158 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL JIUSEVM. vol. xx.xih. 



Serranidas, with which ^^roup Houleiigcr liiid.s that the skeleton has 

 much in common; on the other hand, they show atiinities with the 

 Scorpa^nidse. 



Bouleng-er separates the Cirrhitida' fcom the Aplodactvlida' and 

 Latrididffi, retyarding- the tirst named as a subfamily of Serranida^,. 



KEY TO (iENKKA. 



a. Scales ctenoid, large and rough; cheeks with large scales; palatine teeth 2»resent; 



canines small ; j^reopercle serrulate Inolmmi, 1 . 



(la. Scales cycloid or nearly so; preopercle more or less serrate. 

 b. l^rotile decurved or convex, scarcely incurved at the nape. 



c. Palatine teeth present; scales on cheeks small Cirrh'dus, 2. 



hh. Profile more or less incurved or concave, above the pointed snout; teeth on 

 palatines; preopercle sharply serrate Cirrhitichthys, 3. 



1. ISOBTJNA Jordan, new genus. 



Paraclrrhites Steindachnek, Fischc Japans, II, 1883, p. 25 (japonicuti) not rttr- 

 acirrJiites Bleaker, 1875,^type /ors/en. ) 



Body oblong, compressed, with strongly toothed scales; pointed 

 teeth in jaws, and on vomer and palatines; upper jaw with two small 

 canines in front; preopercle toothed. Dorsal raj's X, 15; anal rays 

 III, T. Scales large; 6 or 7 lower pectoral ra3"s simple, not thickened. 

 One species known. The genus is well distinguished b}^ the large 

 rough scales. The name chosen by Steindachner was already in use 

 for a large genus of the same family. 



(i.sohnna, the Japanese name; /.w, sea shore; fv,na^ huna for euphony, 

 gold-tish.) 



Type of gen us. — Lwh una japonica. 



I. ISOBUNA JAPONICA (Steindachner). 



ISOBUNA. jj^ I^'JUaXJIM^ 



ParacirrJiiies juponicuK STEiNDACHNER,.Fisclu> .lapans, II, 1883, p. 25 (Japan), 

 Coll. Cristoforo Bellotti, in Mus. Milan. — Jordan and Snyder, Check List, 

 1901, p. 84. 



Habitat. — Coast of southern Japan. 



Head 2i in length; depth 2|/eT(/,j5 in head; D. X, 15; A. Ill, 7; 

 scales 2-83 or S-t-lO. '_' I 



Upper profile moderately arched; head pointed in front; ventral 

 outline to anal nearly straight. Mouth large, oblique, the maxillary 

 extending a little beyond eye\ eye 5 in head; breadth of forehead 8; 

 snout with chin, nearly 4; lower jaw slightly projecting. Teeth slen- 

 der, sharp, those of the outer row a little enlarged; a small canine on 

 each side of upper jaw in front; Preopercle finely serrate, opercle with 

 three short spines, the middle one sharpest and largest. Head w^ell 

 scaled, except lips and space before snout. Large scales on cheeks 

 and opercles; scales on top of head small. Scales all very rough. 

 Lateral line concurrent with back. Dorsal deeply notched, 5th and 



