470 SPAHID^, 



5. Pagrus major. 



Chrysophrys major, Tcmm. ^- Schleg. Faun. Japon, Poiss. p. 71. pi. 35. 

 D. 1^. A. |. L. lat. 55. L. transv. 7/15. 



The distance between the eyes equals their diameter, which is 1| 

 in the length of the snout. The praeorbital is 1^ as long as high ; a 

 slight protuberance before the upper anterior angle of the eye. Limb 

 of the pra;operculum naked. Dorsal spines moderate, slightly com- 

 pressed on one side : the fourth is the longest ; the second anal spine 

 rather stronger, but not longer than the third, which is one-third of 

 the length of the head. Molars small, in two scries, sometimes with 

 a third of rudimentary teeth. Uniform reddish. 



Japanese and Chinese Seas. (West coast of Australia?) 



a. Adult: stuffed. China. Presented by J. R. Keeves, Esq. 

 6. Half-grown. China. 

 c. Adult; stuffed. Japan. 



6. Pagrus tumifrons. 



Chi-ysophrys timiifrons, Temm. ^- Schler/. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 70. 

 pi. 34, 



D.lf. A.f, 



Nape very gibbous, the profile of the head descending abruptly ; 

 the height of the body is 2| in the total length. Eye large; the 

 cleft of the mouth wide, extending to below the eye. Dorsal spine.s 

 equal in strength, moderate ; the second and third anal spines nearly 

 equal. Unifonn reddish. (SeJilec/.) 



Japanese Sea. 



B. Species with some of the dorsal spines flexible and elongate. 



7. Pagrus cardinalis. 



Sparus cardinalis, Lacep. iv. p. 141. 



Chrysophrys cardinalis, Ciiv. ^- Val. vi. p. 130; Faun. Japon. Poiss. 

 p. 69. pi. 33 ; Richardson, Ichth. China, p. 241. 



The height of the body is |ths of the total length ; a sHght protu- 

 berance above the eyes. Molar teeth small, in two series, sometimes 

 with a thii'd series of rudimentaiy teeth. The finst two dorsal 

 spines veiy prominent, but much shorter than the thiixl and fourth, 

 which are elongate, filiform ; the second and third anal spines equal. 

 Reddish ; back covered with small greyish specks. 



Chinese and Japanese Seas. 



a. Half-grown: stuffed: bad state. China. Presented by J. R. 

 Reeves, Esq. 



