FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE SEAS AND ADJACENT WATERS 193 



Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. I have placed the nominal 

 forms introduced by Thominot as synonyms of the present species. 

 In brief they are noted: 



Aplodon margaritiferum 



Depth somewhat more than 3 in total; head 4:%, profile rounded. 

 Eye 4 in head; mouth reaches opposite front nostril, nearly 3 in head, 

 longer than sixth dorsal spine; interorbital 3K in head. Scales 53 or 

 56, 10 above, 23 below. D. XV, 11; A. Ill, 12; caudal bilobate; 

 pectoral larger than anal base, ventral similar. Length, 183 mm. 



Aplodon castelnaui 



Depth 3K in total; head 3K. Eye equals space between snout tip 

 and front nostril or 4 in head; mouth not quite 3 in head or equals 

 fourth dorsal spine; interorbital about 3 in head. Scales in lateral 

 line 60, 9 above, 18 below; ctenoid; much smaller on head, including 

 opercle and preopercle, also belly, than on flanks. D. XV, 12; A. 

 Ill, 12; ventral midway between ventral tips and base of first anal 

 spine. Length, 230 mm. 



Aplodon sulcattjs 



Depth 3% in total; head 4%. Eye 5 in head; row of small teeth on 

 palate, a character in young examples; interorbital 3 in head, equals 

 fourth dorsal spine. Scales 50 to 53 in lateral line, 9 above, 17 below; 

 interspinous dorsal membrane not scaled as in other 2 species. Vent 

 midway between ventral tips and caudal base. D. XV, 12, spinous 

 fin beginning near first fourth of pectoral base or opposite twenty- 

 second scale of lateral line; A. Ill, 12. Length, 345 mm. 



Whitley has separated the western and eastern forms of the Aus- 

 tralian blackfish, though my materials are only representative of the 

 eastern form. 



U.S.N.M. No. 59951. Cook River, New South Wales. D. G. Stead. Length, 



84 to 92 mm. Two examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 59983. Merimbula, New South Wales. D. G. Stead. Length, 



HI to 116 mm. Two examples. 



GIRELLA MELANICHTHYS (Richardson) 



Crenidens melanichthys Richardson, Ichth. China Japan, p. 243, 1846 (on 

 Schlegel) (type locality: Seas of Japan and China). 



Girella melanichthys Bleeker, Verh. Icon. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, vol. 18, No. 6, 

 p. 8, 1879 (Kiusiu). — Jordan and Starks, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 32, 

 p. 498, 1907 (Wakanoura). — Jordan and Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 41, p. 592, fig. 14, 1912 (Wakanoura). — Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 42, p. 415, 1912 (Tokyo, Misaki, Akune, Tanegashima) . — Jordan and 

 Thompson, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 6, No. 4, p. 258, fig. 31, 1914 (Mis- 

 aki).— Schmidt, Bull. Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., 1931, p. Ill (Obama); Trans. 

 Pacific Comm. Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., vol. 2, p. 70, 1931 (Nagasaki; Fusan). 



Melanychthys Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., pts. 5-6, p. 75, pi. 39, 1844 

 (type locality: Nagasaki Bay). 



Crenidens leoninus Richardson, Ichth. China Japan, p. 242, 1846 (Canton). 



