of the Genera Poinolobn?, Brcvoortin, tC'C. 309 



cleft ; iiiaxillarv nonnally fonned, exteiidin;:; to holow ant(v 

 lior part or middle of eye ; anterior sii|iramaxillary al)3eiit. 

 Gill-raki'rs slender, very iiuiiieiou?. Dor.sal 15-18 ; last ray 

 produced into a filament. Anal 20-28. Pelvics S-r.iyed, 

 below anterior part of dorsal. 48 to 58 scales in a l)nui- 

 tudinal series, 20-23 in a transverse series. Vertebrte 51 

 (in C. puncfatus) . 



Coasts and rivers of Ciiina and Japan. 



1. Cliipanodon thrissa. 



Clupcn thrism, Osbeck, Iter Chinensis, p. 257 (1~57) ; Linn. Svst. Nat. 



ed. 10, p. 318(1758). 

 Clupanodon t/iriasn, Lacep. Hist. Xat. Poiss. t. p. 408 (1803). 

 C'/uifnessus maculatus, Richard*, Iclith. China, p. 308 (1840) ; Giiiith. 



Cat. Fish. vii. p. 409 (1808). 

 Chatuessus osbecki, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xxi. p. lOG (1848). 



Depth of body 2^ to 3 in the lenojth, leno;tli of head ?>\. 

 Diameter of eye 4^ to 5 in len<2;th of head. Mouth terminal ; 

 maxilhuy extending to below anterior part or middle o£ eye. 

 48 scales in a lonjiitudinal, 20 in a transverse series ; ventral 

 scutes 18-20 + 10-12. D>rsal 15-16. Anal 22-27. Pelvics 

 below anterior ^ of dorsal. A dark humeral spot, sometimes 

 followed by a series of spots. 



Cliina; Formosa. 



Three specimens of 150-200 mm. from Formosa ; two from 

 China, 60 and 90 mm., are not included except for counts of 

 tin-rays etc. 



2. Clupanodon punctatus. 



Chatoessus punctafus, Schlegel, Faun. Japon., Poiss. p. 240, pi. cix. 



fig. 1 (1846) ; Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss, xxi, p, 107 (1848) ; 



Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 408 (1868). 

 Chatuessus aquosus, Piichards, Ichth. China, p. 30*7 (1846) ; Cuv. & Val, 



Hist. Nat. Poiss. xxi. p. 109 (1848). 

 Konotu-us punctatus, Jord. «& Ilerre, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxxi, 1906, 



p. 624. 



Dejttli of body 3 to 3^ in the lengtli, length of head 3f to 

 4^. Diameter of eye 4^ to 5 in length of head. Mouth 

 subterminal ; maxillary extending to below anterior part or 

 nearly to middle of eye. 53 to 58 scales in a longitudinal, 

 20 to 23 in a transverse series ; ventral scutes 18-21 + 14-17. 

 Dorsal 1(3-18. Anal 20-25. Pelvics below anterior ^ of 

 dorsal. A dark Lumeial spot ; a dark spot on each scale of 

 upper half of body. Vertebra; 51. 



China ; Japan. 



Eleven specimens, 150-200 mm. in total length. 



