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Prwcanthus japonicus Cuviee, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1829, p. 106, pi. 50. 

 Japan. — ScHLEXiEL, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., pt. 1, 1842, p. 20 (Japan). — Gun- 

 THER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 217 (Cape Seas, Japan. China 

 Sea). — GuiCHENOT. Notes He R6union. vol. 2, 1862. p. 24. — Karoli, Termesz. 

 Fiizetek, Budapest, vol. 5. 1881, p. 151 (Nagasaki). — Steindachnek and 

 DoDERLEiN, Denksclir. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-nat. Klasse, vol. 47, pt. 1, 

 1883, p. 239 (Japan). — Stbindachnek, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.- 

 nat. Klasse. vol. 48, 1883, p. (40), pi. 1, fig. 1.— Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 

 I, 1895, p. 467 (Santa Cruz, Luzon, Cavite). — Ishikawa and Matsxtuba, 

 Prelim. Cat. Fish. Mus. Tokyo, 1897, p. 92. — Jordan and Thompson, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 41, 1912, p. 532 (Biugo, Misaki, Tokyo).— Izuka and 

 Matsuura, Cat. Zool. Si^ec. Tokyo Imp. Mus., 1920, p. 155, (Ito, Izu). — E. K. 

 Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 66, 1925, p. 19 (Honolulu). — Jordan and 

 HuBBS, Mem. Carnegie Mus.. vol. 10, No. 2, June 27, 1925, p. 232 (Tokyo, 

 Yokohama, Kochi, Toyama, Miyasu). 



Priacanthus bonariensis Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1829, p. 105. Buenos 

 Aires, Argentina. — GilNXHEiR, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 216 

 (South America). 



Priacanthus macropus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7. 1831. p. 461. No 

 locality. — Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. Astrolabe, Zool.. vol. 3, 1834, p. 669, pi. 

 7, fig. 2 (Saint Helena). 



Priacanthus fax Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, 1831, p. 473. Mauri- 

 tius. — GuiCHENOT, Notes He Reunion, vol. 2, 1862, p. 24. — Playfaib, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. London, 1867, p. 850 (Seychelles). — Alcock, Journ. Asiat. Soc. 

 Bengal, vol. 65, pt, 2. 1896, p. 311 (off Ceylon in 32 fathoms). 



Priacanthus alticlarens Valenciennes, Compt. Rendu Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. 54, 

 1862, p. 1168. Bourbon. — Guichenot, Notes He Reunion, vol. 2, 1862, p. 

 24.— Sauvage, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., 1891, p. 127, pi. 16, figs. 3a-& 

 (type; Rgunion), 



Priacanthus supraarmatus Hilgendorf, Sitz. Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freund. Ber- 

 lin, 1879, p. 79. Japan, 



Priacanthus schlegelii Hilgendorf, Sitz. Ber, Ges, Naturf, Freund, Berlin, 1879, 

 p, 79. Japan. 



Plectropoma ocellatum Tennison-Woods, Fishes New South Wales, 1882, pi. 4. 



Priacanthus juiumis De Vis, Proc. Linn, Soc, New South Wales, vol. 9, 1884, 

 p. 392. Queensland, 



Priacanthus velahundus McCulloch, Biol, Res. Endeavour, vol. 3, pt. 3. Apr. 

 21, 1915, p. 114, pi. 19. Off Burrewarra Point, near Bateman's Bay, New 

 South Wales, in 60 fathoms ; Australian Zoologist, vol. 1, pt, 7. 1919, p, 49, 

 pi, 20, fig. 177 b, 



Depth 214 to 21/3; head 22/3 to 23^, width 2 to 21/8- Snout 31/2 in 

 head from snout tip ; eye 2% to 2i/^, greater than snout or interorbi- 

 tal; maxillary reaches % to 14 in ^ye, expansion 1% to 2 in eye, 

 length 14/^ to 1% in head from snout tip; teeth fine, conie, in bands 

 in jaws, on vomer and palatines, tongue toothless; interorbital 314 

 to 3%, very slightly convex ; preopercle spine 5 to 5I/2 in eye. Gill 

 rakers 7+17, lanceolate, 2V8 in eye, gill filaments % of gill rakers. 



Scales 80 or 81 in lateral line to caudal base and 5 or 6 more on 

 latter; tubular scales 58 or 59 in lateral line to caudal base and 4 

 or 5 more on latter; 13 to 14 above lateral line, 30 to 32 below, 50 to 



