246 REPORT—1845. 
on the base of the caudal, which mikes a fourth. The yellow tints aré not so general a8 they 
are shown by Mr. Bennett, being more confined to the breast. 
Hab. Mauritius. Red sea. Indian océan and China sea. 
PLATAX VESPERTILIO, Bloch, 199; Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 83. pl. 43. 
Platax blochii, C. et V. vii. p. 222. 
The figure in the ‘Fauna Japonica’ wants an undulation in the arched part of the lateral 
line and the yellow caudal, with its /-shaped edge, which are shown in Mr. Reeves’s figure 
of the preceding. The authors of the ‘Fauna Japonica’ consider their fish to be the true 
vespertilio, though there are some peculiarities of coluur. 
Hab. Mauritius. Indian ocean. New Guinea and China. 
Haniocuus MACROLEPIDOTUS, Bloch, 200. f.1 (Chetodon). C. et V. vii. 
p- 93; Temm. et Schl. p. 82. pl. 44. f. 1. 
Hab. Sea of Japan. Moluccas. Celebes. New Guinea. Indian ocean, Mauritius and 
Mozambique. 
HoLACANTHUS SEPTENTRIONALIS, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 82. pl. 44; 
Icon. Reeves, 178; Hardw. Acanth. 175. 
Mr. Reeves’s drawing is illuminated with a rich orange-brown ground colour and pure 
china-blue stripes, which are broader than in the figure of the fish in the ‘ Fauna Japonica.’ 
One stripe is bent into a ring on the operculum and another on the base of the pectoral. The 
soft dorsal and anal are blackish, the other fins reddish-orange. 
Hab. Sea of China and Japan. 
‘ Cu#TODON AuREus, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 81. pl. 42. f. 15 Icon. 
Reeves, a. 23; Hardw. Acanth.151. Chinese name, Ho paou kin, “ Purse 
gold” (Birch) ; “ Golden purse” (Reeves); Ho pau ham ( Bridgem. Chrest. 
25). 
Lge mae collare of Bloch (pl. 216. f. 1), which he says he had from Japan, appears 
to be this species. The profile, bands and numbers of the rays agree tolerably well. 
Hab. Seas of China and Japan. 9 
CuzTopon sETIFER, Bloch, pl. 425. f. 1; C. et V. vii. p. 76. 
Sir Edward Belcher obtained specimens of this fish in the outer China sea. 
Hab. China sea, Moluccas, Polynesia, the Indian ocean, and Mozambique channel. 
CuzTODON Mopgstus, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 80. pl. 41. f. 2; Icon. 
Reeves, (3.41; Hardw. Acanth. Chinese name, 7séén tsuy li (Birch) ; 
Tseen tsui lap, “ Sharp-nose lap” (Reeves); T'sim tsuy lap (Bridgem. 
Chrest. 23). 
Mr. Reeves kept 4 specimen of this fish alive for some weeks in a glass globe filled with 
sea water. There is a Japanese example in the British Museum. 
Hab. Seas of China and Japan. 
Cu=Topon stricatTus, Langsdorff. C. et V. vii. p. 25. pl. 170; Temmi. et 
Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 80. pl. 40. f. 1; Zcon. Reeves, 3. 4; Hardw. Acanth. 
166. Chinese name, Chae yu, “ Fuel-fish” (Birch) ; “ Faggot-fish,” from 
the resemblance of its stripes to a bundle of fire-wood (Reeves). 
Mr. Reeves deposited a Canton specimen in the British Museum. 
Hab, Seas of China and Japan. 
Psrttus ARGENTEUSs, Lin. (Chetodon), Chin. Lageersir. in Ameen. Ac. 
1754. iv. p.249. No. 26; Richardson, Ichth. of Voy. of Ereb. and Terror, 
pl. 35. f. 1-3. con. Reeves, 240; Hardw. Acanth. 226. Chinese name, 
Yin leen tsang, “ Silver-scaled tsang” (Reeves, Birch). Fad. B.6; D. 
8|29; A. 3|29; C. 173; P.173 V..4|5. 
Dr. J. O. M‘ Williams, the intrepid and scientific surgeon of the Niger expedition, presented 
two specimens of this fish to the Haslar Museum. He obtained them at Norfolk island. 
Hab. Polynesia. Hast coast of Australia and sea of Chinas Canton (Reeves). Norfolk 
island (M‘Williams). Vanicolo (Quoy et Gaimard). 
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