PCECILOPSETTlNvE 



393 



on lower part of anterior arch. Scales ctenoid on ocular side, cycloid on blind side ; 

 60 to 65 in lateral line. Dorsal 60-64. Anal (45) 50-53, Pectoral of ocular side 

 with 8 or g rays, middle rays branched, length if to twice in that of head. Caudal 

 pointed ; caudal peduncle about 3 times as deep as long. Brownish, usually mottled 

 with black ; a pair of conspicuous black spots at upper and lower edges of body 



-Pcrcilopsetta plinth 



X \. 



below posterior parts of dorsal and anal, situated a head's length in front of base 

 of caudal ; median fins irregularly spotted and mottled with black ; caudal with a 

 pair of black blotches, often united to form a black blotch or bar across middle of fin. 



Type. — United States National Museum. No. 51406. 



Distribution. — Japan. 



Specimens Examined : 



(130 mm.). 

 (95 ,, ). 

 (90 ,, ). 

 (90 ,, ). 



Suruga Bay. 

 Omai Saki Lt. 

 Yokohama. 

 Tanabe, Kii Pi 



U.S. Nat. Mus. 



Zool. Samml., Mu 

 Tokyo Imp. Univ 



7. PCECILOPSETTA NATALENSIS, Norman. 



Flc. 283. — Ptrcilopsetta nalaU 



[i.M. (N.H.) 1922.3.27.7. X I 



