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



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MONACANTHUS JAPONICUS (Tilesius). 



Head, 3.50 in lenoth; depth, 1.50; D. I, 27; A. 27; spine barbed, 

 ratiier .strong-; color in spirits brownish, with two indistinct dusky 

 bands fi'oni base of dorsal and anal. 



One specimen from Shanghai. Length, 1.50, similar to others from 

 riapan. 



Family TETRAODONTID^E. 



SPHEROIDES RUBRIPES (Schlegel). 



Head, 2.80 in length; interorbital width, 2.50 in head; caudal trun- 

 cate. Color in spirits yellowish, a brownish wash on back with some 

 indistinct cross-bands, a large blackish ocellus with a white ring on 

 anal and one on base of dorsal, also a dusky or brownish blotch under 

 posterior portion of pectorals. 



One young specimen from Shanghai. Length, 1.50 inches. 



Family SCORP^NID^. 



PROSOPODASYS LEURYNNIS Jordan and Scale, new species. 



Head, 3 in length; depth, 3; D. III-IX, 8; A. I, 7; snout equal to 

 eye; interorbital space, two-thirds width of eye; preorbital with two 

 ver}' large spines directed backward; preopercle with four large spines 



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Fig. 5. — rRosoPODASYs leurynnis. 



directed backward, the upper one the largest; head without tubercles; 

 no teeth on palatines. 



Bod}" oblong, compressed, the snout almost straight in profile, the 

 lower jaw slightly the longer; depth of caudal peduncle 3.20 in head; 

 body apparently naked; mouth moderate, the maxillary reaching to 

 below posterior margin of pupil; small teeth on jaws and vomer, no 

 teeth on palatines; gill-rakers consisting of small prickly clusters, 7 

 of these on lower limb; the first dorsal spine long and strong, situated 



