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In the Japanese collections of Jordan and Snyder we find speci- 

 mens of two other species of Girella. One of these, the common 

 Mejina of the markets, is unquestionably the Girella j)unctata of Gray. 

 This is a large scaled form, having 50 to 52 series of scales, usually 

 15 dorsal spines (in one specimen we find but 14). The membrane 



i''iG. 4.— Girella leonina. 



of the gill cover is pale; the general color is olive, darker on the 

 fins, and each scale has a faint darker spot at base. The other is 

 Girella leonina, Crenidens leoninvs, and Crenidens inelanychiliijs of 

 Richardson, the latter based on the figure of Melanychthys of Schlegel. 



Fig. 



-Girella punctata. 



In this species there are 60 series of scales, 14 dorsal spines; the 

 scales are dark without darker basal spot and there is a dark brown 

 border to the gill cover. Of Girella punctata we have specimens 

 from Wakanoura, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagaski, Misaki, and Tsuruga. 

 We figure a specimen from Yokohama. Of Girella melanichtJiys 



