﻿FISHES OF HONGKONG 



By Alvin Seale 



(From the Section of Ichthyology, Biological Laboratory, Bureau of 

 Science, Manila, P. I.) 



Two plates 



The following notes are based on a collection of fishes secured 

 by me from the markets in Hongkong during the month of Au- 

 gust, 1910. The native names of the fishes are copied from the 

 Hongkong Official Market Report of April 28, 1910. With but 

 few exceptions the species here listed are used as food by the 

 people of Hongkong. 



The measurements given are: 1, length of head in length of 

 fish without caudal; 2, greatest depth in length to last caudal 

 vertebra ; 3, length of head, exclusive of opercular flap, in length 

 of fish without caudal. The scale count is from head to last 

 caudal vertebra; total length is taken from tip of snout to tip 

 of caudal fin. The numerals given at the end of each description 

 are the numbers of the specimens in the collection of the Bureau 

 of Science, Manila. 



ENGRAULID^E. (Anchovies) 



Anchovia dnssumieri Cuv. and Val. 



This species is characterized by the elongate posterior exten- 

 sion of the maxillary which ends on a line with the anterior 

 third of the ventral fins. (6398.) 



Anchovia indica (Van Hasselt). 

 Engraulis russelli Gunther. 

 Dorsal, 15; anal, 19; length, 5.5 to end of vertebra; 3 or 4 

 elongate spines on belly in front of ventrals. (6393, 6394, 6397, 

 6399, 6400, 6401, 6402, 6403, 6404, 6405, 6407.) 



SYNODONTID^E. (Lizard fishes) 



Trachinocephalus myops (Forster). 



One specimen. (6595.) 



Synodus japonicus (Houttuyn). 



(6573, 6590, 6592, 6615, 6653, 6665.) 



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