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than those which follow ; all the rays branched, not scaled. Pectoral fins unequal, 

 that of ocular side larger; middle rays branched. Pelvic fins short-based, subequal 

 and subsymmetrical. Scales small, feebly ctenoid on ocular side, cycloid on blind 

 side. Lateral line equally developed on both sides of body, with a distinct curve 

 above the pectoral fin ; a supratemporal branch : tubules branched. Vent a little 

 on ocular side, just in front of anal fin. Vertebrae 27 (10 + 17). 

 A single species from China. 



I. TEPHRINECTES SINENSIS (Lacepide). 



Pleuronecies sinensis, Lacepede, 1802, Hist. Xat. Poiss., iv, pp. 595, 638, pi. xiv, fig. i. 



Piatessa sinensis, Cloquet, 1826, Diet. Sci. Nat., xli, p. 405. 



Platessa chinensis. Gray, 1834, Illustr. Indian Zool., pi. xciv, fig, i ; Richardson, 184b, i; 



Brit. Assoc. (Cambr., 1845), p. 277. 

 Platessa chinensis var. aeruleo-iiculca, Richardson, 184G, torn, cit., p. 277. 

 Platessa velafracta, Richardson, 1846, torn, cit., p. 278. 

 Tephritis sinensis, Giinther, 1862, Cat. Fish., iv, p. 406 ; Jordan and Scale, 1905, Proc. Dai 



Acad. Sci., X, p. 16, pi. xi ; Scale, 1914, Philipp. J. Sci., ix, p. 78. 

 Tephrinectes sinensis, Giinther, 1862, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (3) x, p. 475 ; Oshima, 1927, 



J. Zool., Trans. Abstr., i (5), p. 192 ; Chabanaud, 1929, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, ( 



370 ; Wu, 1932, This. Facult. Sci. Univ. Paris, A. 244 (268), p. 75- 

 Velifracta sinensis, Jordan, 1907, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xxxii, p. 239. 



Japan. 



2) i, p. 



Fig. 32. — Tephrinectes ; 



Depth of body about twice in the length, length of head 3 J to 3 J. Upper profile of 

 head distinctly concave above eyes. Snout as long as or longer than eye, diameter 

 of which is 5^ to nearly 6 in length of head ; upper eye in advance of lower and 

 meeting edge of head. Maxillary extending to below middle of eye or beyond, length 

 2 J to 2 J in that of head; lower jaw scarcely projecting, about i head. 10 or 11 

 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. 76 to 80 scales in lateral line. Dorsal 

 46-49. Anal (34) 36-39 ; first interhremal spine not projecting. Pectoral of ocular 

 side with 12 or 13 rays, length i| in that of head. Pelvics 6. Caudal with 20 rays 

 {14 branched), double-truncate ; caudal peduncle nearly twice as deep as long. 



