ON THE ICHTHYOLOGY OF THE SEAS OF CHINA AND JAPAN. 213 
Apistes ALATUS, C. et V: iv. p-392; Temm. et Schl. F. Jap. p. 49. Trigla 
worra-minou, Russell, 159 ; Icon. Reeves, 169; Hardw. Acanth. 136. 
I luve seen no Chinese examples of this fish, but Mr. Reeves’s figure, notwithstanding the 
omission of the suborbitar and preopercular spines, agrees so well with Russell’s, that I have 
no hesitation in referring them both to the same species. The Chinese drawing shows a 
silvery head, a pale orange-brown body, black pectorals, a large black patch on the spinous 
dorsal with gray mottlings on the rest of the fin; five dark bars on the soft dorsal, as many 
on the caudal, and two incomplete ones on the anal. Ventrals pinkish, spotless. 
Hab. Seas of China and Japan, and the Indian ocean. 
AprisTEs TRACHINOIDES, C. et V. xii. p. 401. t. 92. Rad. D. 3|-12|4; A. 3|4; 
C.12; P.9 et 4; V. 14 
A Chinese specimen, collected by the Rev. George Vachell, exists in the museum of 
the Cambridge Philosophical Society, and the collection of Sir Edward Belcher contains an- 
other example, which is most probably also from the China seas. They agree with the de- 
scription and figure in the * Histoire des Poissons,’ except that there are four unbranched rays 
in the pectoral, and that the dark dorsal bands are prolonged across the body. 
Hab. Javan and Chinese seas. 
APpIsTES RUBRIPINNIS, Temm. et Schl. F. Jap. p. 49. pl. 22. f. 2. 
Hab. Coasts of Japan. 
APpIsTES LONGISPINIS, C. et V.iv. p. 408. Apiste a longue épine, Quoy et 
Gaimard, Voy. de I’Astrol. pl. 11. f.4. Rad. D. 14/8; A. 3|5; C. 78; 
P.11; V.1/4. (Spec. Mus. Brit.) 
The British Museum possesses Chinese specimens presented by John Reeves, Esq., and 
Indian ones received from General Hardwicke. 
Hab. Indian ocean, the Moluccas and sea of China. 
Minovus woorA, C. et V. xii. p.421. Trigla woora minoo, Russell, i159, A. 
Rad. D. 10|11; A. 1|9; C.11; P. 115 V- 1|5. (China spec.) 
Dried examples abound in the Chinese boxes of insects, and there is one in the museum 
of the Cambridge Philosophical Institution preserved in spirits, which was brought from Can- 
ton by the Rev. George Vachell. I have not established their specific identity with the 
Indian fish from the want of specimens from the latter country. 
Hab. The Mauritius, the Indian and China seas. 
Fam. TRIGLIDE. 
Prerois VOLITANS, Gmel. (.Scorpena), C. et V. iv. p. 352. pl. 88. Scorpena 
volitans, Benn. Ceylon, pl.1. Scorpéne mahé, Lacép. iii. p. 278, et il. 
p- 290; Icon. Reeves, B. 1; Hardw. Acanth. 120; Reeves, 261; Hardw. 
‘Acanth. 121. Chinese name, Kew yu, or Mow yu and King yu (Birch, 
Reeves). 
Mr. Reeves’s figure 8 1 was not done from the recent fish like his other drawings, but 
copied from a painting by Mr. Millet, in which the supra-orbitar cirrhi had been omitted. 
The cirrhi under the eye were added when the fish figured in drawing 261 was procured. 
Hab. Seychelles, Mauritius, Indian ocean and Archipelago, Javan sea and coasts of China: 
also Japan according to Lacépéde. It is said to ascend into brackish or fresh water, and to 
be reared in ponds at Batavia. 
PreRois LUNULATA, Temm. et Schl. Fauna Jap. p. 45. pl. 19; Icon, Reeves, 
165; Hardw. Acanth. 123. Chinese name, Lung seu yu, “ Dragon's 
peard-fish” (Birch, Reeves); Lung su u (Bridgem. Chrest. 178). “« Japa- 
nese name, Jamonakami” (Fauna Jap.). 
on i: 1 sare now in the museum at Haslar was obtained on the Canton coast by Sir Edward 
elcher. ; 
Hab. Coasts of Japan and China. 
