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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  E. 
  C. 
  Starks 
  ; 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Elasmobranchs, 
  by 
  the 
  former 
  and 
  

   H. 
  W. 
  Fowler. 
  A 
  maritime 
  country 
  which 
  harbours 
  two 
  

   novel 
  deep-sea 
  Sharks, 
  one 
  of 
  which, 
  according 
  to 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  S. 
  

   Woodward,* 
  the 
  able 
  palaeontologist 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  is 
  

   closely 
  allied 
  to 
  Scaphanprhynchus 
  of 
  the 
  Cretaceous 
  period, 
  is 
  a 
  

   land 
  of 
  promise 
  in 
  fishes. 
  

  

  The 
  richness 
  and 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  fish-fauna 
  of 
  Japan 
  is 
  well 
  

   known, 
  more 
  perhaps 
  in 
  foreign 
  than 
  in 
  Japanese 
  literature 
  ; 
  

   hence 
  the 
  authors 
  of 
  the 
  'Fishes 
  of 
  Japan 
  't 
  have 
  ventured 
  to 
  

   publish 
  part 
  i. 
  of 
  a 
  work 
  " 
  not 
  only 
  helpful 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  are 
  in- 
  

   terested 
  in 
  the 
  subject, 
  but 
  also 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  general 
  knowledge 
  of 
  

   their 
  [fishes] 
  character 
  and 
  habits 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  capture 
  or 
  con- 
  

   sume 
  them." 
  They 
  have 
  accordingly 
  selected 
  for 
  this 
  part 
  four 
  

   species 
  of 
  marketable 
  fishes, 
  viz. 
  Lateolabrax 
  (Percolabrax) 
  

   jajjonicus, 
  C. 
  & 
  V., 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  Sea-Perch 
  ; 
  Latihis 
  sinensis, 
  Lacep., 
  

   a 
  kind 
  of 
  Weaver 
  ; 
  Gymnosarda 
  affinis, 
  Cantor, 
  a 
  Bonito 
  ; 
  and 
  

   Seriola 
  qainqueradiata, 
  Tern. 
  & 
  Schl., 
  a 
  "Yellow-tail." 
  Each 
  of 
  

   these 
  is 
  finely 
  figured 
  in 
  colours 
  from 
  life 
  by 
  Kumataro 
  Ito, 
  

   formerly 
  an 
  artist 
  in 
  the 
  Imperial 
  Fisheries' 
  Bureau, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   only 
  justice 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  exquisite 
  representations, 
  and 
  

   do 
  as 
  much 
  credit 
  to 
  the 
  artist 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  lithographer.! 
  

  

  Each 
  species 
  is 
  scientifically 
  described, 
  its 
  economic 
  import- 
  

   ance 
  indicated, 
  its 
  local 
  names, 
  habits, 
  spawning, 
  and 
  growth 
  

   explained, 
  and, 
  lastly, 
  the 
  methods 
  of 
  capture 
  in 
  vogue 
  detailed. 
  

   Even 
  remarks 
  about 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  ripe 
  eggs 
  in 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  

   Bonito 
  (Gymnosarda 
  qffinis) 
  are 
  made 
  — 
  for 
  example, 
  that 
  in 
  June 
  

   and 
  July 
  the 
  ovaries 
  are 
  full 
  of 
  eggs, 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  about 
  

   07 
  mm. 
  in 
  diameter, 
  and 
  devoid 
  of 
  an 
  oil-globule. 
  The 
  Bonito 
  

   is 
  extensively 
  used 
  either 
  in 
  the 
  fresh 
  or 
  prepared 
  condition. 
  

   "It 
  is 
  dressed, 
  boned, 
  and 
  cut 
  into 
  four 
  long 
  pieces 
  or 
  strips; 
  

   then 
  it 
  is 
  boiled 
  and 
  dried 
  hard. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  viscera 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  

   cleaned, 
  chopped, 
  and 
  made 
  into 
  a 
  fish-sauce 
  called 
  shivo-kara 
  

  

  ■•'■ 
  I 
  have 
  to 
  thank 
  Dr. 
  Woodward 
  for 
  his 
  great 
  courtesy 
  when 
  examining 
  

   the 
  Fish-Destroyers 
  oi 
  former 
  ages 
  some 
  years 
  ago. 
  

  

  | 
  Fishes 
  of 
  Japan. 
  An 
  Account 
  principally 
  of 
  Economic 
  Species. 
  By 
  

   Keiuosuku 
  Otaki, 
  A.B. 
  Tsunenobu 
  Fujita, 
  Kigahushi. 
  Nogal'ushi, 
  and 
  

   Tadashi 
  Higurashi. 
  No. 
  I. 
  vol. 
  i. 
  Illustrated 
  with 
  five 
  coloured 
  plates, 
  and 
  

   with 
  text-drawings 
  oi 
  fishing 
  gear 
  and 
  weirs. 
  Shokwabo, 
  publishers, 
  

   Nihonbashi, 
  Tokyo, 
  Japan. 
  June, 
  1903. 
  

  

  I 
  E. 
  Koshiba, 
  Tokyo. 
  

  

  