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Family LUTIANID^. 



LUTIANUS ERYTHROPTERUS (Bloch). 



Head, 2.50 in lenj^th; depth, 2.25; D. XI, 13; A. HI, 8; scales about 

 4r(); sharp pointed tixed teeth in jaws, a single row with a patch in front 

 in lower jaw, two or three rows in upper jaw with one or more curved 

 canines in front; posterior limb of preopercle strongly denticulate, 

 with a stronger spine at angle; opercle with a single sharp spine at 

 posterior tip; maxillary reaching to below anterior margin of pupil. 



Color in spirits, yellow, about 12 narrow longitudinal brown bands; 

 a large dark brown white-edged ocellus occupying the entire caudal 

 peduncle; a brown stripe from dorsal to eye; caudal white, ventrals 

 bhick. 



One young specimen from Hongkong. Length, 1.55 inches. 



LUTIANUS JOHNII (Bloch). 



Head, 2.75 in length; depth, 2.50; eye, 4.50 in head; D. XI, 14; A. 

 IH, 8, scales, 48. 



Color in spirits, yellowish Avhite, a large oval black spot under ante- 

 rior portion of soft dorsal; notch of preopercle shallow. 



One specimen from China, probal)l3' Shanghai. Length, 8.50 inches. 



Family SCI^NID^E. 



PSEUDOSCIiENA POLYACTIS Bleeker. 



D. X, 35. Second anal spine ver}' short, less than eye. Color in 

 spirits, uniform yellowish white. One specimen from China, probably 

 Shanghai. Length, 10.50 inches. 



The species is notable for the great length of the dorsal fin. 



COLLICHTHYS FRAGILIS Jordan and Scale, new species. 



Head, 3.75 in length; depth, 3.50; D. IX, 28; A. II, 13; scales of 

 moderate size, very deciduous; e3^e small, 6 in head; snout, 4 in head; 

 interorbital space, 3 in head; three spines on middle of nuchal region, 

 one directed forward, one directed back. A broad fringed flap on 

 shoulders above posterior portion of opercles. 



Body moderately elongate, compressed, the fish becoming rather 

 abrupt]}^ slender at origin of anal; caudal peduncle slender, its depth 

 aijout equal to orbit; head large, scaled, roughened with ridges; 

 mouth large, ol)lique, only the distal portion of maxillary exposed; 

 end of maxillar}' under the posterior margin of eye, a notch at 

 symphysis of upper jaw; teeth in villiform bands in jaws, with a 

 cluster of slightly larger ones along front of lower jaw; opercles and 

 preopercles apparently entire, several small bony ridges extending 



