288 EXPKDITION OF THK " A1.1?AT1{()SS," ISOO-IOOO. 



ventrals 1.59, reaching just to vent; dorsal X, 135, fourth spine longest, longi'st 

 ray 3.5 in head: anal III, 8, second anal spine longest, 2.85 in iiead, longest 

 ray 2.35 in head; preopercle strongly notched; a cons])icu(>us knoi) on o])ercIe; 

 six rows of scales on cheeks; scales above lateral line in oblicjue series; counting 

 from front of dorsal to lateral line there are 8 scales, from anal to lateral line 13, 

 .scales abo\-e lateral line 54, below 48, the forniulac Ix'ing 8-48 to 54-13; no 

 lingual teeth. 



Coloi', greenish gray on liack, lighter line of same color on side and belly; 

 dorsal yellowish with light green spines and dusky s])in(>s and rays and a broad 

 white-edged dusky margin; caudal very dusky with a narrow white tei'minal 

 margin, more distinct in middle; other fins all jinler; faint light streaks follow- 

 ing rows of scales, numing obli(iuel>' uiiward and backward ab()\"(> lateral line. 

 horizontally below. 



This is close to L. inargiiiata but diffci's in having a considerably smallei' 

 eye and somewhat smallei- mouth, and it may be Diucopc striatd or D. axillaris 

 of Cuvier & \'alenciennes, but the descrijitions are too incnniplcte to midve the 

 identification certain. 



THERAPONIDAE. 



Therapon maculatus, s\>vc. trnv. 

 I'Idti' .'/, fid u re 2. 



Eight specimens, No. 08924, 2 1o 5 indues long from Suv.'i, I'iji Islands. 

 M. C. Z. 29494 (2 specimens). 



Type, No. (ifiOGl U. S. N. M., 5 inches long, has head 2.8(i in length; 

 depth 2.71; e>'e 3.()() in head; snout 2.5; maxillary ;).27; (li)isal XII, 11; anal 

 III, \)\; .scales ll-fiOi +9)-18; 11 scales fn.m fn.nt of dorsal to lateral line and 

 18 from lateral line to anal. 



Longest donsal spine 2 in head; second ;uial s])in(' long(>st, 1.89 in head; 

 preopercle strongly denticulate abo\'e angle; line teeth on lower mai'gin; teeth 

 in upper jaw in inan>' \'illiform bands in IVoiil. the band changing into about 

 3 rows posteriorl\- ; an antci'ioi- row of enlarged mixed, incisoi--like and ca.nine- 

 like or curved baekward conieal teeth, the l.atler loniier than the others; lowei' 



