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Scolopsides rupellii Ctjv'ieb, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1830, p. 332. Massauah, 



Red Sea. 

 Scolopsis argyrosomus (Kuhl and Van Hasselt) Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 



vol. 5, 1830, p. 333. Java. (Name in synonymy.) 

 Scolopsides torquatus Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1830, p. 335. Batavia. — 



Bleeker, Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 2, 1865, p. 31 (Manila Bay) ; 



Atlas Ichth. Ind. Norland., vol. 7, 1873-1876, pi. (40) 318, fig. 1. 

 Scolopsis torquatus GtJNXHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus.., vol. 1, 1859, p. 356 



(Moluccas, India). — Knee, Reise Novara, Fische, 1865, p. 59 (Hong 



Kong). — Playfair, Fishes of Zanzibar, 1866, p. 30 (Zanzibar). — Bleeker, 



Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 8, 1876-1877, p. 8 (Sumatra, Java, 



Celebes). — Karoli, Termesz. Fiizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, 1881, p. 154 



(Singapore; Canton, China). 

 Scolopsides collaris Gxjnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 356. 



Moluccas. (Name in text.) 



Depth 21/5 to 2% ; head 3 to Si/g, width 14^ to lj%. Snout 3 to 

 31/^ in head ; eye 2% to 3, greater than snout or interorbital in young, 

 subequal with age; maxillary reaches eye, length 2^jj to 3 in head; 

 lips fleshy; narrow bands of fine teeth in jaws, palate edentulous; 

 interorbital 3l^ to 3i/4, slightly convex; infraorbital spine 4i/^ in 

 eye; hind preopercle edge denticulate. Gill rakers 5 + 6, short, 

 broad points, lower tuberculate, all greatly less than gill filaments, 

 which 2^ in eye. 



Scales 38 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 more on latter; 5 

 scales above lateral line, 9 below, 26 predorsal forward little before 

 front nostril, 6 rows on cheek to preopercle ridge. Scales with 9 

 basal radiating striae; apical denticles 81 to 103, with 5 to 7 trans- 

 verse series of basal elements; circuli fine. 



D. X, 9, I, fourth spine 2 to 2l^ in head, first ray 2i^ to 2%; 

 A. Ill, 7, 1, second spine 2 to 214, first ray 21/5 to 2i/^ ; caudal IYq to 

 ly^, emarginate, upper lobe little longer; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2% ; pectoral I14 I ventral I14 to ll^. 



Brown above, sides* and lower surface pale. Whitish transverse 

 band sometimes from side of occiput down over opercle and most of 

 space before pectoral base. Iris whitish. Sometimes pale or whit- 

 ish medial lateral band on costal region horizontally. Upper hind 

 edge of gill cover and humeral scale dusky brown. Chin whitish. 

 Inside pharynx orange red. Vertical fins brown, lower fins whitish. 

 Neutral dusk}?^ spot, greatly less than pupil at upper pectoral base. 



Arabia, Zanzibar, Pinang, India, Ceylon, East Indies. Tonkin. 

 Philippines, China, Formosa, Japan. The nominal Scolopsides 

 torquatus Cuvier seems to differ only in coloration, lacking the pale 

 gray or whitish horizontal band on the costal region. This, how- 

 ever, is not often evident in preserved examples. 



5113, 5114. Sandakan market, Borneo. March 4, 1908. Length 196 to 198 mm. 

 13239, 13240. Makassar market. December 24, 1909. Length 196 mm. 



