392 BULLETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



U. S. N. M. No. 44893. Japan. Government of Japan. Length, 295? to 300? mm- 

 Two examples. Though Jordan and Thompson stated in 1911 that "the speci- 

 mens examined by us * * * being the only ones known," they could not 

 have known of the above specimens, received in the United States National 

 Museum many years previously and identified as Sciaena japonica. 



JOHNIUS BLEEKERI (Steindachner) 



Pseudotolithus bleekeri Steindachner, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 16, p. 773, 

 pi. 14, fig. 4, 1866 (type locality: Hong Kong). 



Depth 2%; head 3. Snout 4 in head; eye 4%, iKo in snout; lower jaw 

 sHghtly shorter; maxillary reaches opposite hind eye edge, length 

 2% in head; upper outer row of teeth enlarged of which 6 anterior 

 sUghtly caninelike, inner lower row of teeth larger than others in 

 mandible; interorbital rather low; preopercle edge serrate. 



Scales 49 in lateral line to caudal base; 8 above, 12 below (8 above 

 anal base on figure); predorsal scales extend forward to snout end; 

 8 or 9 rows across cheek to preopercle edge. 



D. X, I, 27, third spine 2% in head, first ray 3; A. II, 7, second spine 

 2%, first ray 2%; caudal 1%, obtusely cuneate; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 3K; pectoral 1%; ventral 1%. 



Dark gold-brown, with reddish tinge above lateral line. Each 

 scale on back v/ith slightly paler spot forming longitudinal streaks. 

 Dorsals pale. Caudal, anal, and paired fins blackish brown. Length, 

 163 mm. (Steindachner.) 



Hong Kong. Although Steindachner says it is near Johnius semi- 

 luctuosus it seems to me more closely related to Johnius axillaris, 

 specially as described and figured by Day, except that he gives the 

 upper two-thirds of the first dorsal black. Not only the dentition, 

 but the dark spot above the pectoral axil so distinctly shown by both 

 Day and Steindachner, is an outstanding feature, besides the fin 

 formula and squamation also in agreement. 



JOHNIUS SIAMENSIS (Hora) 



Sciaena siamensis Hora, Mem. Indian Mus., vol. 5, p. 487, fig. 4, 1923 (type 

 locality: Singgora). 



Depth 3%; head 2%o. Snout 4% in head from snout tip; eye 5, IJ^ 

 in snout; maxillary reaches % in eye, length 2Ko in head from snout tip. 

 Scales 50 in lateral line to caudal base, 9 above. D. IX, I, 29; A. 

 II, 9, second spine less than eye; caudal rounded; pectoral 1% in total 

 head ; ventral 1 %. Silvery all over, except slightly gray fins. Length, 

 203 mm. (Hora.) 



JOHNIUS SOLDADO (Lacepfede) 



Holocenlrus soldado LAcfipfeoE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, pp. 344, 389, 1802 (type 



locality: "Cayenne")- 

 Corvina soldado Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 18, pt. 2, p. 1052, 1849 



(1850) (Pinang). 

 Corvina solada Mason, Burmah Nat. Resources, p. 695, 1860. (Error.) 



