FISHES COLLECTED IN JAPAN. 5 
1, LABRAX JAPONICUS, Cuvier. 
LaBRAX JAPONICUS, Cuv. and Val. II, 85. 
ae ea Bleecker, Nalezingen &e. 
PERCALABRAX JAPONICUS, Faun. Jap. Pisces., Temm. & Schlegel, 2. pl. 2, fig. 1. 
Norges oN DRAWING.—F rom Simoda. 204 inches. 
More elongated than in the above quoted figure ; the caudal more deeply forked. The colors 
paler, lateral line dark. First dorsal only with clouded spots; the second with a single series 
of longer spots between the rays. 
This fish is much sought after as food by the Japanese. Langsdorff and Schlegel give its 
name as Suzuki, but Diengkitsch writes it Suuzuki. Dr. Cantor, in the Annals and Magazine 
of Nat. Hist., vol. 9, p. 277, notices this fish as found at Chusan and the river Peiho. 
2, SERRANUS TSIRIMENARA, Schlegel. 
SERRANUS TSIRIMENARA, Faun. Jap. loc. cit. 7. pl. 4a. fig. 3. 
PLATE II], fig. 1. Life size? 
Notes.—F rom Port Lloyd, Bonin islands.—7} inches; D,10(?) A.(?) 8; C. 15; P. 15. 
The colors are much brighter than in the figure of the Fauna Japonica, which was taken 
from a preserved specimen. The whole of the head and body bright orange red, becoming more 
yellowish below. The white spots, seven in number, of oblong form, four above and three 
below the lateral line, the six anterior ones being under the spinous dorsal. Head more dusky. 
A stripe of vermilion red from above tip of maxillaries to near the base of pectorals, shaded off 
on the edges. Under jaw edged with vermilion red; irides orange red. Margin of orbits 
blue. Spinous dorsal pale red, the membrane behind the ‘points of the spines darker. Dark 
spots on back between bases of spines. Soft dorsal like the back, yellowish towards margin. 
The other fins bright yellow, ventrals and anals tipped with red. 
3. SERRANUS AKAARA, Schleg. 
SeRRANUS AKAARA, Faun, Jap. loc. cit. 9, pl. 3, fig. 1. 
Notes.—Hong Kong. (7# inches; reduced?) 
The colors lighter than in the Faun. Jap., and nearly white below. Spots brownish yellow ; 
cheeks pale yellow ; dorsal dull yellow. 
Aka, means scarlet; ara, a rock fish. Diengkitsch informs me that at Osaka it is called 
Eso-owoo, meaning shore fish ; probably a generic name, ’ 
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