FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE SEAS AND ADJACENT WATERS 167 



SPARUS LATICEPS (Cuvier) 



Chrysophrys laticeps Ctjvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 122, 1830 (type 

 locality: Cape of Good Hope). — Valenciennes, Regne Animal, Cuvier 111., 

 Poiss., pi. 34, fig. 2, 1839. — Pappe, Synops. edible fishes Cape, p. 18, 1853- 

 (Table and False Bays). — Gtjnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 485^ 

 1859 (Cape; False Bay). 



Pagrus (Chrysophrys) laticeps Steindachner, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 

 math.-nat. Kl., vol. 57, pt. 1, p. 972, 1868 (Cape of Good Hope; Mauritius). 



Pagrus (Pagrus) laticeps Steindachner, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.- 

 nat. KL, vol. 83, pt. 1, p. 205, 1881 (Cape of Good Hope, Zanzibar, Mauri- 

 tius) . 



Pagrus laticeps Barnard, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 21, pt. 2, p. 701, 1927 

 (False Bay, Algoa Bay, East London, Natal, in 36 fathoms). 



Sparus laticeps Bleeker, Verh. kon. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, vol. 18, No. 3, 

 p. 1, 1879 (Mauritius). 



Chrysophrys cristiceps (not Cuvier) Castelnau, M6m. Poiss. Afrique Australe, 

 p. 22, 1861.— Pappe, Synops. edible fishes Cape, ed. 2, p. 13, 1866. — 

 Thompson, Marine Biol. Rep. South Africa, No. 2, p. 100, 1914 (habits); 

 No. 4, p. 92, 1918. — von Bonde, South Afric. Fisher. Marine Biol. Surv., 

 Special Rep. No. 1, p. 19, 1923. 



Chrysophrys algoensis Castelnait, M^m. Poiss. Afrique Australe, p. 22, 1861 

 (type locality: Algoa Bay). — Thompson, Marine Biol. Rep. South Africa, 

 No. 4, p. 91, 1918. 



Chrysophrys pugicephalus Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. South Afric. Mus., 

 vol. 6, p. 234, 1908 (type locality: Off Durban, Natal); Ann. Durban 

 Mus., vol. 1, pt. 4, p. 362, 1917. — von Bonde, South Afric. Fisher. Marine 

 Biol. Surv., Special Rep. No. 1, p. 19, 1923. 



Depth 2)^ to 2}^; head 2% to 3, profile sloping, nearly straight, no 

 sharp frontal ridge, forehead very broad. Eye 3% to 4}^ in head, IK to 

 1% in snout, 1% in interorbital, slightly less than preorbital depth; 

 4 upper canines, 4 to 6 below, outermost molars always longest, 

 3 or 4 or 5 inner series in upper and 2 or 3 in lower jaw; interorbital 

 slightly convex; preorbital longer than deep, not reaching down to 

 mouth angle, lower edge straight. Gill rakers 10 below on first arch. 



Scales 59 to 61 in lateral line, 9 or 10 above, 19 to 21 below, 12 to 

 15 rows on cheek and preopercle flange scaly. 



D. XII, 10, rarely XI, 11, fourth ray and fourth or fifth spines 

 longest; A. Ill, 8 or rays 7 to 9, second and third spines subequal in 

 length, second stouter. 



Brilliant orange-red, deeper above, paler below, head more orange. 

 Silvery whitish patch on side of body. Azure-blue band between eyes, 

 usually persists as dark band in preserved specimens. Pectoral axil 

 more or less dark. Sometimes dark spot at base of last dorsal ray^ 

 more conspicuous in preserved specimen. Fins rosy. Ventral and 

 often soft dorsal violaceous. Young with silv^ery white patch on. 

 side, usually much larger in adult. Reaches 500 mm. (Barnard.) 



Zanzibar, Mauritius, Natal, South Africa. Valued as a food fish. 



