258 Dr. A. Giinther on 



where immense quantities of fishes are imported in a frozen 

 state from the coast as well as from Mongolian and Man- 

 churian rivers. 



Lateolabrax japonicus^ Sclileg. 



Chinese : Lu-yu. 



Lahrax ly-iuy (Basilewsky, N. M^m. Soc. Imp. Nat. 

 Mosc. X. 1855, p. 219) is evidently the same fish as the one 

 first described from Japanese specimens. Basilewsky, indeed, 

 speaks of denticulations on the tongue — " Lingua libera ad 

 basin aspera denticulata " ; but this remark clearly refers 

 merely to the asperities behind the tongue, on the basi- 

 branchials. 



Scicena tenlo. 



Scicena tenlo, Basil. Nouv. M^m. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, x. 1855, 

 p. 220, tab. iii. fig. 1 (erroneously named Pagrus magrocephalus) . 



I^- 10 I 2^0- A- 2/7. L. lat. ca. 70*. L. trans v. 7/20. 



The length of the head is nearly equal to the height of the 

 body, which is contained 3f times in the total length (without 

 caudal). The diameter of the eye is two elevenths of the 

 length of the head, less than the length of the snout, and 

 much less than the width of the interorbital space. Snout 

 moderately swollen, overlapping the lower jaw, which shows 

 five distinct symphyseal pits. Maxillary extending beyond 

 the middle of the eye. Prseopercular margin armed with 

 spines. Dorsal spines slender, moderately long. Anal spine 

 strong, two thirds of longest ray. Caudal fin obtusely 

 rounded. Pectoral fins longer than ventral, two thirds of the 

 length of the head. Oblique greyish lines running along the 

 series of scales ; spinous dorsal fin blackish; each dorsal ray 

 with a black spot at the base. 



The specimen in Dr. Morrison's collection, about 20 inches 

 long, is well preserved, and agrees so well with Basilewsky's 

 figure that the latter might iiave been drawn from it. The 

 Chinese name, T'ung-lo-yu, as given by Dr. Morrison, agrees 

 likewise with that mentioned by Basilewsky. There is an 

 unfortunate confusion in the lettering of the illustrations in 

 the Russian memoir. The actual lettering of our fish is 

 " Pagrus magrocephalus^ tab. iii. fig. 1," while the name 



* The scales along the lateral line are very irregular ; I have en- 

 deavoured to indicate by this figure the number of transverse rows of 

 scales above the lateral line. 



