FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 275 



Arabia, East Indies, Japan. 



57597 U.S.N.M. Japan. P. L. Jouy, Length 180 to 215 ram. 2 examples. 

 59748 U.S.N.M. Kagoshima. Dr. H. M, Smith. Length 99 to 118 mm, 2 



examples. 

 71525 U.S.N.M. Kagoshima. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 136 to 153 mm. 



2 examples. 



Subgenus Scolopsis Cuvier 



Infraorbital with enlarged, distinct, backwardly directed spine 

 below eye. Maxillary without external denticles. 



SCOLOPSIS GHANAM (Forsk&l) 



Sciaena ghanam Forskal, Descript. Animal., 1775, pp. xii, 50. Djedda and 

 Lohaja, Red Sea.— Bonnaterre, Tabl. Ichth., 1788, p. 123 (Red Sea).— 

 Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Linn., vol. 1, 1789, p. 1302 (Arabia). — Walbaum, Artedi 

 Pise, vol. 3, 1792, p. 318 (on Forskal). 



Grammistes ghanam Schneiider, Syst. Ichth, Bloch, 1801, p. 187 (Red Sea), 



Holocentrus ghanam LAcfipfeoE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, 1802, pp. 328, 348 

 (Arabia). 



Soolopsides gho/nam Cuvier, Hist, Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1831, p. 348 (Massauah, 

 Red Sea), 



Scolopsis ghanam GiJNXHER, Cat, Fish, Brit, Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 362 (no lo- 

 cality). — Playfair, Fishes of Zanzibar, 1866, p. 30 (Zanzibar; Aden). — 

 Klunzingee, Verb. zool. hot. Ges, Wien, vol, 20, 1870, p. 739 (Koseir, Red 

 Sea).— Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 86, pi. 22, fig. 4.— Martens, 

 Preuss. Exped. Ost Asien, 1876, p. 387 (Larentuka, Flores). — Schmeltz, 

 Cat, Mus. Godeffroy, No. 7, 1879, p. 40 (Savaii).— Pohl, Cat. Mus. Godef- 

 froy, No. 9, 1884, p. 27 (Savaii). — Klunzinger, Fische Roth. Meer., 1884, 

 p, 34, — Boulenger, Proc, Zool, Soc. London, 1887, p, 656 (Muscat). — Day, 

 Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol, 1, 1889, p. 522, — Borsieri, Ann. Mus. Civ, 

 Stor. Nat. Genova, vol. 41, 1904, p. 196 (Massaua). — Regan, Journ. Bombay 

 Nat, Hist, Soc, vol. 16, pt. 2, 1905, p. 330 (Persian Gulf ) .— Pexlegrin, 

 Annuario Mus. Zool. R. Universit. Napoli, n. s., vol. ,3, No. 27, July 11, 1912, 

 p. 6 (Red Sea).— Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol, 10. 1929, p, 210 

 (compiled), 



Scolopsis lineatiis (? not Quoy and Gaimard) Rijppell, Atlas Reise Nordl, 

 Afrika, Fische, 1828, p. 7, pi. 2, fig. 1. (Southern part of Red Sea) ; Neue 

 Wirbelth., Fische, 1835, p. 126, 



Soolopsis ocularis (Ehrenberg) Rtjppell, Atlas Relse Nordl, Afrika, Fische, 

 1828, p. 7 (name in synonymy), 



Scolopsides burukuarein Thiolli£:re, Fauna Woodlark, 1857, p. 159. Woodlark 

 Island. 



Depth 2%; head 31/5, Snout 3% in head; eye 3, greater than 

 snout, equals interorbital ; maxillary reaches to or % in eye, length 

 3 in head; teeth fine in jaws; interorbital but slightly elevated; 

 infraorbital spine strong, edge below denticulate, also lower edge 

 and also of suborbitals denticulate; hind preopercle edge serrate, 

 coarsely so around lobe at angle. Scales 46 in lateral line, 4 above, 

 14 below, predorsal scales extend forward opposite front pupil edge. 



