NO. 1S75. THE JAPANESE SPARIDJE—JORDAN AND THOMPSON. 595 



33. KYPHOSUS LEMBUS (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Pimelepterus lembus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, 1831, 

 p. 269 (Vanicolo).— Bleeker, Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind., vol. 4, 1853, p. 469 (Bata- 

 via). — Bleeker, Verb. kon. Akad. Wet., vol. 17, 1877, p. 14. — Gunther, Cat. 

 Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 498 (Moluccas).— Bleeker, Atlas Ichth., vol. 

 9, 1877, p. 15, pi. 364 (Batu, Pinang, Singapore, Java, Celebes, Ternate, Bat- 

 jan, Amboyna). 



Pimelepterus iernatensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind., vol. 4, 1853, p. 605 

 (Ternate).— Gunther, Cat. Fisb. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 499. 



Habitat. — Coasts of southern Japan and East Indian Seas. 



Description of one specimen 360 mm. in total length, from Waka- 

 noura. 



Head 3§ in body length; depth 2J; eye 4^ in head; interorbital 

 space 2^; snout 3; maxillary 3; scales in lateral line 53, above 69, 

 below 61; in transverse series to insertions of dorsal and anal 11/19; 

 D. X, 14; A. Ill, 13; gill-rakers 24 on lower limb of firsb arch. 



Body arched evenly above and below, greatest depth at center of 

 body which is 2§ in total length to tip of middle caudal rays. Head 

 conical, somewhat convex in profile. Prefrontals prominent, inter- 

 orbital space strongl}^ arched. Nostrils overhung by prefrontals, 

 posterior opening nearly horizontal. Preorbital edge entire; opercle 

 with one obscure point; preopercle with minute serrations (nearly 

 lost Anth age). Teeth in a single prominent row, 13 or 14 on each 

 side in both jaws, besides supplementary^ teeth under loose lips; 

 horizontal parts of teeth somewhat longer than vertical, measuring 

 on inner angles. A narrow band of villiform teeth behind these in 

 both jaws; broad patches on vomer, and tongue; narrow bands on 

 palatines. 



Dorsal fins slightly notched, longest spines the fourth and fifth, 

 which are contained 2§ in head; dorsal rays not longer than spines, 

 of nearly even length throughout; base of soft dorsal slightly longer 

 than head, and longer than base of spinous dorsal. Anal spines 

 weak, third longest, slightly shorter than eye diameter; first rays 

 1^ to 1§ times length of last, but with straight fin margin; anal 

 base equal to length of head. Pectorals and ventrals short (tips 

 worn off). Caudal forked, lobes acute. 



Scales ctenoid, thickly covering vertical fins, outer side of pectoral 

 and along ventral rays. Snout and jaws naked; maxillary scaled; 

 preorbitals naked, save for occasional buried scale. Rows between 

 center of dorsal fin and ventrals 11/18. 



Color in alcohol uniform, darker above, fins similar in color. Mar- 

 gins of scales dark, forming indefinite lines between rows by super- 

 position. Peritoneum black. 



This species must be rare in Japan. We obtained one specimen 

 from Wakanoura, the only record from this region. 



(Mfi^doc, a long swift boat.) 



