edible fishes of queensland.— ogilby. 29 



List of the Opisthognathoid Fishes of the Indian and 



Western Pacific Oceans. 



I OPISTHOGNATHUS Ciivier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xi, 1836, 

 p. 498 (sonneratii = nigromarginaUis) . 



1. nigromarginattis Riippell, Atlas Fisch. Roth. Meer., 1828, p. 114. 



Distribution :- — Red Sea- and Mozambique Channel through the Seas of 



India and Malaysia to Celebes and Batehian. 

 Dimensions: — To 180 mm.. 

 Figure : — Day, Fish. India, pi. Ivii, fig. 5. 



ii. ]\IEROGYMNUS Ogilby; see p. 24. 



2. eximius Ogilby ; see p. 24. 



3. jacksoniensis Macleay ; see p. 25. 



4. iyonis Jordan & Thompson, Proe. U. S. Nat. Mus., xhd, 1913, p. 65. Onlj^ 



known from the type. 

 Distribution : — lyo, Shikoku, Japan. 

 Dimensions: — 74 mm. 

 Figure : — Jordan & Thompson, ibid., text-fig. 1. 



iii. GNATHYPOPS Gill; sec p. 27. 



5. darwiniensis Maeleay, Proe. Linn. Soe. N. S. Wales, ii, 1878, p. 355. 



Distribution : — Port Darwin, N.T. Only known from the type. 

 Figure : — Maeleay, ibid., pi. ix., fig. 3. 



6. dendritica Jordan & Richardson, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fisher., xxvii, 1908, p. 261. 



Only known from the type. 

 Distribution : — Cuyo Island, Philippine Archipelago. 

 Dimensions : — 133 mm. 



Figure : — Jordan & Richardson, ibid., text-fig. 9. 

 This species should be carefully compared with the preceding. 



7. evermanni Jordan & Snyder, Proe. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 1902, p. 493. 



Only known from the typical specimens. 

 Distribution : — "Wakanoura, Japan. 

 Dimensions : — 80 mm. 

 Figure : — Jordan & Snyder, ibid., text-fig. 6. 



8. Jiopkinsi Jordan & Snyder, ibid., p. 492. 



Distribution: — Misaki and Sagami, Hondo, Japan. 



Dimensions: — To 80 mm. 



Figure : — Jordan & Snyder, ibid., text-fig. 5. 



