NO. 1875. THE JAPANESE 8PARID.E— JORDAN AND THOMPSON. 561 



1857, p. 91 (Nagasaki).— Kner, Reise Novara, Fisch., 1860, p. 80 (Manila).— 

 Bleeker, Eevis. Lethrini, Ned. Tidj. Dierk., vol. 4, 1873, p. 323; Atlas 

 Ichth., vol. 8, 1877, p. 112, pi. 331, fig. 4 [Amboyna, Manila (Luzon)].— 

 Jordan and Snyder, Check List, Ann. Zool. Jap., vol. 3, pts. 2 and 3, 1901, 

 p. 80 (Riu Kiu). — Evermann and Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., vol. 26, 

 1907, p. 86 (Bacon, Philippine Islands). 

 Lethrinus richardsonii Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 456 

 (China Sea). 



Habitat. — East Indies, north to southern Japan and China. 



Description of six specimens from Nagasaki, ranging from 112 to 

 195 mm. in body length. 



Head 2f in body length, depth 2f ; eye 4J in head ; snout 2 ; D. X, 9 ; 

 A. Ill, S; scales in lateral line 49; in transverse series between 

 insertions of dorsal and anal 5/16; gill-rakers 5 + 5. 



Dorsal profile of body more arched than ventral, that of head 

 straight from snout to occiput. Depth of preorbital 2f in head; 

 width of preopercle at angle If in eye, its margin flexible, its posterior 

 hmb extending somewhat forward from vertical. Nostrils farther 

 apart than the distance between the eye and the posterior one. Pre- 

 frontals not very prominent; interorbital region broadening but little, 

 about 4 in head. Maxillary not entirely sheathed by preorbital, 

 ending under anterior nostril. Teeth in jaws conical, in a single row, 

 becoming smaller anteriorly, where a patch of bristlelike teeth lie 

 behind the canines; no true molar teeth. Two canines on either 

 side in both jaws, the outermost largest below. 



Dorsal spines rather stout, none filamentous, third and fourth 

 longest, 2f in head; last two of equal length, 3 J in head. Dorsal 

 rays a third longer than spines. Anal spines similar to those of 

 dorsal, second 3^ in head, third 3f. Anal rays one-fourth longer 

 than third spine. Pectorals H in head, reaching first anal spine. 

 Ventrals If in head. 



Scales roughly ctenoid. Lateral line moderately arched. Tem- 

 poral band of scales double. 



Color in alcohol uniform, save for the darker center of scales above 

 the lateral hne, a darker area at the root of the caudal, and indica- 

 tions of rows of spots on soft dorsal, anal, and ventrals. A young 

 specimen shows an almost entirely faded black spot between the 

 pectoral and lateral line, and by looking closely indications of this 

 can be seen in the larger specimens. 



In life, with dull orange crossbands and pale blue spots which fade 

 at death, a dusky shoulder blotch; fins dull orange: inside of mouth 

 with orange. 



In the adults the eye is not as broad as the interorbital space, is 



contained twice in the snout, and the dorsal spines are shorter than 



in this young specimen. In the latter the eye is broader than the 



interorbital space and contained If in the snout. These would 



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