488 CEPOLID^. 



2. Cepola sclilegelii. 



Cepola krusensternii, Tenun. Sf Schley. Faun. Jtqjon. Poiss. pi. 81. fig. 1, 



(not descr.). 

 schleg-elii, Bleck. Japan, p. 412, and VcrJiaud. Batav. Genootsch. 



xxvi., Japan, p. 110. 



D. plus quam 70. A. plus quam 60. 



The length of the head is one-tenth of the total (without caudal 

 fin). Prseoperculum without spines. Vertical fins contiguous. Scales 

 extremely small (L. lat. plus quam 300). Eose-coloured : a black 

 spot hidden between the intermaxillary and maxillaiy. (Bl.) 



Coast of Japan. 



3. Cepola abbreviata. 



Cuv. ^- Val. X. p. 403; Cant.,Catal. p. 178 Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo- 

 Nederl. iii., Sumatra, p. 38. 



D. 72-74. A. 74. C. 13. Ca^c. pylor. 8. 



The length of the head is one-sixth or one-seventh of the total 

 (without caudal fin). The lower praeopcrcular margin with five 

 rather strong teeth. Scales veiy small, but distinct. The anal 

 commences opposite the eighth dorsal ray ; vertical fins contiguous. 

 Dorsal and anal rays not bran(;hed, and indistinctly articulated. 

 Eeddish : caudal raj^s black. 



Molucca Sea. Sea of Pinang. China. 



a. Not good state. 



b, c. Adultand half-grown: skins. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's 



Collection. 



4. Cepola krusensternii. 



Cepola krusensternii, Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 1.30 (part., not 

 fig.) : Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxv., Nalez. Ichth. Jap. p. 39, 

 (not Sijnon.) ; Natuurk. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. 18.54, vi. p. 411 ; 

 Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxvi., Japan, p. 108 ; Act. Soc. Sc. Indo- 

 Nederl. iii., Japan, tab. 2. fig. 1. 



— — hungta, Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 277. 



B. 6. D. 79-89. A. 76-82. C. 14. L. lat. 150-160. 



The length of the head is one-eighth or one-ninth of the total 

 (without caudal fin). The lower pra3opercular margin with four or 

 five spinous teeth. Vertical fins contiguous ; dorsal and anal rays 

 not branched, and indistinctly articulated. Red: anal fin vdth a 

 brown margin. " 



Sea of Nagasaki. 



a. Adult. Japan. 



5. Cepola mesoprion. 



Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxvi., Japan, p. 109. 

 B. 6. D. plus quam 90. A. plus quam 90. 

 The length of the head is one-eleventh or one-twelfth of the total 



