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Family POMACENTRID^. 



183. Chromis notatus (Temminck & Schlegel). 

 Kobe, No. 6230a-c (Coll. Manabe). 



184. Abudefduf sordidus (Forskal). 



Misaki, No. 6146 many; 125 cm. long. Also numerous young from tide-pools. 



185. Abudefduf saxatilis (Forskal). 

 Misaki, No. 6077 many. 



Family LABRID^. 



186. Choerodon azurio (Jordan & Snyder). 

 Shimonoseki, Osaka, No. 6387a. 



187. Semicossyphus reticulatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 (Mem. Carn. Mus., Vol. VI, p. 43, fig. 38). 

 Shimonoseki. 



188. Lepidaplois perditio (Quoy & Gaimard). 



Two young specimens, No. 6308a-b, the longest 18 cm., from an unknown 

 locality, probably Misaki. 



The color is pale, the black blotch under the dorsal very distinct, extending 

 on the rays. The pale area before it is obscure. The black spots between the 



Fig. 32. Lepidaplois perditio (Quoy & Gaimard). (From Proc. U. S. N. M., Vol. XXIV, p. 618). 



dorsal spines are very distinct. Head with violet reticulations around pale spots. 

 The large specimens taken by Jordan and Snyder at Wakanoura are much deeper 

 in color, verging on violet. Cossyphus atrolumbus Cuvier & Valenciennes is doubt- 

 less based on young examples like these. The figure of L. perditio given by Quoy 

 & Gaimard from a sketch made by Quoy, when his ship was apparently being 

 wrecked on the reefs of Tonga-tabu, is clearly incorrect; the black spot and the 

 pale area are both wrongly placed. 



