﻿ix, d, i Seale: Fishes of Hongkong 79 



PTEROPSARID^l. (Pterosparids) 



Parapercis pulchella (Temm. and Schleg.). 



The figure of this species given by Temminck and Schlegel 

 is excellent. It is a common species in Hongkong. Length, 160 

 millimeters. (6363-6371.) 



Parapercis cylindrica (Bloch). 



Body with narrow dark bands below and 5 wide bifurcated 

 bands above ; white and dark spots on throat and chin ; a brown 

 band from eye to throat, a dark spot at base of pectorals and 

 on upper base of caudal; spinous dorsal black; soft dorsal and 

 anal with yellowish spots; ventrals yellow. Length, 93 centi- 

 meters (6649); length, 82 centimeters (8503). 



Percis sexfasciatus Temm. and Schleg. 



Five bifurcated dusky bands over the back; a brown ocellus 

 on the upper base of caudal ; some dark dots at base of dorsal. 

 Length, 85 millimeters. (6660.) 



CALLIONYMID^E. (Dragonels) 



Callionymus curvicornis Cuv. and Val. 



I very much doubt if this species is synonymous with C. 

 valenciennesi Schlegel, as in our specimen, as well as in the 

 specimens Gunther had from China, the preopercular spine is 

 nearly as long as the orbit and is curved upward; it terminates 

 in 4 hook-like processes, one of which is directed backward; 

 a 5th process at the base of the spine points forward. The 

 posterior of spinous dorsal, which is fin shaped, has a large black 

 spot surrounded by white. The anal fin is white with dusky 

 blotches near its tip. (6612.) 



Callionymus hindsii Richardson. 



This fish is characterized by the alternating vertical lines 

 of jet black and pure white of the spinous dorsal, the black lines 

 being somewhat crooked and of greater width in some places 

 than in others. The preopercular spine ends in 4 recurved 

 claws, with a fifth at the base of the spine directed forward. 

 The anterior dorsal has 3 rays, the posterior has 10. In alcohol 

 the fish is indistinctly speckled with very pale brown on the 

 back, the caudal fin is indistinctly barred with brown and white ; 

 some indistinct light specks in soft dorsal, otherwise fins 

 colorless, except the spinous dorsal. Length, 8.5 centimeters. 

 (6650.) 



