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ASPIDOPHORUS SUPERCILIOSUS, C. et V. iv. p.215. Cottus et Phalangistes 
japonicus, Pall. Spic. p. 31. pl.5. Agonus japonicus, Bl. Schn. 105. 
Hab. Sea of Japan, northward to the Kourile Islands. 
ASPIDOPHORUS ROSTRATUS, Tilesius (Agonus), Mém. de l’Acad. de Pétersb. 
iv. ph 14; C. et V. iv. p.212. Phalangistes fusiformis, Tilesius in Pallas’ 
Zoogr. Ross. iii. p. 116. 
Hab. Sea of Japan. Gulf of Aniva. Sagalien. Kourile islands. 
ASsPIDOPHORUS LEVIGATUS, Tilesius (Agonus), Mém. de Pétersb. iv. p.436; 
C. et V. iv. p.214. Syngnathus segaliensis, Tilesius, Mém. de la Soc. 
Imp. de Moscou, ii. p. 216. pl. 14. 
Hab. Jesso. 
Three other Aspidophori inhabit the coasts of Kamtschatka, Sagalien, or the Kourile 
Islands. 
CorTTus INTERMEDIus, Temm. et Schl. F. J. p. 38. 
Hab. Jesso. 
The sea of Ochotsk nourishes five other Cotti, viz. C. minutus, jaok, stelleri, mertensit and 
marmoratus, all noticed in the ‘ Histoire des Poissons.’ 
PERISTEDION ORIENTALE, Temm. et Schl. F. J. p.37. pl. 14. f. 5, 6. 
Hab. Japan. 
DactyLoPTERUS ORIENTALIS, C. et V. iv. p.134. pl. 76; Temm. et Schl. 
F. J. p. 37. 
Hab. Seas of Japan and China. Specimens are frequently to be found in the Chinese 
insect- boxes. 
TRIGLA BURGERI, Temm. et Schl. F.J. p.35. pl. 14. f.1, 2; Icon. Reeves, 
f.3; Hardw. Acanth. 106. Chinese name, Hung keo, “ Red horn 4 
(Reeves, Birch); Hung koh (Bridgem. Chrest. 79). 
It forms a part of almost every collection of Chinese fish that we have seen. 
Hab. Coasts of China and Japan. Hong Kong. 
TRIGLA PAPILIONACEA, Solander, Pisces Australie, ined. p. 23; Icon. 
Parkinsonii in Bib. Banks, ii. t. 104. Zrigla kumu, Less. et Garnot, Voy. 
de la Coquille, pl.19; C. et V. iv. p.50; Temm. et Schl. F. J. p. 37 ; Icon. 
Reeves, 159; Hardw. 107. Chinese name, Lan yih yu, “‘ Green wing or 
fin” (Birch); Zam e yu, “ Blue-finned fish” (Reeves); Lam yih u 
(Bridgem. Chrest. 78). 
We have compared the Chinese and Australian specimens. 
Hab. Seas of Japan, China, New Zealand, Van Diemen’s Land, and the Cape of Good Hope. 
TRIGLA HEMISTICTA, Temm. et Schl. F. J. p. 36. pl.14. £.3, 4. Trigla 
alata, Houttuyn, Mém. de la Soc. de Harlem, xx. p. 336 ?. 
The Haslar Museum possesses an example of this species, which was brought from China by 
Captain Dawkins, R.N. 
Hab. Seas of China and Japan. 
TrIGLA spinosa, M‘Clelland, Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 396. pl. 22. 
tere 
Mr. M‘Clelland’s figure has a more sloping profile than that of Zr. papilionacea, and the 
fin-rays differ in number, otherwise there is nothing in his description to distinguish it from 
that species. It is not, as he is inclined to think, the Tr. alata of Houttuyn, since it wants 
the rostral spines. 
Hab. Chusan. 
Fam. PoLyNEMInz&. 
PoLYNEMUS TETRADACTYLUS, Shaw, Zool.; C. V. iii. p. 375. Trigla asiatica, 
Lin. P.guadrinarius, Solander, Pisces Austr.; Icon. Parkinsonii in Bib. 
Banks, serv.101. Maga jellee, Russell, 183. P. teria, Buchanan Hamilt. 
pp- 224, 381. Icon. Reeves, 6.29; Hardw. 91; Acanth.93 & 94. Chinese 
