454 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MVSEV3I. vol.37. 



opercle and along middle of side to a point slightly above middle of 

 base of caudal; an upper row, more or less irregular, originating at 

 the upper angle of the gill-opening and extentUng across lateral line 

 toward middle of soft dorsal ; a lower row crossing cheek and opercle 

 below eye and extending along lower part of side to a point over or 

 back of anal fin; membianes of spinous dorsal with a median row of 

 small elongate black spots, continued for some distance on soft 

 dorsal; a row of about 10 or 12 distinct roundish black spots along 

 base of dorsal spines and rays (in a specimen 6 inches long there are 

 6 under spinous dorsal and 4 under soft dorsal) ; upper half of soft 

 dorsal with numerous small round spots; caudal and anal marked as 

 soft dorsal; pectorals plain, except for a small spot or two about 

 base; ventrals plain, tinged behind with dusky. 



This fish is apparently distinguished from Epinephelus latifasciatus 

 of Temminck and Schlegel, Boulenger, and Day by having 15 soft 

 dorsal rays instead of 12 or 13, and by its color pattern. 



Of this species we have two specimens, one 4.5 inches long, from 

 Nagasaki; one 6 inches, from Kagoshima. 



It may prove identical with EpinepMlus latifasciatus, the latter 

 being the earlier name. 



{sTt'c, above; azcKroc;, spotted.) 



18. EPINEPHELUS MORRHUA (Cuvierand Valenciennes). 

 lYAGOBATA (iyago-bass). 



Serranus morrhua Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 9, 1833, 

 p. 434 (lie de France). — Gunther, Cat. Fishes, vol. 1, 1859, p. 254 (after 

 Cuvier and Valenciennes). — Day, Fish. India, vol. 1, 1875, p. 21, pi. 5, 

 fig. 1 (Madras).— Klunzinger, Fisch. Roth. Meer, 1884, p. 3, pi. 1, fig. 2 

 (Red Sea). 



Epinephelus morrhua Boulenger, Cat. Fishes, vol. 1, 1895, p. 208 (part only?) 

 (Red Sea, Muscat, Mauritius). 



Serranus poecilonotus Temminck and Schlegel, Faun. Japon., Pise, 1842, p. 6, 

 pi. 4A, fig. 1 (Nagasaki).— Bleeker, Nieuwe Nalez. Japan, 1857, p. 61 

 (Nagasaki). 



Serranus brunneus Steindachner and Doderlein, Beitr. Japan, vol. 1, 1883, 

 p. 230, pi. 5, figs. 1 and 2 (Japan). (Not Epinephelus brunneus Bloch). — 

 Nystrom, Svensk. Vet. Akad., vol. 13, Afd. 4, no. 4, 1887, p. 6 (Nagasaki). 



Epinephelus latifasciatus Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 23, 

 1901, p. 354 (Yokohama). (Not Serranus latifasciatus Temminck and 

 Schlegel). 



(East Indian fauna, north to southern Japan.) 



Head 2.2; depth 2.8; eye 5.3 in head, 2.66 in maxillary; dorsal 

 XI, 14; anal III, 8; scales 17-108-48; nose 4 in head; maxillary 

 2.2 in head, 1.12 in pectoral, extending past back of orbit a distance 

 equal to width of nostril; interorbital space nearly flat, 1.1 in eye. 

 Body rather thin, back elevated; profile convex, muzzle pointed; 

 lower jaw strongly projecting. Teeth in sides of lower jaw in two 

 rows; canines moderate; posterior nostril but little enlarged; pre- 



