NO. 1714. JAPANESE SEA BASS.— JORDAN AND RICHARDSON. 459 



, 4, fig. 1 (Nagasaki).— Richardson, Ichth. China, 1846, p. 230(Coastsof China, 

 authority of Mr. Reeves). — GIjnther, Cat. Fishes, vol. 1, 1859, p. 160 (after 

 Temminckand Schlegel). — ?Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1867, p. 100 (Sydney, 

 Australia). — Nystrom, Svensk. Vet. Akad. Handl., vol. 13, Afd. 4, no. 4, 

 1887, p. 5 (Nagasaki).— ?Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W., vol. 5, 1880- 

 81, p. 323 (Port Jackson, probably an error). 



Serranus octocinctus Temminck and Schlegel, Faun. .Tapon., Pise, p. 7, pi. 4 A., 

 fig. 2, 1842 (Nagasaki).— Bleeker, Nieuwe Nalez. Japan, 1857, p. 62 (Naga- 

 saki). — GtJNTHER, Shore Fish. Challenger, 1880, p. 03 (Yokohama). 



Serranus susuki Steindachner and Doderlein, Beitr. Japan, vol. 1, 1883, p. 230 

 (Kagoshima, Tokyo, Nagasaki). 



Serranus mystacinus (not of Poey) Namiye, Class. Cat., 1881, p. 93 (Tokyo mar- 

 kets).— Ishikawa, Prel. Cat., 1897, p. 56 (Tokyo). 



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

 1901, p. 354 (Tokyo); p. 751 (Sasuna, Tsushima). — Boulenger, Cat. Fishes, 

 vol. 1, 1895, p. 226 (part only) (Yokohama). 



(Coasts of southern Japan, generally common.) 



Head 2.5; depth 3; eye 5.4 in head, 2.66 in maxillary; dorsal XI, 

 14 or 15; anal II, 9; scales 18-110-44; nose 3.8 in head; maxillary 

 extending barely to or scarcely past back of orbit, 2.16 in head, 1.16 

 in pectoral; interorbital space elevated, strongly convex, the top of 

 the eye a pupil's width below level of the bridge; width of bridge 1 to 

 1.25 times eye. Body comparatively thin and deep; dorsal outline 

 more arched than ventral; profile broadly convex, the descent over 

 eye rather steep. Teeth in sides of lower jaw in two rows; canines 

 moderate; posterior nostril about twice size of anterior; angle of 

 preopercle moderately produced, with several moderate points, some 

 of these often bicuspid; lower face of preopercle with one or two 

 downwardly or antrorsely directed points, set at some distance 

 anterior to the teeth of the angle; upper opercular spine much 

 farther from middle spine than is lower; gill-rakers 12 + 2 or 3 rudi- 

 ments. Cheeks, opercles, top of head, lower jaws, and chin with fine 

 scales; a small patch of very fine scales near tip of maxillary. Origin 

 of dorsal midway between gill-opening and insertion of pectoral; 

 longest dorsal spine 2.75 in head; longest soft ray 1.4 in length of 

 base of soft dorsal; caudal rounded; pectorals 1.75 in head; ventrals 

 1.9 to 2.1. 



Color in spirits light reddish brown, the body crossed by seven 

 transverse bands of darker color, the width of the bands greater than 

 diameter of orbit; the sixth band (counting backward) presents the 

 appearance of a double or split band, and extends from middle of 

 soft dorsal to middle of anal; the seventh band is broader and darker 

 than the others (twice eye), and covers the top of the caudal peduncle 

 nearly to the caudal fin, and extends a short distance on the mem- 

 branes of the soft dorsal; all body bands in front of caudal peduncle 

 may extend a short distance into dorsal membranes; soft dorsal, 

 caudal, and anal with narrow pale edges; remainder of anal and 



