NO. 1433. FISHES COLLECTED IN CHINA— JORDAN AND SEALE. 



523 



from ver-tical limb of preopercle; oriiL^in of dorsal directly above 

 origin of pectorals; longest dorsal spine, 2 in head; the longest ray, 

 about 2.50 in head; base of anal, 1.25 in head, its longest ray, 1.75 in 

 head; ventrals, 1.50 in head; pectorals, 1.50 in head; caudal rounded, 

 about 1.25 in head. 



4.— COLLICHTHYS FRAGILIS. 



Color in spirits, uniform, dull yellowish white, with slight wash of 

 brown on back and caudal peduncle; tins uniform. 



One mutilated specimen. Cat. No. 52080, U.S.N. M., from Shanghai. 

 Length, 4.75 inches. 



Family OPHICEPIIALID^E. 



OPHICEPHALUS PEKINENSIS Basilewsky. 



? Ojihirephalus inillaris Cuviee and Valenciennes. 



Head, 2.80 in length; depth, 0.30; ey^e, 1.50 in head; ventral tins 

 small. D. 19; A. 32; scales about 61; villiform teeth in jaws, vomer, 

 and palatines with larger teeth among them; cheeks and head scaled; 

 maxillary reaching to posterior part of eye; three distinct mucous 

 pores on under part of jaw and three on lower limb of subopercle. 

 Color in spirits brownish, with 12 or 13 indistinct darker stripes or 

 bands on sides and ])ack, taking the form of dusky blotches, two indis- 

 tinct longitudinal lines on sides of head. 



Two specimens from Shanghai. Length, 2.75-3 inches. 



This Ush ma}^ be identical with (/. miliaris Cuvier and Valenciennes, 

 but as the tins and teeth are not described, it is impossible to make a 

 certain identification. 



Family POMACENTRID.E. 



aMPHIPRION POLYMNUS (Linnaeus). 



Ampliiprion Japonictis (Schlegel). 



One line specimen, probably from Hongkong, corresponding fully 

 to the account of Amphiprion japonicas. It is very closely allied to 

 Ainphiprionsnyderl Ishikawa, lately described from the Bonin Islands." 



aProc. Nat. Hist., Imp. Mus., Tokyo, I, 1904, p. 11. 



