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The other {Icon. Reeves, 250; Hardw. 104) resembles Up. bilineatus of Quoy and Gai- 

 mard, in having two longitudinal streaks, but differs in its more oblique profile and greater 

 number of fin-rays. Both these and the rest of the species figured by Mr. Reeves, were pro- 

 cured at Canton. 



Fam. Percidje. 

 Apogon novem-fasciatus, C. et V. ii. p. 154; Temm. et Schl. F.J. p. 2. 



pi. 2. f . 2 ; Icon. Reeves, /3. 9 ; Hardw. Acanth. 8. Chinese name, Hung 



so ho, " Red-flowering water lily" (Reeves) ; Hung soo ho " Red-combed 



water-lily" (Birch). 



Hab. Seas of Japan, China, the Moluccas, Java and Floris. 



Apogon semilineatus, Temm. et Schl. F. J. p. 4. pi. 2. f. 2. 



Hab. Sea of Japan. 



Apogon lineatus, Temm. et Schl. F.J. p. 3. 

 Hab. Sea of Japan. 



Apogon nigripinnis, C. et V. ii. p. 152; Temm. et Schl. F.J. p. 3. 



Hab. Indian ocean. Seas of Java and Japan. 



Apogon carinatus, C. et V. ii. p. 157 ; Temm. et Schl. F.J. p. 3. 



Hab. Japan. - AXZ~» £»VK<& - 



Apogon trimaculatus, C. et V. ii. p. 156 ? Less, et Garnot, Voy. du Du- 



perrey, p. 237? Icon. Reeves, 70; Hardw. Acanth. 9. Chinese name, 



Yang sun ko (Reeves) ; Yeng tsiin (Bridgem. Chrest. 229). Bad. 



D. 7|-1|9 ; A. 2|8 ; C. 16-f- ; V. 1|5. (Chinese spec.) 



Mr. Reeves has deposited the specimen from which his figure was drawn in the British 

 Museum. It has the form of Ap. trimaculatus, but scarcely any traces are discernible of the 

 three black dorsal spots, and the figure wants these spots entirely, having a bronzed umber 

 colour on the back, with pale sides. The pectoral is orange, and the other fins brownish- 

 purple, all without spots. The Chinese fish has a great similarity to Ap. rex-mullorum, but 

 its body is a little higher. The spine of the second dorsal is strong. The preoperculum is 

 serrated nearly all round, and the villiform bands of teeth on the jaws are shorter and finer 

 than those of Ap. rex-mullorum. 



Hab. Seas of Java ? and China. 



Ambassis vachellii, Richardson. Bad. D.7|-l|9; A. 3|9 ; P. 13 ; V. 1|5. 



A Canton specimen of this fish, collected by the Rev. George Vachell, belongs to the Cam- 

 bridge Philosophical Institution, which differs from the three noticed in the ' Histoire des 

 Poissons,' that have no more than nine soft rays in the second dorsal, in having four teeth re- 

 clining backwards on the hinder part of the orbit. Scaly nape, convexly coped with an acute 

 mesial line ; the scales coming to a point between the posterior parts of the orbits. Gill-cover 

 entire and scaly, a single row of large ones on the inter-operculum, which is also entire. Two 

 acute edges of the lower limb of preoperculum beautifully serrated, and the posterior edge of 

 the upper limb rather openly and slenderly toothed. The corner is rounded, and the fore- 

 edge of the upper limb is vertical and smooth. "Whole edge of the preorbitarspinously toothed. 

 Eye large ; lower jaw ascending. 



A recumbent, concealed pre-dorsal spine. The spines of the dorsal are curiously beaded, 

 as if jointed ; and the ventral spine also is torulose. The lateral line, composed of about thirty 

 scales, is arched anteriorly in a brown band, which descends from the first dorsal, and is there 

 diffracted and resumed two scales' breadth lower, whence it is continued in a silvery stripe to 

 the tail. Length offish, 2*50 inches. Height of body, 1'68 inch. 



Hab. Canton. 



Diploprion bifasciatum, C. et V. ii. p. 137. pi. 21 ; Temm. et Schl. F.J. 

 p. 2 ; Icon. Reeves, a. 27; Hardw. Acanth. 5. Chinese name, Hwang tc 

 yu, " Hwang te's fish," named after one of the judges of Hades (Reeves) ; 

 "Yellow emperor's fish" (Birch). Bad. D. 8|-15 ad 19; A. 2|12; 

 C. 15|; P. 16; V. 1|5. 



Specimens exist in every collection of Chinese fish, and small ones are common in the 

 insect-boxes sold at Canton. Recent colour bright lemon-yellow, with spinous dorsal, ven- 



