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insertion of dorsal." I can not find they are correct, as the denticles 

 on the scales of the head vary greatly. Most specimens I have seen 

 have at least a few denticles present, if not conspicuous. Jordan and 

 Snyder have apparently not compared Bleeker's figures, as they both 

 show 4 scales above the lateral fine. Bleeker, however, figures 

 Sillago sihama with dull brown spots on the membranes of the soft 

 dorsal and the preopercle edge entire. He also shows the eye of 

 Sillago japonica a little advanced from the center in the head length 

 while in Sillago sihama it is posterior from the center in the head 

 length. Day gives 6 scales above the lateral fine and last dorsal spine 

 for Sillago sihama, and his figure shows the eye as in Bleeker's figure. 

 The position of the eye is quite variable in Japanese specimens of 

 Sillago japonica, for I find it both median and posterior. A Red Sea 

 example shows 6 scales above the lateral line to spinous dorsal origin 

 and the eye center only very slightly behind center in head length. 

 Its soft dorsal has dusky or dark dots on the membranes, but not the 

 pale brown spots Bleeker shows. The bony edge of the preopercle 

 under the membranous border is rough. 



U.S.N.M. No. 22593. Awa. Japanese Government. Length, 190 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 92787. Japan. P. L. Jouy. Length, 190 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 26241. Japan. Prof. E. S. Morse. Length, 80 to 222 mm. 



Nine examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 37984. East Asia. N. M. Ferebee. Length, 132 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 44876. Japan. Japanese Government. Length, 187 to 220 mm. 



Three examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 57528. Japan. P. L. Jouy. Length, 87 to 92 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 57591. Japan. P. L. Jouy. Length, 156 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 69670. Kochi. Dr. H. M. Smith. Length, 147 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 7134. Kagoshima. Albatross collection. Length, 107 to 180 



mm. Eight examples. 

 U.S.N.M. Nos. 76635, 76636. Takao, Formosa. Dr. Fred Baker. Length, 86 



to 102 mm. Ten examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 86101. Nanking, China. C. Ping. Length, 123 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 87031. Foochow. A. de C. Sowerby. Length, 75 to 110? mm. 



Three examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 86368. China. A. de C. Sowerby. Length, 55 to 95 mm. 



Three examples. 



SILLAGO PARVISQUAMIS Gill 



Sillago parvisquamis Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1861, p. (504) 505 

 (type locality: Kanagawa, near Yokohama). — Jordan and Snyder, Proc. 

 V. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 24, p. 487, 1902 (Tokyo Bay).— Franz, Abh. Bayer. 

 Akad. Wiss., math.-phys. KI., vol. 4, suppl. vol. 1, p. 83, 1910 (Yokohama). — 

 Jordan and Hubbs, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 10, No. 2, p. 248, 1925 

 (Tokyo market) . 



Depth 6K to 6%; head 3% to 3%, width 2% to 2%. Snout 2% to 2% in 

 head; eye 5}^ to 6}^, 2% in snout, 1% to 1}^ in interorbital; maxillary 

 reaches 1% to 2 in snout, length 4% to 4% in head; teeth villiform, in 

 broad bands in jaws and on vomer; interorbital 4% to 4%, slightly 

 elevated and slightly convex; preopercle edge rough or weakly jagged. 

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