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illary reaches opposite eye, expansion li/^ to 214 in eye, length 21/2 

 to 2% in head; teeth in villiform bands in jaws, of about 4 irregu- 

 lar rows anteriorly; interorbital 41^ to 41/2, slightly convex; pre- 

 oiDercle serrate. Gill rakers 6+14, lanceolate, short, little shorter 

 than gill filaments or 2i^ in eye. 



Scales along above lateral line 67, below 58 to 60 ; pores in lateral 

 line 47; 10 scales above lateral line, 19 below, 45 predorsal forward 

 slightly before nostrils, 10 rows on cheek of which 4 on preopercle 

 flange. Scales with 8 to 10 short basal marginal striae; apical 

 denticles 48 to 65, small, with 3 or 4 transverse series of basal ele- 

 ments; circuli fine. 



D. XI, 15, third dorsal spine ly^ to 1% in head, third ray 1% 

 to 2; A. Ill, 10, second spine Ij^o to 2i/8, third ray 214 to 2% ; caudal 

 li/>, slightly obtuse angled behind ; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 31/8 to 31/5 ; pectoral I34 to 1% ; ventral 1% to 1%. 



Brown, below paler. Spinous dorsal membranes and ventrals 

 blackish terminally. Edges of soft dorsal and anal narrowly 

 blackish. 



China, Japan. 



6835. Hong Kong market. October 18, 1909. Length 240 mm. 

 75498. U.S.N.M. Hiroshima, Japan. Jordan and Snyder. Length 166 to 172 

 mm. 2 examples. 



75499 U.S.N.M. Onomichi. Jordan and Snyder. Length 1.57 to 164 mm. 2 

 examples. 



75500 U.S.N.M. Kobe. Jordan and Snyder. Length 173 mm. 



Genus SCOLOPSIS Cuvier 



Scolopsis CuviEB, Regne Animal, vol. 2, 1817, p. 280. Type Scolopsides kurite 



CvYiER= Anthi<is vosmeri Bloch, designated by Bleekee, Arch. N^erland. 



Sci. Nat. Harlem, vol. 11, 1876, p. 270. 

 Ghanan Fokskai., Descript. Animal., 1775, pp. xii, 44. Atypic. Type Sciaena 



ghanam Foksk Ix, virtually, assumed through vernacular. ( Inadmissible. ) 

 Scolopsides Cuvieb, R&gne Animal, ed. 2, vol. 2, 1829, p. 178. Type Scolopsides 



kurite Cxwier, designated by Jordan and Evebmann, Genera of Fishes, pt. 



1, 1917, p. 128. 

 Lyoogenis (Kuhl and Van Hasselt) Cuvieb, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1830, 



p. 346. Type Lycogenis argyrosoma (Kithl and Van Hasseilt) CuviEiE= 



Scolopsides lycogenis Cuvieb, monotypic. 

 Parascolopsis Boulengeb, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 7, 1901, p. 262. Type 



Parascolopsis toicnsendi Boulenger, monotypic. 

 Leptoscolopsis Tanaka, Zool. Mag., Tokyo, vol. 27, 1915, p. xix. Type 



Leptoscolopsis nagasakiensis Tanaka. 



Body oblong, symmetrical. Snout moderate. Eye moderate or 

 large. Mouth small, nearly horizontal, jaws equal and upper pro- 

 tractile. Chin without central groove. No barbels. Teeth small, 

 slender, acute, in bands in jaws. Preorbital naked, more or less dis- 



