mKU-^.i. FISHES COLLECTED IN CHLYA— JORDAN AND SEALE. 521 



Family SYNGNATHID^E. 



SYNGNATHUS SCHLEGELI Kaup. 



Head, 7.50 in length; snout rather long and slender, its length one- 

 half greater than postorl)ital part of head; rings 20 + 34:; D. 37; inter- 

 orbital space concave, narrow, equaling one-half of eye; eye, 4 in snout; 

 top of head and snout smooth; a small rounded caudal fin equal in 

 length to postorl)ital part of head; body, about 1.30 in tail; opercle 

 without a distinct ridge; width of body greater than depth. 



One specimen from Shanghai, identical with this common Japanese 

 species. 



Family MUGILID^E. 



MUGIL CEPHALUS Linnaeus. 



Mugll ceur Forskal. 



Head, 4 in length; depth, 4.30; e^^e, 4 in head, a very broad adipose 

 eyelid; lips thin, the upper with a single row of small fringes. 

 D. IV-9; A. Ill, S; scales 37. 



One specimen from Hongkong, China, 10 inches long; another from 

 Shanghai, 5.50 inches long. 



Family SERRANID.E. 



LATEOLABRAX JAPONICUS (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Head, 3 in length; depth, 3.40; eve, 5 in head; D. X, 12; A. HI, 7; 

 scales about 80 in lateral series; maxillary extending to below posterior 

 border of eye; villiform teeth in jaws, A'^omer, and palatines. 



Color in spirits, silvery, slightly darker above, with scattered black 

 spots above the lateral line. 



One specimen from Shanghai. Length, 8 inches. 



DIPLOPRION BIFASCIATUS ( Kuhl and Van Hasselt). 



Head, 3 in length; depth, 2.20; D. VIII, 14; A. II, 12. 

 One specimen of this well-marked species from Hongkong. Length, 

 7.50 inches. 



Family PRIACANTHID.E. 



PRIACANTHUS TAYENUS Richardson. 



Head, 3 in length; depth, 3; D. X, 12; A. HI, 13. 

 Color in spirits, 3'ellowish white, ventral membrane with round black 

 spots, the one nearest the bodj^ very much larger than the others. 

 One specimen, length, 2.50 inches, from Hongkong, China. 



