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rows below soft dorsal. Dorsals dull gray-brown with four longi- 
tudinal rows of blackish spots. Caudal and soft anal with dusky 
tints, otherwise fins pale. Length, 262 mm. Takao. 
POMADASIS MACULATUS (Bloch). 
Head, 3 to 34; depth, 22 to 22; D. XII or XIII, 13, 1, or 14, 1; 
A. III, 7, 1; tubular scales 50 or 52 in lateral line to caudal base 
and 8 to 10 more on latter; 5 scales above lateral line to soft dorsal 
origin, 8 or 9 above to spinous dorsal origin and 13 or 14 below to 
spinous anal origin; 30 to 38 predorsal scales. Gill-rakers, 4 or 
5+14, lanceolate, 24 in gill-filaments, which 1? in eye. Scales with 
9 to 14 basal radiating striae, apical denticles 48 to 73, circuli 
fine. Color in alcohol with back saccardo-umber, sides and below 
paler to whitish. Back with four obscure deep dusky vertical broad 
bands, often broken above where more or less alternate, and scarcely 
extending below level of eye. Spinous dorsal largely dusky to 
blackish. Caudal and soft dorsal paler. Dorsal and anal spines 
burnished with silvery. Other fins like belly. Oblique short dusky 
line below nostril. Length, 51 to 220 mm. Seven from Takao. 
Family SPARIDAE. 
NEMIPTERUS MULLOIDES (Bleeker). 
Head, 34 to 33; depth, 3 to 4; D. X, 9,1; A. III, 7, 1; tubular 
scales 45 to 48 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 more on latter; 3 
scales above lateral line to soft dorsal origin, 4 above to spinous 
dorsal origin, 10 below to spinous anal origin; 12 or 13 predorsal 
scales; snout, 24 to 4 in head; eye, 23 to 34; maxillary, 22 to 24; 
interorbital, 34 to 5. Gill-rakers, 3-+-6 short broad tubercles, much 
shorter than filaments, which 13 in eye. Scales with 7 to 11 basal 
radiating striae, often 2 or 3 incomplete, apical denticles 96 to 102, 
and circuli very fine. Color more or less faded dull uniform brown- 
ish in alcohol, paler below and with silvery reflections. Length, 
68 to 255 mm. Seventeen from Takao. 
This species appears to be known previously only from Sumatra, 
and its occurrence in Formosa is therefore of interest. A com- 
parison with Bleeker’s figure shows our specimen with slightly 
shorter dorsal spines, though all with the marginal membranes 
deeply incised. In appearance the squamation is quite compact, so 
that the specific name is certainly well selected with reference to the 
general resemblance to certain of the goat-fishes. 
GYMNOCRANIUS LETHRINOIDES (Bleeker). 
Head, 2% to 3; depth, 24; D. X, 10; A. III, 10, 1; tubular scales 
47 or 48 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 or 3 more on latter; 6 
