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Chrysophrys marginata Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 491, 1859 (name 



in text; no description; no locality). 

 Chrysophrys swinhonis Gunther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, vol. 13, p. 155, 



1874 (type locality: Chefoo, China); Rep. Voy. Challenger, vol. 1, p. 64, 



1880 (Inland Sea; Yokohama). 

 Sparus swinhonis Jordan and Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 41, p. 586, 



fig. 11, 1912 (Kobe, Wakanoura, Tokyo). — Schmidt and Lindberg, Bull. 



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



U. S. S. R., 1931, p. 110 (Obama) ; Trans. Pacific Comm. Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., 



vol. 2, p. 69, 1931 (Fusan). 



Depth 2)^ to 2%; head 3 to 3%, width 2 to 2}i. Snout 2% to 3 in head ; 

 eye AJi to 5, 1% to 1% in snout, 1% to 1% in interorbital; maxillary 

 reaches K to % in eye, expansion 1^^ to 2 in eye, length 2% to 2% in head; 

 6 front canines in each jaw, often more or less slightly flattened, fol- 

 lowed by row of 5 to 7 antero-lateral conic though widened or broad- 

 ened outer teeth and posteriorly 4 rows of upper molars and 2 lower; 

 interorbital ^% to 3%, convex. Gill rakers 6 + 8, robust, lanceolate, 

 length 2K in gill filaments, which 1% in eye. 



Scales 51 to 53 in lateral line to caudal base and 8 or 9 more on 

 latter; 7 above, 13 or 14 below, 26 to 29 predorsal forward opposite 

 front pupil edge, 6 or 7 rows across cheek to preopercle ridge. Scales 

 with 15 basal radiating striae; 21 to 37 small, weak, obsolete apical 

 denticles, with 7 transverse series of basal elements; circuli very fine. 



D. XI, 11, I or 12, I, fourth spine 2 to 2% in head, first ray 2^ to 

 2%; A. Ill, 8, I, second spine 2 to 2}i, first ray 2% to 2%; caudal 1% to 

 1%, broadly emarginate, lobes pointed; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 2% to 3)^; ventral 1% to 1%; pectoral 2% to 2% in combined head and 

 body to caudal base. 



Back brownish, sides and below white. Opercular border of gill 

 edge and suprascapula often dark. Iris whitish. Fins brownish. 

 Dorsals deeper or dusky terminally, also front anal and ventral mem- 

 branes. Pectoral origin with small deep brown spot. 



China, Formosa, Riu Kiu, Korea, Japan. I follow Gunther in refer- 

 ring the nominal Chrysophrys auripes Richardson and Chrysophrys 

 xanthopoda Richardson to the group D of Gunther under Chrysophrys 

 hasta, thus corresponding to the present species. 



U.S.N.M. No. 75435. Wakanoura, Japan. Jordan and Snyder. Length, 217 



to 218 mm. Two examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 75436. Tokyo. Jordan and Snyder. Length, 212 to 218 mm. 



Two examples. 



SPARUS ANGLICUS (Gilchrist and Thompson) 



Chrysophrys anglicus Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 



6, p. 172, 1908-1911 (type locality: Durban, Natal); Ann. Durban Mus., 



vol. 1, pt. 4, p. 360, 1917 (reference). — von Bonde, South Afric. Fisher. Marine 



Biol. Surv., Special Rep. No. 1, p. 18, 1923. 

 Pagrus anglicus Barnard, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 21, pt. 2, p. 700, 1927 



(Natal coast in 40 fathoms). 



