92 TKIGLID^ 



2. Chirus decagrammus. 



Labrax decagraninms, Pull. I. c. p. 386. pi. 22. f. 2. 



Chirus decagi'ainnuis, RicJumh. Faun. Bor. Amer. Pise. p. 99. 



denarius, Richards. Voij. Sulph. Fishes, p. 78. pi. 41. f. 2. 



D.e. A. 24. 



Two muciferous channels between the lateral line and the dorsal 

 fin, and two along the base of the anal. The length of the head is 

 A^ in the total ; the upper maxillary reaches to below the anterior 

 third of the orbit. No flap above the orbit. Teeth on the vomer 

 and the palatine bones. 



Cape St. Elias ; harbour of 8itka (north-west coast of America). 



3. Chirus lagocephalus. 



Labrax lagocephalus, Pall. Mem. Acad. Petersb. ii. p. 384. pi. 22. f. 1. 



D.|. A. 22. 



Two muciferous channels above, and two below the lateral line ; 

 mouth rather small. Scales cycloid ; dorsal fin deeply notched. (Pall.) 

 Kmiles. 



4. Chirus octogrammus. 



Labrax octogi'ammus, Pall Mem. Acad. Petersb. ii. p. 393. pi. 23. f. 2. 

 D.ii. A. 24. 



One muciferous channel above, and two below the lateral line. 

 Cleft of the mouth of moderate width. Scales ciliated ; dorsal fin 

 deeply notched. GUI-membranes separated from each other by an 

 isthmus. " Opercula cute angnlata." Spotted. {Pall.) 



Coasts of Kamtschatka ; Kuriles. 



5. Chirus monopterygius. 



Labrax monopterygius, Pall. Mem. Acad. Petersb. ii. p. 391. pi. 23. 

 f. 1 (bad). 



D. 46. A. 24. 



One muciferous channel above, and two below the lateral line. 

 Cleft of the mouth of moderate width. Scales ciliated ; dorsal fin 

 without notch ; vomerine and palatine teeth ; opercles slightly 

 armed; the gill-membranes continuous under the throat. (Pall.) 



Unalaschka. 



6. Chirus consteUatus. 



? Labrax siiperciliosus, Pall. 3Ie»i. Acad. Petersb. ii. p. 388. pi. 22._ f. 3. 

 Chiropsis consteUatus, Girard in U. S. Pacif. R. R. Exped. Fishes, 

 p. 42. pi. 19. 



B. 6. D. 21 I 25. A. 24. 



Caudal fin subconcave posteriorly ; anal rounded exteriorly. Scales 

 on the middle of the flanks conspicuously larger than elsewhere. 

 Greenish-brown, \vith groups of black dots on the anterior part of 



