20 Mr. C. T. Eegan on Fishes from 



upper jaw with 2 or 3 anterior canines on each side. Prre- 

 operculuni entire, with a produced membranous flap at the 

 anii,le. Gill-membranes not united; seven branchiostegals ; 

 gill-rakers slender. Two dorsals, with VI, I 10-11 rays, 

 the spines slender ; anal with II 9-10 rays ; dorsal and anal 

 fins scaleless. Pectoral symmetrical, rounded or obtusely 

 pointed, with 13 or 14 rays. Caudal subtruncate or rounded, 

 the posterior edge usually slightly eraarginate. 



10. Gymnopogon japonicus, sp. n. 



Depth o£ body 4-5 in the length, length of head 3. Snout 

 as long as eye, the diameter of which is 4-4.] in the length 

 of head and nearly equal to the interorbital width. Maxillary 

 extending a little beyond the posterior edge of eye. Gill- 

 rakers as long as gill-fringes, 9 or 10 on the lower part of 

 anterior arch. Dorsal VI, I 10-11, the fourth spine the 

 longest, less than i the length of head; longest soft rays 

 about J the length of head. Pectoral | the length of head ; 

 ventrafnot extending to anal. Caudal peduncle about twice 

 as long as deep. Olivaceous j caudal often blackish 

 posteriorly. 



Numerous specimens, measuring up to 45 mm. in total 

 length. 



11. Pagrus itmcolor, Qaoj & Gaim. 



The habitat of this species is thus given by Dr. Giinther : 

 ''New Zealand ; Australian Seas. (Chinese Seas?) " 



12. Scicena alhiflora, Richards. 

 Previously recorded from China. 



13. Miiwus monodactylusj Bl. Schn. 



il/i«0MS-(4(/a?«.s?',Ilicliards., cannot be maintained as a distinct 

 species. I have compared numerous specimens from Japan 

 with examples of M. monodactylus from the Indian Ocean, 

 and am quite unable to see specific differences. I regard 

 Minous echigonius *, Jord. & Starks, as merely a nominal 

 species ; it is based on a single specimen, and the characters 

 which are supposed to diffircntiate it from M. jhlainsi are all 

 subject to considerable variation, as I have convinced myself 

 by examining a large series of examples. 



14. Ptevols Jordani^ sp. n. 

 Depth of body 3 times in the length and equal to the 

 * Proc. U.S. Nat. Mas. xxvii. 1904, p. 15.3, fig. 14. 



