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MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM 



"Banzaidai," apparently a vernacular name. It was transferred by Schlegel to 

 Banjos banjos, to which it may possibly properly belong. 



125. Plectorhynchus cinctus (Temminck & Schlegel). 

 Fusan ("Korea" 4537a-b). 



Family SPARID^. 



126. Pagrosomus major Temminck & Schlegel. "Madai," "Tai," "Akadai." 

 Pagrus arthurius Jordan and Starks. 



Port Arthur (Abbott); Fusan, Chemulpo ("Korea" 4540a-i). 



Fig. 24. Pagrosomus major Temminck & Schlegel. (After Jordan & Starks, Proc. U. S. N. M., Vol. 



XXXI, p. 518.) 



Abundant; one of the most important Japanese food-fishes; equally abun- 

 dant in Korea. The specimen from Port Arthur, named Pagrus arthurius, is an 

 ordinary "red tai," with the third dorsal spine injured. 



127. Evynnis cardinalis (Lacepede). "Kodai." 

 Fusan (Jouy). 



128. Talus tumifrons (Temminck & Schlegel). 

 Abundant in Tsushima Straits, in deep water. 



129. Sparus macrocephalus (Basilewsky) . "Kurodai." 

 {Chrysophrys swinhonis Gtinther.) 



Fusan, common ("Korea" 4496a). This species has watery flesh, very 

 much inferior to that of the red tai, or "akadai" {Pagrosomus major). It is 

 evident that this is the species poorly figured and poorly described by Basi- 



