188 MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM 



179. Scolopsis vosmeri (Bloch). 



One specimen, four and one-half inches long, from Takao. 

 Keerun (Jordan & Evermann). 



180. Scolopsis monogramma (Kuhl & Van Hasselt). 

 Giran ; Keerun (Jordan & Evermann). 



181. Scolopsis eriomma sp. nov. (Plate LXX.) 



Head 3.4 ; depth 2.6 ; width 2.4 in depth; eye 2.9; snout 1.3 in eye; maxil- 

 lary 2.75 in head ; interorbital space equal to eye ; dorsal X, 9 ; anal III, 7 ; scales 

 3_48-12. Body oblong, compressed, dorsal and ventral outlines about equally 

 arched ; head short, muzzle rather rounded than pointed ; mouth moderate, oblique, 

 lower jaw slightly projecting ; back of maxillary under front of pupil ; teeth in 

 jaws fine, villiform, in broad bands, a few of the outer ones slightly enlarged as 

 very weak canines ; vomer, palatines, and tongue without teeth ; eye very large, its 

 diameter one-third greater than length of snout ; posterior limb of preopercle very 

 finely but distinctly serrate ; opercle with a short but strong and sharp spine ; depth 

 of infraorbital over back of maxillary less than one-third of eye, its lower hinder 

 edge with several small serratures, the upper one of which is strongest ; nostrils 

 moderate, subequal ; gill-rakers eleven on lower limb of outer arch, their length 

 about half that of the corresponding filaments ; the larger rakers terminating 

 in a flattish, disk-like expansion, which is fringed. Scales very large, ctenoid ; 

 cheeks with three rows behind eye, four below it ; lateral line complete, arched, 

 about parallel with back ; pores thirt} r -five. Dorsal fins continuous, the spines strong 

 and stiff, the longest [(fourth or fifth) 2.25 in head ; origin of dorsal over base of 

 pectoral ; insertion of anal slightly in front of second soft ray of dorsal ; caudal 

 moderately forked, the lobes subequal ; pectoral nearly as long as head, pointed, 

 reaching past tips of ventrals and nearly to vent ; ventrals 1.4 in head. 



Color in alcohol light straw, tinged with pinkish along middle of side ; belly 

 whitish; no black markings on body or fins. (The color in life was probably 

 reddish.) 



Described from three specimens from Takao, in excellent condition, eight to 

 nine inches long. Vernacular name said by Mr. Sauter to be Dai hii or Ilai tax. 



182. Csesio chrysozona (Kuhl & Van Hasselt). 

 Keerun (Jordan & Evermann). 



183. Caesio bile Cuvier & Valenciennes. 

 Keerun (Jordan & Evermann). 



184. Anoplus banjos (Bleeker). 

 Formosa (Jordan & Evermann). 



