488 cei'olidj:. 



'2. Cepola schlegelii. 



Cepolu kriisensteniii, Tmnn. ^- Schl((j. Faun. Japon. I'uiss. -^X. 81. fig. 1, 



(not descr.). 

 schlegelii, lilcrU. Japan, p. 412, and Vcrhand. Batav. Genoot>"'h. 



xxvi., Japan, p. 110. 



I), plus quam 70. A. plus quam (JO. 



The length of the head is one-tenth of the total (without caudal 

 fin). Pra;operculum without spines. Vertical fins contiguous. Scales 

 extremely small (L. lat. plus quam 300). Hose -coloured : a black 

 spot hidden between the intermaxillaiy and maxillary. (BL) 



Coast of Japan. 



3. Cepola abhreviata. 



Cut'. ^- Val. X. p. 403; Caitt.,Catal. p. 178 Bkek. Act. Soc. Sc. Inilo- 

 Ncdcrl. in., Sumatra, p. 38. 



D. 72-74. A. 74. C. 13. Ciec. pylor. 8. 



The length of the head is one-sixth or one-seventh of the total 

 (without caudal fin). The lower praeopercular margin with five 

 rather strong teeth. Scales very small, but distinct. The anal 

 I'ommences oppo.site the eighth dorsal ray ; vertical fins contiguous. 

 Dorsal and anal rays not branched, and indistinctly articulated. 

 Ivcddish : caudal rays black. 



Molucca Sea. Sea of Pinang. China. 



a. Not good state. 



h, c. Adult and half-grown: skins. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's 

 Collection. 



4. Cepola knisenstemii. 



Cepola krusenstemii, Schleg. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 130 (part., not 

 fig.): Bhek. Verhand. Batav. Oenootsch. xxv., Nalez. Ichth. Jap. p. 39, 

 (not Spiott.) ; Kafuurk. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. 1854, vi. p. 411; 

 Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxvi., Japan, p. 108 ; Act. Soc. Sc. Indo- 

 Nederl. iii., Japan, tab. 2. fig. 1. 



himgta, Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 277. 



B. 6. D. 79-89. A. 76-82. C. 14. L. lat. 150-lGO. 



The length of the head is one-eighth or one-ninth of the total 

 (without caudal fin). The lower praeopercular margin with four or 

 five spinous teeth. Vertical fins contiguous ; dorsal and anal raya 

 not branched, and indistinctly articulated. Red : anal fin with a 

 brown margin. 



Sea of Nagasaki. 



a. Adult. Japan. 



5. Cepola mesoprion 



Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxvi., Japan, p. 109. 

 B. 6. D. plus quam 90. A. plus quam 90. 

 The length of the head is one-eleventh or one-twelfth of the total 



