NO. 12(56. LABROID FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 623 
vanishes ontirel3^ A specimen about 500 millimeters long from Tokyo 
shows the following characters: Head ?>\ in length; depth 2YVi depth 
of caudal peduncle 6i; eye 7^ in head; snout 2^; interorbital space 2^. 
This species, which reaches a large size, is occasionally- taken in the 
bays of southern Japan. We found it occasionally in the markets of 
Tokyo, and also at Misaki, Wakanoura. Onomichi, and Hakata. 
Specimens corresponding to the description of Semlco-s-sypJiH,s rohecchll 
were obtained at Tokyo and Onomichi. These have the soft dorsal 
and anal chiefly black, and a conspicuous whitish or rather pink stripe 
along the side. These are apparently the young of S. reticulatus^ 
which becomes plain dull crimson with age. Still younger specimens 
have the pale lateral stripe and black fin spots still more distinct. We 
figure one of these from AVakanoura. 
{reticulatus^ netted.) 
lO. DUYMyERIA Sleeker. 
Duymxria Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sci. Iiido-Nederl., I, 1856, Amboyna, p. 52 
{aurigaria). 
Labrndi'um Guichenot, Rev. Zool., 1860, p. 152, {flngellifera) . 
Body oblong, rather deep, compressed, covered with very large 
scales, 20 to 25 in the lateral line; lateral line continuous; cheeks and 
opercles with large imbricated scales; preopercle serrated. Teeth 
uniserial on sides of jaw; 4 strong canines in each jaw; posterior 
canines present; dorsal fin with a narrow scaly sheath; anterior dorsal 
spines rather high; sometimes filamentous; soft dorsal not falcate; 
caudal rounded. Dorsal rays, IX, 11. Anal rays, III, 9. Species of 
rather small size, brightly colored, the sexes unlike, East Indies, north 
to Japan. 
(Named for A. J. Duj-mjer van Twist, once governor of the Dutch 
East Indies.) 
i8. DUYMiERIA FLAGELLIFERA (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 
OHAGUROBERA (TOOTH-BLACK BERA)i; GONBEKUSABI (RUSTIC 
WEDGE-FISH); MOROKO SHIBERA (CHINESE BERA). 
Ctenolabrus flagellifer Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Pois?., XIII, 1837. 
p. 240; no locality (male). — Schlegel, Fauna Japonica Poins., p. 166, pi. 
Lcccvi, fig. 2, 1846; Nagasaki. 
Duymseriu JiagelUfera BhEEKER, Act. Soc. Sci. Indo. Nederl., Amboyna, I, 1856, 
p. 53.— GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish., IV, 1862, p. 121 (after Schlegel).— Ishikawa, 
Prel. Cat., 1897, p. 29; Boshu, Tokyo. — Jordan and Schneider, Fishes of 
Formosa, Ms.; Formosa. 
CrenUabrus aurigarius Richardson, Voyage of the Sulphur, Fishes, 1844, p. 90, 
pi. XLV, figs. 1, 2; Canton, male. 
^ The name Bera is applied by the Japanese to all Labroid fishes. Ohaguro, is the 
black ink-like dye used by peasant women in staining their teeth. 
