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Head pointed; mouth small, the maxillary extending to a point 

 about midway between posterior nostril and border of eye. Teeth 

 weak, in narrow bands on the jaws; the outer row enlarged; four 

 small canines on upper jaw, two on the lower; lateral ones of upper 

 jaw somewhat heavier than median pair. Edge of suborbital smooth, 

 with a spine-like point below center of pupil; preopercle, smooth; 

 opercle with a small, flat spine. Gill-rakers 5-6 on first arch; re- 

 duced to mere knobs. Snout naked; scales of head and body weakly 

 ctenoid. 



Third dorsal spine highest, 2.3 in head; the following ones slightly 

 shorter; longest rays equal in height to third spine. Third anal spine 

 slender, its length about 3 in head. Anal when depressed not 

 extending so far posteriorly as the dorsal, neither dorsal nor anal 

 reaching beyond middle of caudal peduncle when depressed. Caudal 

 deeply cleft; lobes falcate, the upper longer than the lower, about 

 2.5 in the length. Pectoral rather acute, 1.3 in head. Outer ray of 

 ventral long, reaching anal opening when the fin is depressed. 



Color in spirits brownish yellow, darker above than below. There 

 are indications of a broad, light stripe along side of body above base 

 of pectoral, and also of a dark spot on opercle. 



Type.— Cat. No. 68247, U.S.N.M., a specimen 222 mm. long, from 

 the market at Naha, Okinawa. 



Family SPARIDiE. 



NEMIPTERUS BATHYBIUS, new species. 



Three specimens of a Nemipterus that appears to be undescribed 

 were bought in the market at Kagoshima. The width of the sub- 

 orbital at the widest part is not over half the diameter of eye, the 

 maxillary extends to a point below anterior edge of pupil, there are 

 three or four canines on either side of upper jaw, the dorsal fin is fila- 

 mentous, the last spine is highest, the upper lobe of the caudal 

 falcate, the ventrals extend to the origin of anal, and there are 45 

 scales in the lateral line. 



The species appears to be related to Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch-). 

 When compared with specimens of the latter from Cavite, N. bathy- 

 hius may be easily distinguished by the narrower preorbital which is 

 deeply concave on its ventral edge. 



Head 3.2 in length to base of caudal; depth 3.4; depth caudal 

 peduncle 3 in head; eye 3.6; snout 3.2; maxillary 2.6; width inter- 

 orbital space 4; D. X, 9; A. Ill, 7; scales in lateral line 45; between 

 lateral line and base of dorsal 3; between lateral line and origin of 

 anal, obliquely downward and backward 9. 



