FISHES OF THE PHH^IPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 363 

 Rhynchopelates, new subgenus " 



Type. — Therapon oxyrhynchus Schlegel. 



Diagnosis. — Differs from subgenus Pelates in the fewer gill 

 rakers, 8 + 13. Also body with 4 dark longitudinal bands having 

 alternating incomplete or paler band in each intervening area. 



PELATES OXYRHYNCHUS (Schlegel) 



Therapon oxi/rhynchus Schlegel, Fauna Japon, Polss., pt. 1, 1842, p. 16, pi. 6, 

 fig. 3. Bays of southern Japan. — Richardson, Fishes of China Japan, 

 1846, p. 239 (China and Japan). — Bleekeb, Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. N6erland., 

 No. 3, vol. 3, 1857-1858, p. 2 (Kioesio), p. 5 (Japan).— GiInther, Cat. 

 Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 281 (Japan, China). — KAboli, Termesz. 

 Flizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, ISSl, p. 153 (Hakuri; Japan). — Steindachner 

 and DoDERLEiN, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-nat. Klasse, vol. 48, 



1884, p. 10 (Tokyo). — Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, 



1885, p. 13 (Manado, Celebes). — Butter, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 

 1897, p. 75 (Swatow, China). — Ishikawa and Matstjur.\, Prelim. Cat. 

 Fish. Mus. Tokyo, 1897, p. 55. — Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 23, 1900, p. 355 (Tokyo) ; Annot. Zool. Japon., vol. 3, 1901, p. 78 

 (Nagasaki, Yokohama, Shimoda). — Smith and Pope, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 31, 1907, p. 475 (Kochi, Matsushima Bay). — Franz, Abh. Bayer, Akad. 

 Wiss., vol. 4, Suppl. Band 1, 1910, p. 46, pi. 5, fig. 31 (Yokohama). — Jordan 

 and Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 41, 1912, p. 538 (Shimiju, 

 Suruga, Wakanoura, Kagoshima, Nagasaki, Akune, Nagaoka, Tokyo, 

 Swatow). — IzTJKA and Matsuura, Cat. Zool. Spec. Tokyo Imp. Mus., 

 Vertebr., 1920, p. 150 (Tsu, Ise). 



Therapon oxyrhynchos Bleekee, Verb. Batav. Genootsch., No. 4, vol. 26, 1857, 



pp. 4, 64 (Nagasaki). 

 Therapon oxyrhynchus Martens, Preuss. Exp. Ost Asien, 1876, p. 386 



(Yokohama). 

 Therapon oxirhynchus Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, 1895. p. 472 (Luzon, 



Cavite, Santa Cruz). 

 Pelates oxyrhynchus Fowleb, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 213 (compiled). 



Depth 2% to 3 ; head 2% to 3, width 21/3 to 21/5. Snout 23^ to 

 31^ in head; eye 3i/^ to 5, 1 to 2 in snout, ly^ in interorbital 

 or greater than interorbital in young; maxillary reaches opposite 

 hind nostril, to eye in young, expansion 2 in eye, length 3% to 3% 

 in head; teeth small, in bands in jaws of 6 or 7 irregular series; 

 interorbital 4^^ to 4%, broadly convex; preopercular edge den- 

 ticulate. Gill rakers 8 + 16, lanceolate, 1% in gill filaments, which 

 equal eye. 



Scales 70 in lateral line to caudal base and 7 more on latter; 

 tubular scales 50 in lateral line to caudal base and 5 more on latter; 

 15 scales above lateral line, 22 below, 17 predorsal to occiput, 7 rows 

 on cheek to preopercle ridge. Suprascapula denticulate. Scales 

 with 8 basal radiating striae and 2 incomplete auxiliaries; apical 



ti'Fvyxos, snout; Pelates; as the snout somewhat extended. 



