NO. 1266. LABROID FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 621 
and possibh^ in the larger scales. If the two species are identical, as 
Giinther has supposed, the name proposed b}' Bleeker, in an article 
quoted by (xiinther in the appendix to his own volume, is probably 
the earlier. At an}' rate, its type is Japanese. 
(oCt^s-^ sharp; Ke^aXt}^ head.) 
9. SEMICOSSYPHUS Giinther. 
Seiniro>»typkm iiiJJ^THKH, Aim. ami Mag. Nat. Hist., VIII, IStjl, i>. o8i {retiruldhi.s) . 
Body compressed, oblong", with rather small scales; about 50 in the 
lateral line; head longer than high. Scales on the cheeks and opercles; 
base of the vertical fins and limbs of the preoperculum not scaly; 
preopercle serridate; lateral line not interrupted; 4 canine teeth in 
each jaw anteriorly; no posterior canine tooth; an obtuse osseous 
ridge round the edges of the jaw, without distinct lateral teeth. Adult 
specimens with a large hump of fat on the forehead. Dorsal ra3^s XII, 
10; Anal rays III, 12. Soft caudal, slightly concave. Species of large 
size found only along the coasts of Japan. From the Calif ornian genus, 
PhneIofnefoj)o/i, Seinicossyphiis differs in the absence of the posterior 
canine tooth. 
(s(?wu' = half ; Cossyjjhics, a related genus, a synon}^! of Bodianus 
or Ilarjje.) 
17' SEMICOSSYPHUS RETICULATUS • (Cuvier and Valenciennes) . 
KOBUDAI. 
Co.5.92//;/i M.S r<?<tcMtou.s Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Poiss., XIII, 1839, p. 139; 
Japan, Coll. Langsdorff. — Richardson, Ichth. Chin., 1846, p. 255; Canton.— 
Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl., VI, Japan, VI, p. 72; Nagasaki. 
Labrus reticulatus Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poissons, 1846, p. 161, pis. lxxxiii, 
Lxxxiiia, Lxxxiv; Nagasaki. 
Semicossyphits reficulatus Gunther, Cat. Fish., IV, 1864, p. 99, after Schlegel. — 
Steindachner and Doderlein, Fische Japana, IV, 1887, p. 14; Tokyo. — 
IsHiKAWA, Prel. Cat., 1893, p. 30; Tokyo. — Jordan and Snyder, Check List, 
p. 87; Tokyo. 
Semicossyphus robecchii Steindachner and Doderlein, Fische Japana, IV, 1887, 
p. 15; Yokohama, young. — Jordan and Snyder, Check List, 1901, p. 87; 
Yokohama. 
Head 3 in length; depth 3; depth of caudal peduncle 6i; eye 7 in 
head; interorbital space 3; snout 2i; scales in lateral series 37; in 
series ]»etween lateral line and insertion of dorsal 7; between lateral 
line and insertion of anal 16. Dorsal rays XII, 10; Anal ra3's III, 12. 
' Labrus microlepidotus Bloch, Ichthyologia, pi. ccxcii, 1785, from unknown 
locality = Cosi^yphus microlepidotus Cuvier and Valenciennes, XIII, p. 140, may be 
identical with Semicossyphus reiirulatus, but seems rather more likely a true Labrus, as 
Labrus merula, having the dorsal rays XVII, 13, the anal III, 10, the fins small, and 
the coloration nearly uniform. 
