tlian that of the connnon sawara . It ia very tasty and is prized by gourmets. 



This species probably occurs in other localities also, but we have had lo 

 ports of it yet nor has there been any mention of it in the literature. It im 

 to Acgnthocybium sarq in the shape of its teeth and the fewness of its giil-7«ter«« 



Cybiutn n J^phoniua ( sawara ) 



Called sagoehl in Kjrusbu and Vlakayania. 



D. 19, 15, 9. A. 15-17, S. Vert. 22 / 28. Gill-rakers 3 / 9 or 10. 



The body is slender and compressed. The teeth are lanceolate, flat, and 

 eurrsd inward; they are sharp on both sides. There are villiform teeth on tho 

 voBer and palatines. The tongue is large and is without teeth. The scales are 

 small and cover the head and the whole body. The lateral line ia undulating and 

 slopes gradually from the posterior part of the first dorsal to a point below the 

 second flnlet whence it runs roughly along the median line of the body. There is 

 no air bladder. The back is dark indigo with a greenish lustre. There are numerous 

 small spots arranged in seven or eight or more rows. The species is widely dis- 

 tributed and occurs in Japan^ Korea, and Kwangtung. It is particularly abundant in 

 the waters off central Japan, diminishing in numbers to the northward and southward. 

 It lives in turbid coastal waters, stays near the bottom in the cold season, and 

 comes to the surface in warm weather. It attains a length of about 3 feet and a 

 weight of about 12. ^ pounds. Around May and June it comes into sounds and bays to 

 spawn. The eggs are round and very large. The young fish are about 1.2 inches 

 long in June, about 3.6 inches long in August, and grow to about one foot in length 

 by the following Jatfuary. The juveniles have neither spots nor stripes. The fla- 

 vor is good and the ovaries are salted and dried to make a product called karasumi . 



Cybium koreanum a. sp. ( hirasawara) 



D. U, 18 - 21, 9. A. 1^ - 21, 8. Vert. 20 / 26. Gill-rakers 3 / 10, 



The body is broad with the greatest depth at a line connecting the origins of 

 the second dorsal and the anal. The body appears to be almost aealeless. There are 

 scales on the corselet, alon g the lateral line, and around the baaes of the fins, 

 but they are hidden beneath the skin. The teeth resemble those of C. niohonium. but 

 they are fewer and larger. There ar^ teeth on the tongue. The lateral line is un- 

 dulating and follows in general the outline of the back. There is no air bladder; 

 the intestine is long and is bent in several places. There are spots forming three 

 or four longitudinal lines along the center of the sides of the body. The fins are 

 blaek. The specimen was eolleotod by Mr. Tbjiro %kiya on the west coast of Korea 

 in 1913. The fish attains a length of about 3 feet and a weight of about 15 pounds. 



Cvbium ohinense (innaawara) 



Called ha sawara in Kanagawa, hoteieawara in Akita, ttffh?.gqffWrfl or lMgM99M in 

 Kanagawa, and j^ in Wakayama. 



D. 16, 15, 8. A. 16, 7. Vert. 18 / 22. Gill-rakera 2/9. 



The body is compressed and the head if large aiMl pointed. The teeth resemble 

 those of G. niphoniuBft . There are teeth on the tongue. The lateral line turns 

 sharply downward at the posterior end of the first dorsal and at a point anterior to 



