NO. 1266. LABROID FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 635 
Hemigymnus fasdatus Guxther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1861, p. 386. — Bleeker, 
Atl. Ichth., 1862, p. 141, pi. xlvi, fig. 2; East Indies, Mauritius, Ceylon.— 
GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish., IV, 1862, p. 138; Amboyna.— Day, Fish. India, 1885, 
p. 396. 
Spams fuliginosus Lacepede, Hist. Poiss., HI, 1802, p. 437; He de France. 
Sparus malapteronotits Lacepede, Hist. Poiss., Ill, 1802, p. 450; He de France. 
Sparus zonephorus Lacepede, Hist. Poiss., IV, 1803, p. 155 (after Bloch). 
Sparus meaco Lacepede, Hist. Poiss., IV, 1803, p. 161 (after Thunberg). 
Scarus quinquefasdutus Bennett, Fishes Ceylon, 1839, pi. xxiii; Ceylon. 
fTautoga mertensi Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Poiss., XIII, 1837, p. 308; 
Carolines. 
Cheilinus blodd Ccvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Poiss., XIV, 1837, p. 108 (after 
Labrus fasdatus Bloch). 
f Tautoga leucomos Bleeker, Bliliton, IV, p. 239; Bliliton. 
? Hemigymnus leucomus Gt^NTHER, Cat. Fish., IV., 1862, p. 139. 
D. IX, 11; A. Ill, 11; scales in lateral line 30; in transverse series 
5 + 11. A posterior canine tooth. Lips very thick, with folds; the 
lower lips are notched anteriorlv, broad, pendent, like wattles; cheek 
with a band of small scales. Body with 5 brownish-black cross bands; 
ventral and anal blackish; the lower half of the soft dorsal yellowish, 
the upper blackish. A brownish spot behind the eye. (Giinther.) 
This species is here included because it was originally described 
from Japan, doubtless from the island of Myiako in the Riukiu. 
This must be near its northern limit. 
{fasdatus, banded.) 
15. GUNTHERIA Bleeker. 
Giintheria Bleeker, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1861, p. 412 {trimaculatus) . 
f Hemitautoga Bleeker, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1861, p. 413 {centiquadra). 
This o-enus differs from HaJlchceres in the presence of small scales 
on the cheeks behind the e3"es; base of dorsal with a more or less dis- 
tinct scaly sheath. Bleeker divides the genus into two: Gruntheria, 
with two canines in the lower jaw, and Ilemitautoga, with four. The 
two differ otherwise but slight!}", and both are near Platyglossus and 
Halichceres. 
(Named for Dr. Albert Giinther.) 
28. GUNTHERIA TRIMACULATA (Quoy and Gaimard). 
Julis tnmaculata Quoy and Gaimard, Voyage Astrolabe, Zool., II, 1834, p. 705, 
pi. XX, fig. 2; Vanicolo. — Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Poiss., XIII, 
1837, p. 452; Vanicolo. 
Gimtheria trimaculata Bleeker, Atlas Ichth., p. 138, pi. xxxii, fig. 1; East 
Indies. 
Platyglossus trimaculatus Gunther, Cat. Fish., IV, 1862, p. 153; East Indies. — 
Ishikawa, Prel. Cat., 1897, p. 29; Riukiu Islands. 
Julis spilums Bleeker, Banda, I, p. 252; Banda. 
D. IX, 11; A. 111,11; scales in lateral line 29; in transverse .series 
10 + 15. The height of the body equals the length of the head, and 
is rather more than one-fourth of the total. Caudal truncated; head 
