92 TRIGLID-X 



2. Chirus deca^ammus. 



Labrax docagrammus, Pall. I. c. p. 386. pi. 22. f. 2. 



Cliirus decagrammus, Rlch(i7-ds. Faun. Bor. Amcr. Pise. p. 99. 



denarius, Richards. Voy. Sulph. Fishes, p. 78. pi. 41. f. 2. 



D.?I. A. 24. 



Two mueiferous channels between the lateral line and the dorsal 

 fin, and two along the base of the anal. The length of the head is 

 A^ in the total ; the upper maxiUary reaches to below the anterior 

 third of the orbit. No flap above the orbit. Teeth on the vomer 

 and the palatine bones. 



Cape St. Elias ; harbour of Sitka (north-west coast of America). 



3. Chirus lagocephalus. 



Labrax lagocephalus, Pall. Mem, Acad. Petersb. ii. p. 384. pi. 22. f. 1. 



D. |. A. 22. 



Two mueiferous channels above, and two below the lateral line ; 

 mouth rather small. Scales cycloid ; dorsal fin deeply notched. (Pall.) 

 Kmiles. 



4. Chirus octogrammus. 



Labrax octogi'amraus, Pall. Mem. Acad. Petersb. ii. p. 393. pi. 23. f. 2. 

 Jy.'^y A. 24. 



One mueiferous channel above, and two below the lateral line. 

 Cleft of the mouth of moderate width. Scales ciliated ; dorsal fin 

 deeply notched. Gill- membranes separated from each other by an 

 isthmus. " Opercula cute angulata." Spotted. (Pall.) 



Coasts of Kamtschatku • Kuriles. 



5. Chirus monopterygius. 



Ijabrax monopterygius, Pall. Mem. Acad. Petersb. ii. p. 391. pi. 23. 

 f. 1 (bad). 



D. 46. A. 24. 



One mueiferous channel above, and two below the lateral Une. 

 Cleft of the mouth of moderate width. Scales ciliated ; dorsal fin 

 without notch ; vomerine and palatine teeth ; opercles slightly 

 armed ; the gill-membranes continuous under the throat. (Pall.) 



Unalaschku. 



6. Chirus constellatus. 



? Labrax .superciliosus. Pall. Mem. Acad. Petersb. ii. p. 388. pi. 22. f. 3. 

 Chiropsis constellatus, Girard in JJ. S. Pacif. R. R. Expcd. Fishes, 

 p. 42. pi. 19. 



B. 6. D. 21 I 25. A. 24. 



Caudal fin subconcave posteriorly ; anal rounded exteriorly. Scales 

 on the middle of the flanks conspicuously larger than elsewhere. 

 Greenish -brown, with groups of black dots on the anterior part of 



