NO. 1875. THE JAPANESE SP ARID JE— JORDAN AND THOMPSON. 573 



pale blue. Iris reddish. In life the snout is golden yellow, and there 

 is a diffuse yellow blotch under the dorsal. 



Skeletal characters: Frontals heavy, thick, slightly porous, 

 approaching those of Pagrosomus major. Supraoccipital crest 

 inserted over middle of eyes, moderately high. Parietal crest typical 

 of Asiatic allies of Pagrus, here called Pagrosomus, low, hardly pro- 

 duced as a thin layer of bone, as far from the supraoccipital as from 

 the outer crest. Hyperostosis or thickening not evident, although 

 the supraoccipital crest is slightly thickened above. First spurious 

 interneural small, slender. 



This species not very common in Japan. No specimens are in our 

 collection except from Formosa. In spite of the absence of molars, 

 this species is in essentials like the species of Pagrosomus. Since the 

 above was written we have found this species in great abundance in 

 the markets of Osaka, taken by the trawlers off Tsushima. It 

 forms the principal part of the catch of these vessels between Naga- 

 saki and Fusan. 



(tumifrons, having the forehead swollen. ) 



15. Genus EVYNNIS Jordan and Thoi-apson. 



Evynnis Jordan and Thompson, new genus. 



Type. — Sparus cardinalis Lacepede. 



This genus differs from Pagrosomus in the presence of a group of 

 conical bluntish teeth on the head of the vomer, a character unique 

 in this family. In one other genus, Neolethrinus, there are molar 

 teeth on the vomer and elsewhere on the roof of the mouth. Supra- 

 occipital crest in old specimens very high, advanced forward to near 

 the front of the eye, largely covering the spongy frontal bones wliich 

 are full of pores. No scales on preopercular limb. In the single 

 known species the third and fourth dorsal spines are elevated, as in 

 the species of Argyrops (spinifer, etc.), but to a less degree. 



(eo, well; uwic, vomer.) 



24. EVYNNIS CARDINALIS (Lacepede). 



CHIDAI (blood red tal or porgy); HIRCKODAI (small fin porgy); HORENAGA (long fln); 

 HANADAI (flower porgy) ; CHIKODAI (child porgy) ; KtTNDAI. 



Sparus cardinalis Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, 1803, p. 141. — Stein- 

 DACHNER, Reise Aurora, Ann. Nat. Hofmus. Wien, vol. 11, Heft 2, 1896, 

 p. 200 (Japan). 



Chrysophrys cardinalis Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, 

 1830, p. 130 (Japan). — Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, 1843, 

 p. 69, pi. 33 (Nagasaki).— Richardson, Ichth. China and Japan, 1846 (Can- 

 ton).— Bleeker, Enum. Poiss., Verh. kon. Akad. Amst., vol. 18, 1879. 



Pagrus cardinalis GIjnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 470 (China).— 

 Steindachner and Doderlein, Beitr. Fische Japan's, II, Denkschr. kais. 

 Akad. Wiss. Wien., 1883, p. 19 (Tokyo, Oshima, Nagasaki).— Nystrom, K. 

 Svenska. Vet. Akad., vol. 13, Afd. 4, 1887, No. 4, p. 14 (Nagasaki).— Jordan 



