NO. 1266. LABROID FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 611 
GlypMsodon sordidus Jordan and Snyder, Fishes of Formosa Ms.; Kotosho, 
Formosa. 
Gljipltimdon gigas Lien.vrd, Dix, Rapp. Hist. Nat. Maur., p. 35; Mauritius. 
Glyphklodon tiotatus Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1869, \^. 521; young. 
Head 2f in length; depth If; depth of caudal peduncle 5; e3^e 3 in 
head; snout 3^; interorbital space 3; D, XIII, 16; A. II, 16; scales 
in latei'ul series 28; between lateral line and insertion of dorsal 1; be- 
tween lateral line and insertion of anal 12. Body deep, greatly com- 
pressed, the caudal peduncle short; dorsal outline elevated, the highest 
point at, or a little posterior to, insertion of dorsal, the ventral con- 
tour more e^"enly rounded than the dorsal. Interorl)ital area convex. 
Snout short, the jaws equal, the maxillaiy extending to a point below 
anterior edge of orbit. Teeth in a single row, close set, compressed, 
the cutting edges linely serrated, brownish at the tips. Pseudo- 
branchisB large; gill rakers on first arch 5 + 15, long and slender. 
Edges of suborbital and preopercle entire. Head and body covered 
w^ith large weakly ctenoid scales, the snout naked, bases of fins with a 
sheath of scales, minute scales extending far out on membranes of fins. 
Lateral line incomplete, ending below middle of soft dorsal. Middle 
spines of dorsal highest, 2 in head; middle rays of dorsal and anal 
highest, If in head. Caudal notched, the lobes equal. Ventrals reach- 
ing a little beyond insertion of anal, the first ray filamentous. Pec- 
torals rounded, 1\ in head. 
Color, dark brown, becoming silvery toward the ventral parts; 5 
narrow vertical silvery bands crossing the body, the first extending 
from insertion of dorsal to axil of pectoral fin, the second passing- 
downward from base of sixth spine, the third from base of ninth 
spine, the fourth from base of first ray, the fifth from middle of soft 
dorsal to posterior part of anal; a large dark blotch near middle of 
spinous dorsal, a black spot as large as pupil on upper part of base of 
pectoral, a conspicuous black spot as large as orbit on body below 
posterior part of base of soft dorsal. Each scale has a broad, dark, 
posterior border. In some specimens the second light band is absent, 
the dark parts uniting in a broad dark band, which extends upward on 
the spinous dorsal. 
The above description is of specimens about 15 millimeters long, 
from Misaki. 
A specimen about 200 millimeters long, from Honolulu, Hawaiian 
Islands, shows the following characters: head 3| in length; depth If; 
depth of caudal peduncle 5i; eye li in head; interorbital space 2i; 
snout 21; D. XIII, 15; A. II, 15; scales 4-26-12. The maxillary does 
not extend to the orbit, reaching only to a point below the nostril. 
The denticulations on the cutting edges of the teeth can scarcely be 
recognized. The width of the suborbital is contained 2 times in the 
orbit. 
This species, common throughout India and Polynesia, is known in 
