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with 11 or 12 spines, soft fin preceded by 1 or 2 spines and rays 12 

 to 14, spinous portion longer than soft portion. Anal spines 3, rays 

 8 or 9, fin short. Caudal emarginate. Pectoral rays 16 to 18, 

 asymmetrical, obtusely pointed, upper rays longest. Ventral behind 

 pectoral, with strong spine, fins close together. 

 China, Japan. 



LATEOLABRAX JAPONICUS (Cuvier) 



Labrax japonicus Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p. 85. Japan. — 

 Richardson, Ichth. China, Japan, 1846, p. 222 (Hong Kong, Canton, 

 Peiho, Chusan, Japan). — Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genootsch., No. 7, vol. 

 26, 1857, p. 23 (Nagasaki). 



Perca labrax japonicus Schlegel, Fauna Japon., Poiss., pt. 1, 1842, p. 2, 

 pi. 2, fig. 1 (Japan). 



Percalabrax japonicus Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 71 

 (China, Japan). — Kner, Reise Novara, Zool., vol. 1, pt. 5, 1865, p. 13 

 (Shanghai).- — Gunther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. London, ser. 4, vol. 12, 

 1873, p. 240 (Shanghai). — Martens, Preuss. Exp. Ost-Asien, vol. 1, 1876, p. 

 385 (Yokohama, Nagasaki, Shanghai). — Gunther, Rep. Voy. Challenger, 

 vol. 1, 1880, p. 63 (Inosima; Inland Sea). — Steindachner and Doder- 

 lein, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 47, pt. 1, 1883, p. 228, pi. 4, fig. 

 3 (Tokyo). — Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, 1895, p. 458 (Luzon, 

 Butaun, Orion). — Ishikawa and Matsuura, Prelim. Cat. Fishes Mus. 

 Tokyo, 1897, p. 57 (Hokkaido).— Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, 1907, p. 249 (Tsuruga, Japan). 



Lateolabrax japonicus Boulenger, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1895, p. 123 

 (Chef oo, Shanghai, Hae-yoe, China, Amoy, Chusan, Formosa). — Jordan 

 and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 23, 1901, p. 353 (Tokyo); Annot. 

 Zool. Japon., vol. 3, 1901, p. 72 (Yokohama, Nagasaki, Shimoda). — Jordan 

 and Seale, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 29, 1905, p. 521 (Shanghai).— Jor- 

 dan and Starks, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 31, 1906, p. 517 (Port Arthur, 

 Manchuria). — Jordan and Richardson, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 4, No. 

 4, 1909, p. 183 (Keerun); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 37, 1910, p. 429 (Yoko- 

 hama, Tokyo, Wakanoura, Kurume, Chikugo River, Matsushima, Kago- 

 shima, Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Onomichi, Tsuruga, Hakodate, Kobe). — 

 Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 1912, p. 413 (Tokyo, Misaki, 

 Kagoshima). — Jordan and Metz, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 6, No. 1, 

 1913, p. 30 (Fusan, Korea). — Jordan and Thompson, Mem. Carnegie 

 Mus., vol. 6, No. 4, 1914, p. 248 (Shimonoseki and Shinabara). — Izuka 

 and Matsuura, Cat. Zool. Spec. Tokyo Mus., 1920, p. 154 (Hokkaido). — 

 Jordan and Hubbs, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 10, No. 2, 1925, p. 234 

 (Sapporo, Tokyo, Kobe, Kagoshima Bay, Mikawa Bay, Miyazu, Kukuoka, 

 Lake Kasumigaura). 



Percalabrax poecilonotus Guichenot, Pise, en Chine Dabry do Thiers, 1872, 

 pi. 26, fig. 2. China. — Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 7, vol. 5, 

 1881, p. 104 (Swatow, China). 



Percalabrax spilonotus Guichenot, Pise, en Chine Dabry de Thiers., 1872, 

 pi. 26, fig. 3. China. 



Percalabrax tokionensis (Doderlein) Steindachner and Doderlein, Denk- 

 schr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 47, pt, 1, 1883, p. 228. Tokyo. (Name in 

 text.) 



Depth %y z to 3%; head 3 to 7>Y % , width 2% to 2%. Snout 3% to 

 l}i in head from snout tip; eye Z Y /i to 6^, greater than snout or 



