24 Cephalopholis. 
XIII. Cephalopholis formosanus, n. sp. (Serranidz.) 
Plate VIN, sie. 22. 
Yukata-hata (bath-robe sea bass); Ankoe. 
Habitat.—Taihoku, Formosa (Probably in shore). 
Head 24, height of body 31 in total length without caudal. Eye 61, interorbital 
5, snout 33, maxillary 2, longest spine of dorsal 33%, longest ray of dorsal 2}, second 
(longest) spine of anal 4}, longest ray of anal 2}, pectoral 14, ventral 2 in head, D. 
IX, 15; A. III, 9; P. 18; V. 1, 5; scales 14=110—40. 
Body oblong, compressed ; caudal peduncle moderately high, compressed. Head 
moderately large; nape slightly elevated; profile declining in nearly straight 
line to tip of snout, though decurved above eye. Mouth large; lower jaw 
much projecting; maxillary extending beyond vertical through posterior rim of 
eye. Teeth conical, arranged in bands, which are narrower in the upper jaw 
than in the lower, but much broadened anteriorly near the median line in the former ; 
both jaws with a pair of canine teeth at the anterior end, those of lower jaw lying 
nearer the median line than those of upper ;: otherwise no lateral canines ; teeth on 

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