

 ray 1% to 2%; caudal 1% to Iji, deeply forked; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2}^ to 2%; ventral 1% to 1%; pectoral 2}^ to 3 in combined 

 head and body to caudal base. 



Brown over back and above, head, belly, and under surface of tail 

 white. Iris gray. Suprascapular region and upper hind part of 

 opercle dusky brown. Dorsals, caudal, and pectoral brownish, 

 membranes of fins terminally neutral dusky to blackish, more broadly 

 so on spinous dorsal. Anal and ventral whitish. 



Red Sea, Arabia, India, East Indies, Philippines, Indo-China, Riu 

 Kiu, Japan, Korea. 



U.S.N.M. No. 22620. Kadzusa, Japan. Japanese Government. Length, 153mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 45269. Yuensan, Korea. P. L. Jouy. Length, 41 to 54 mm. 

 Four examples. As Sparus schlegeli. 



U.S.N.M. No. 45270. P. L. Jouy. Length, 144 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 45913. Tokyo. Albatross collection. Length, 140 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 49512. Tokyo. Albatross collection. Length, 80 to 84 mm. 

 Two examples. 



U.S.N.M. No. 49515. Tokyo. Albatross collectiou. Length, 146 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 57518. Yokohama. Albatross collection. Length, 143 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 57545. Yokohama. P. L. Jouy. Length, 138 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 72087. Nafa, Okinawa, Riu Kiu. Albatross collection, 1906. 

 Length 163 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 72683. Palaboean Ratoe, Wynkoops Bay, Java. Bryant and 

 Palmer, 1909. Length, 106 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 75433. Wakanoura, Japan. Jordan and Snyder. Length, 108 to 

 132 mm. Two examples. 



U.S.N.M. No. 75434. Kobe, Japan. Jordan and Snyder. Length, 185 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 85878. China. A. de C. Sowerby. Length, 103 mm. Scales 49 

 in lateral line to caudal base and 6 more on latter. Upper molars poste- 

 riorly in 4 rows, lower in 3. Black spot at origin of lateral line. 



U.S.N.M. No. 97063. Shanghai. A. de C. Sowerby. June, 1927. Length, 94 

 to 195 mm. Four examples. 



A.N.S.P. No. 53015. Bombay, India. Prof. F. Hallberg, 1924. Purchased. 

 Length, 235 mm. 



