II-' FI.AIFISHES (HHTKKOSOMAI A) 



M.iXiUan- oxU-niling to a little beyond midcllc of eye, length jj m that ol liead. About 

 20 teeth on blind side of lower jaw. Gill-rakers rather short and stout, margins 

 strongly spinulatc ; 8 (0) on lower part of anterior arch. Scales mostly cycloid on 

 ocular side, except at edges of body, where there is a narrow strip of ctenoid scales ; 

 scales of blind side all cycloid : about 75 scales in lateral line. Dorsal (78) 85 (86). 

 Anal (59) 63 (64). Pectoral of ocular side with 12 or 13 rays, length if in that of head. 

 Caudal peduncle 2\ times as deep as long. Brownish ,with traces of darker spots, and 

 with a series of dark rings near upper and lower edges of body ; a diffuse black 

 blotch at junction of curved and .straight parts of lateral line. 



TvrE. — Not traced. 



Distribution. — Formosa ; China. 



Specimen Examined : 



I (250 mm.) from China (Mus. Comp. Zoi>l., No. 1 1201) 



10. rSEUDOt<HOMBUS ARGUS, Weber. 



r^tudoihomhus arRus, Weber, i<)i.>, " Siboga "-Exped., Fische 

 iiinl. Res. " Endeavour", v, p. 236; Weber and Beaufo 

 V, p. 113, fis- -7 ; MrCulloch, 1929, Mem. Aust. M 



Fish. Indo-Austral. Ar 



p. 27s. 



Depth of body about twice in the length, length of head 35 to 3 J. Upper profile of 

 head notched in front of eyes. Snout a little shorter than eye, diameter of which is 

 4 to 4 J in length of head ; anterior margins of eyes level or upper slightly in advance 

 of lower ; upper eye separated from edge of head by a space equal to J its diameter. 

 -Maxillary extending to below middle of eye or a little beyond, length (2) z\ to 2\ in 

 that of head ; lower jaw scarcely projecting, i| to 2 in head. Teeth all small and 

 rather close-set, scarcely enlarged anteriorly ; 15 to 19 teeth on blind side of lower 

 jaw. Gill-rakers slender, of moderate length ; (12) 14 to 16 on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Scales ctenoid on ocular side, cycloid on blind side ; 70 to 77 in lateral line. 



