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trals and lateral mark black ; also a very narrow edging of the same to the bright yellow ver- 
tical fins. The body is crossed vertically by upwards of twenty narrow bars, bent en chevron, 
and differing slightly from the ground tint. 
Hab. Japanese, Chinese and Javan seas. 
Nrpuon srinosus, C. et V. ii, p. 131. pl. 19; Temm. et Schl. p. 1. pl. 1. f. 1. 
The British Museum possesses a specimen sent from Japan by Biirger. 
Hab. Sea of Japan. 
LarteEs nositis, C. et V, ii. p. 96. pl. 13. Pandoomenoo, Russell, 131. 
Coius vacti, Buchan. Hamilt. Ganges, pp. 86, 369. pl. 16. f. 28; Icon. 
Reeves, a. 10; Hardw. Acanth. 7. Chinese name, Zsao yu (Birch); 
Tso yu (Reeves); so u (Bridgem. Chrest. 166). 
Mr. Reeves’s specimen from Canton, deposited in the British Museum, and other examples 
in the,Chinese collection at Hyde Park, agree exactly with Indian ones; but Mr. Reeyes’s 
figure is not so happy as the rest of his admirable drawings, being inexact in the numbers of 
the soft rays and in the anal spines, 
Hab. Indian ocean and sea of China. Ganges. Canton. It is not mentioned in the 
* Fauna Japonica.’ 
LaATES CALCARIFER, C. et V. ii. p. 100; Bl. 244? Icon. Reeves, a. 11 ; 
Hardw. Acanth. 64. Chinese name, H7h tsaou (Birch) ; Hth tso, “ Black 
tso” (Reeves); Hak ts‘o (Bridgem. 128). ad. D. 8\11; A. 38. 
The figure in Mr. Reeves’s portfolio above quoted, has the same defects with that of Lates 
nobilis, but a mounted specimen, brought by that gentleman from Canton and deposited in the 
British Museum, has the number of rays given above, and four teeth on the humeral bone. 
Its length is 10°25 inches, of which the head measures 2°50 inches. Bloch’s figure is not ac- 
curate in the details. The lateral line in this species is more boldly arched above the pectoral 
than in Z. nobilis. 
Hab. Coasts of China. 
The Ta loo, Variegated ”” (Reeves, 88), Za lo (Bridgem. Chrest. 172), much re- 
sembles these Lates in form, but it has too many spines for any described species either of that 
genus or of Labrax. The Chinese generic epithet belongs to Labraa. 
Lasrax JAPonicus, C. et V. ii. p. 85. Perca-labrax japonicus, Temm. et 
Schl. F. J. p. 2. pl. 2. f. 1. Holocentrum maculatum, M‘Clelland, Caleutta 
Journ. Nat. Hist. p. 400. pl. 21. f. 1. Lates punctulatus, Cantor, fide spec. ; 
Icon. Reeves, 135 ; Hardw. Acanth. 43. Chinese name, Pan tsaou “Striped 
tsaou” (Birch) ; Pan loo (Reeves); Pans lé (Bridgem. Chrest. 217). 
We have had an opportunity of comparing one of Biirger’s Japanese specimens, now in the 
British Museum, with others from various parts of the Chinese coasts. Mr. Reeves’s figure is 
that of the young fish. One Chinese specimen, said to have been transmitted to London by 
Mr. M‘Clelland, is labelled ates punctatus, but I do not know whether it has been published 
by that name or not. Specimens exist in the British Museum, India-House and Haslar mu- 
seums, and in the Chinese collection at Hyde Park. 
Hab. Seas of Japan and China. Hong Kong, Canton, Peiho, Chusan, &c. 
Fam. Berycipz (Low Fishes of Madeira), 
Monocentris JAPoniIcus, Houttuyn ( Gasterosteus), Mém. de Harlem, xx. 
p- 329; C. et V. iv. p. 461; Bl. Schn. pl. 24; Temm. et Schl. FJ. pi: 50. 
pl. 22. f.1. Sciena japonica, Thunberg, Mém. de ]’Acad. des Sciences 
de Swede, xi. p. 102. pl. 3. Lepisacanthe, Lacép. iii. p. 321. 
Hab. Sea of Japan. 
Myripristes JAronicus, C. et V. iii. p. 173. pl. 58; Temm. et Schl. F. J. 
p- 22. 
Hab. Sea of Japan. 
