252 PROCEEDTNGf^ OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.39. 



The following is a list of measurements of our specimen in hun- 

 dredths of body length to base of caudal; Head 27; depth 28; eye 5^; 

 snout 7; maxillary 11; interorbital space above pupils 8; space 

 between eyes and maxillaries 4; second anal spine 12; pectoral length 

 20; third dorsal spine 14; longest dorsal ray 10. 



From Sciaena mitsukurii, to which this species is closely related, it 

 may be readily known by the broken character of the stripes above 

 the lateral line, the stronger preopercular teeth, and by the broader 

 band of bristle-like teeth in the lower jaw. In S. 7nitsukurii the 

 lateral stripes become parallel to the lateral line under the last half of 

 the soft dorsal, whereas in S. aTbijiora this is not true until the last 

 rays are reached. 



This species is known to us only from the descriptions of authors, 

 and from the specimen from Port Arthur, described above. This 

 specimen we here figure. 



It seemed to us possible that the specimen recorded by Eegan from 

 the Inland Sea of Japan is really Scisena mitsukurii, which closely 

 resembles this Chinese species. In fact except for the differences in 

 the dark streaks along the rows of scales there is little difference 

 between the two species. At our request, however, Mr. Regan has reex- 

 amined his specimen and he reports that it is identical with Scisena 

 albijiora from China. It is therefore different from S. mitsukurii. 

 {albus, white; Jlor, flower; from the Chinese vernacular name.) 



4. SCIiENA ARGENTATA (Houttuyn). 



Sparus argentatus "■ Houttuyn, Act. Haarlem, vol. 20, pt. 2, 1782, p. 320; 



Nagasaki. (Not Scisena argentata Gmelin, 1788, which is based on Scisena 



argentimaculata Forskal, 1776, a species of Luiianus.) 

 Corvina argentata Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1830, p. 



115, after Houttuyn. 

 Scisena bleekeri Day, Fishes India, 187G, p. 185, pi. 45, fig. 4; Bombay, Gwadur. — 



Steindachner and Doderlein, Denkschr. k. k. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 48, 



1883, p. 33; Tokyo. 

 Corvina ycddoensis Doderlein, MS., Denkschr. k. k. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 48, 



1883, p. 33; Tokyo. Sam.e specimen. 



Habitat. — Southern Japan to India. 



Description, after Steindachner, of specimen about 40 cm. long: 

 Head 3| in length to base of caudal, 4| to 4^ in total length; depth 4 



a This is a translation of the original description of Sparus argentatus Houttuyn: 

 This fish is thicker of body and less broad than the preceding ("Sparus auratus") 

 though not higher than broad. At first sight it resembles the haddock in the sih-er 

 glow of the scales and the dark blotch behind the opercles, these as well as the whole 

 head being scaly. This the learned Gronovius makes a mark by which to know the 

 Spari from the Labri. The curving of the side stripe, which is here visible, is, accord- 

 ing to Linnaeus, another mark. Of the dorsal fin the 9 first rays are spiny, the 26 soft. 

 The pectoral has 16, the ventrals 9, as well as the anal fin of which the first is a spine. 

 The caudal fin 18. The length of the object is nearly 8, the thickness 2\ inches. 



The account of the black pectoral spot shows that Houttuyn had this epecies in 

 mind and not the more common Scisena schlegeli. 



