ON THE ICHTHYOLOGY OF THE SEAS OF CHINA AND JAPAN, 24] 
CuRYSOPHRYS CARDINALIS, Lacép. (Sparus), iv. p. 141; C. et V. vi. p. 130; 
Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 69. pl. 33; Icon. Reeves, 199; Hardw. 
Acanth. 46. Chinese name, Kin sze lé*, “ Gold-skein 14 fish” (Birch) ; 
Kum sze lap (Reeves); Kum su lap (Bridgem. Chrest. 212). ad. D. 
12|10; A. 3/9; C.17; P. 14; V. 1]5. (Spec. Brit. Mus.) 
Mr. Reeves has deposited a Canton specimen 7 inches long in the British Museum, and 
there are several in the Chinese collection at Hyde Park. Asmall, slightly pungent opercular 
point. Nuchal scales scarcely to be distinguished from the others, Three pits on each limb of 
the lower jaw. Preorbitar equal in height and breadth. 
Hab. Chinese and Japanese seas. 
CHRYSOPHRYS ? TIcon. Reeves, 95; Hardw. Acanth. 59. Chinese 
name, Kam tzena, “Geld-threaded robe” (Reeves); Kam sze nap (Bridgem. 
Chrest. 100). Rad. D.12|11; A.3|8; P. 13, &c. (Reeves’s figure.) 
This figure looks very much like a second representation of cardinalis, the only differences 
I can perceive being its rather larger head, the third anal spine rather shorter than the second 
one, and the serratures of the supra-scapular more strongly marked ; it has moreover yellow 
not roseate pectorals, pale angular marks on the spinous dorsal, and wants the superciliary 
green streak represented in the drawing of cardinalis. 
Hab. China. Canton. 
CHRYSOPHRYS AURIPES, Richardson. Jcon. Reeves, 128; Hardw. Acanth. 
58. Chinese name Kin tze li, ‘Gold thread 1a fish” (Birch, Reeves). 
Rad. D. 11/11; A. 3|8; C.17£; P.15; V. 1[5. (Spec. Br. Mus.) 
A Canton specimen of this fish, presented to the British Museum by Mr. Reeves, has three 
longish, subulate, somewhat incurved teeth on each intermaxillary, and five rows of small upper 
molars; the interior rows being short, and the last three teeth of the third row bigger than the 
rest, but not exceeding swan-shot; there is the usual crowd of small teeth behind the incisors, 
and four rows of the lower molars. Preorbitar twice as long as itis high. Preopercular 
disc faintly striated. Operculum ending in a small flat truncated point, with the bone sloped 
away above and below, where the edge is more concave than above. A row of crenated and 
striated, but not very conspicuous nuchal scales. The dorsal spines swell out on alternate sides, 
and the second anal spine is longer and stronger than the third one, which equals the soft 
rays. The height of the body is contained two times and a half in the total length, and the 
profile rises with little convexity and no undulation from the upper lip to the dorsal. The fal- 
cate pectoral, which is rather too short in the figure, reaches to the anal. The colour is brightly 
silvery, with ash-gray shadings on the base of the scales. The dorsal and upper half of the 
caudal are also gray with darker shadings on their borders. The lower half of the caudal and 
the other fins are saffron-yellow. Length of figure 7} inches, 
Hab. Chinese seas. Canton. 
CuHRYSOPHRYS XANTHOPODA, Richardson, Jcon. Reeves, 85; Hardw. 
Acanth. 61. Chinese name, Hwang yth (Birch); Hwang yih, “ Yellow 
fin” (Reeves); Wong yi (Bridgem. Chrest. 221). ad. D. 1111; 
A. 3|9; P. 15, &c. (Spec. Br. Mus.) 
Mr. Reeves has deposited a specimen of this fish also in the British Museum. In form 
it is very similar to the last, except that the profile bulges a little at the orbit. The 
colours also are nearly the same, the back showing merely a deeper tint of yellowish-gray with 
some green on the nape and parts of the head; the yellow of the lower fins also is more. 
vivid. The specimen has only two short conical canines on each intermaxillary and five rows 
of molars, the largest, which are those of the middle row, not exceeding partridge-shot. The 
canines are very short in the lower jaw, and there are only three rows of molars to be clearly 
-made out. Preorbitar es in auripes, and with W thin papyraceous edge. Preoperculum 
striated on the disc, and minutely but regularly serrated along the upper limb. Flat point of 
the operculum rather more prominent than in auripes, and much like the corresponding 
point in a Scolopsides. Middle anal spine long and strong as in auripes, and the pectoral 
long. Length of the figure 84 inches, 
Both the preceding species have the colours of the Chitchillee of Russell, plate 91 
* This character, as written on the drawing here and in the following places, is pro- 
nounced cha (Morrison, Dict. i. part 2, No. 32), but Bridgem. Chrest. substitutes i. 
1845. R 
