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China and Japan. Reported from the Philippines by Elera, though 

 no materials from there in our collections. 



5947. Hong Kong market. August 13, 1908. Length, 208 mm. 



6854. Kowloon market. October 22, 1909. Length, 169 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 22551. Awa, Japan. Japanese Government. Length, 290 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 26260. Prof. E. S. Morse. Length, 275 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 53532. Tanagashima, Japan. Anderson. Length, 23 to 67 mm. 



Thu'teen examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 53539. Wayanoura, Yakushima, Japan. Anderson. Length, 33 



to 53 mm. Six examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 59733. Matsushima Bay, Japan. Dr. H. M. Smith. Length, 



138 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 62337. Misaki, Japan. Jordan and Snyder. Length, 50 to 133 



mm. Thirteen examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 71007. Misaki, Sagami, Japan. Albatross collection, 1906. 



Length, 36 to 71 mm. Fourteen examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 71508. Akune, Satsuma, Japan. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 



61 to 95 mm. Two examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 76272. Yokohama, Japan. P. L. Jouy. Length, 250 mm. 



GIRELLA ELEVATA Macleay 



Girella elevata Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, p. 408, 1881 

 (type locality: Port Jackson). — Waite, Mem. New South Wales Nat. Club, 

 No. 2, p. 26, 1904.— Stead, Edible fishes New South Wales, p. 51, pi. 20, 

 1908. — RouGHLEY, Fishes of Australia, p. 56, pi. 14, 1916 (New South 

 Wales). — McCuLLOCH, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 13, No. 2, p. 64, pi. 13, 

 fig. 1, 1920 (Maroubra and Terrigal) ; Fishes of New South Wales, p. 62, 1927. 



Girellipiscis elevatus Whitley, Australian Zool., vol. 6, pt. 4, p. 320, 1931 

 (reference) . 



Depth 2%; head 3%. Snout 3 in head; eye 4, V/z in snout; jaws 

 even; maxillary nearly reaches eye, length 3}8 in head; outer teeth 

 uniserial, edges strongly tricuspid; inner teeth minute, in broad band; 

 interorbital 3, convex; preopercle edge entire. 



Scales 51 in lateral hne to caudal base; 8 above, 16 below; predorsal 

 scales forward opposite hind eye edge; cheek with irregular minute 

 scales to preopercle ridge, flange broadly naked; opercle, subopercle, 

 interopercle, and muzzle naked, also all upper front of head. 



D. XIII, 14, last spine 2)i in head, second ray IK; A. Ill, 11, third 

 spine 2%, third ray 1^; least depth of caudal peduncle 1%; pectoral 

 iKo; ventral !}{; caudal 3Ko in combined head and body to caudal base. 



Uniform dark bluish brown, each scale with lighter blue spot and 

 well-defined bronze border. Under surface of body paler with bronze 

 reflections. Fins uniform slate-brown. Length, 216 mm. (Mc- 

 Culloch.) 



New South Wales. Reaches 610 mm. 



