42. BEMBBAS. 191 



1. Hoplichthys langsdorffii. 



Cuv. Sf Veil. iv. p. 264. pi. 81 ; Temm. 8f Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. 

 p. 156. pi. 79. f. 2. 



D. 6 I 15. A. 16. 

 Along the side of the body a series of large bony plates, each 

 armed with two spines. 

 Japanese and Chinese Seas. 



a. Adult. Japan. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 6. Adult. 



c. Half-grown. From the Haslar CoUection. 



d, e. Adult. China. From the Haslar CoUection. 

 f-r. Dried specimens. 



42. BEMBRAS. 

 Bembras, Cuv. 8f Val. iv. p. 282. 



Head not very depressed, armed and scaly on the sides; body 

 covered with rather small scales. Two dorsals, of nearly equal de- 

 velopment, the first with nine or eleven spines. Veritrals thoracic, but 

 inserted a little before the pectorals, with five soft rays and one spine. 

 No pectoral appendages. Villiform teeth in the jaws, onjthe vomer and 

 the palatine bones. Seven branchiostegals. Air-bladder none. 



Sea of Japan. 



1. Bembras japonicus. 



Bembras japonicus, Cuv. 8f Val. iv. p. 282. pi. 83 ; Faun. Japon, Poiss. 

 p. 41. pi. 16. f. 8. 



B. 7. D. 11 1 12. A. 14. L. lat. 55. 

 Infraorbital ridge with four denticulations, directed backwards. 

 Bed ; dorsal fins with greenish spots. 



Sea of Japan.. 

 a, b. Adult : stuffed. Japan. 



2. Bembras curtus. 

 Temm. ^ Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 42. pi. 16. f. 6, 7. 

 B. 7. D. 9 I 9. A. 8. 

 The infraorbital ridge with three denticulations. Uniform reddish 

 (in a dried state). 

 Sea of Japan. 



43. PRIONOTUS. 



Prionotus, (LacSp.) Cuv. Sf Val. iv. p. 85. 

 Head parallelepiped, with the upper surface and the sides entirely 

 bony. Scales small, or of moderate size. Two dorsals, the first 



