264 PERCIBJ?. 



7. Pomotis microlophijs. 



Pomotis speciosus, Holbr. Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philud. 1855, p. 48. 

 pi. 5. f. ^ (not Baird Sf Girnrd). 



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The height of the body is 2 1 in the total length, the length of the 

 head four times ; the diameter of the eye is one-fourth of the latter. 

 The upper maxillary reaches nearly to the anterior margin of the 

 eye. Opercular lobe small, black, edged with red. Caudalis emar- 

 ginate, with rounded lobes ; the soft dorsal higher than the spinous ; 

 the tenth dorsal spine much longer than the ninth (according to the 

 figure quoted) ; the pectoral fin extends to the second anal ray, the 

 ventral to the first spine. Brownish olive, with a few reddish-brown 

 spots on the sides ; lateral line red : fins immaciilate. (Holbr.) 



St. John's Kiver (Florida). 



8. Pomotis marginatus. 



Holbr. I. c. p. 49. pi. 6. f. 2. 



The height of the body is 2| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3| ; snout shorter than the diameter of the eye ; the upper 

 maxillary extending to the orbit. Caudalis slightly emarginate ; the 

 pectoral reaches to the vent, the ventral to the origin of the anal. 

 Dusky olive brown, with vertical bars of the same colour ; head and 

 body with numerous bluish-green spots ; opercular appendix bordered 

 with green. (Holbr.) 



St. John's River (Florida). 



58. ANOPLUS. 

 Anoplus, Tcmm. ^ Schleg, Faun, Japan. Poiss. p. 17. 



Branchiostegals six. The outer teeth of the jaws short, but 

 rather thick ; teeth on the vomer ; none on the palatine bones. 

 Dorsal deeply notched, the first portion with ten, the anal with 

 three spines ; all the spines very long, strong, and flattened. Cau- 

 dalis very slightly notched. Praeoperculum veiy finely serrated ; the 

 other opercles neither serrated nor armed. 



Japanese Sea. 



1. Anoplus banjos. 



Banjos, Krusemtern's Raise, pi. 54. f. 1. 



Anoplus, sp., Farm. Japan. I. c. pi. 8. 



Anoplus banjos, jRichards. Ichth. ^hina,t.Tp. 23G. 



D. J^. A. ^. L. lat. 66. 



The third dorsal spine two-thir(Vi of the height of the body ; the 

 soft dorsal with a deep-black spot at the upper extremity. 



a, b. Adult : stuffed. Japan. From the Leyden T^useum. 



