222 report— 1845. 



trals and lateral mark black ; also a very narrow edging of the same to the bright yellow ver- 

 tical fins. The body is crossed vertically by upwards of twenty narrow bars, bent en chevron, 

 and differing slightly from the ground tint. 

 Hab. Japanese, Chinese and Javan seas. 



Niphon spinosus. C. et V. ii. p. 131. pi. 19; Temm. et Schl. p. 1. pi. 1. f. 1. 



The British Museum possesses a specimen sent from Japan by Burger. 

 Hab. Sea of Japan. 



Lates nobilis, C. et V. ii. p. 96. pi. 13. Pandoomenoo, Russell, 131. 

 Coius vacti, Buchan. Hamilt. Ganges, pp. 86, 369. pi. 16. f. 28 ; Icon. 

 Reeves, a. 10; Hardw. Acanth. 7. Chinese name, Tsao yu (Birch); 

 Tso yu (Reeves) ; Tso u (Bridgem. Chrest. 166). 



Mr. Reeves's specimen from Canton, deposited in the British Museum, and other examples 

 in the Chinese collection at Hyde Park, agree exactly with Indian ones ; but Mr. Reeves's 

 figure is not so happy as the rest of his admirable drawings, being inexact in the numbers of 

 the soft rays and in the anal spines. 



Hab. Indian ocean and sea of China. Ganges. Canton. It is not mentioned in the 

 ' Fauna Japonica.' 



Lates calcarifer, C. et V. ii. p. 100; Bl. 244? Icon. Reeves, a. 11 ; 



Hardw. Acanth. 64-. Chinese name, Hih tsaou (Birch) ; Hih tso, "Black 



tso" (Reeves); Hak ts'o (Bridgem. 128). Bad. D. 8|11 ; A. 3|8. 



The figure in Mr. Reeves's portfolio above quoted, has the same defects with that of Lates 

 nobilis, but a mounted specimen, brought by that gentleman from Canton and deposited in the 

 British Museum, has the number of rays given above, and four teeth on the humeral bone. 

 Its length is J 0*25 inches, of which the head measures 2*50 inches. Bloch's figure is not ac- 

 curate in the details. The lateral line in this species is more boldly arched above the pectoral 

 than in L. nobilis. 



Hab. Coasts of China. 



The Taloo, "Variegated " (Reeves, 88), Ta lo (Bridgem. Chrest. 172), much re- 

 sembles these Lates in form, but it has too many spines for any described species either of that 

 genus or of Labrax. The Chinese generic epithet belongs to Labrax. 



Labrax japonicus, C. et V. ii. p. 85. Perca-labrax japonicus, Temm. et 

 Schl. F. J. p. 2. pi. 2. f. 1. Holocentrum maculatum, M'Clelland, Calcutta 

 Jo-urn. Nat. Hist. p. 400. pi. 21. f. 1. Lates punctulatus, Cantor, fide spec. ; 

 Icon. Reeves, 135 ; Hardw. Acanth. 43. Chinese name, Pan tsaou " Striped 

 tsaou" (Birch) ; Pan loo (Reeves) ; Pans Id (Bridgem. Chrest. 217). 



We have had an opportunity of comparing one of Burger's Japanese specimens, now in the 

 British Museum, with others from various parts of the Chinese coasts. Mr. Reeves's figure is 

 that of the young fish. One Chinese specimen, said to have been transmitted to London by 

 Mr. M'Clelland, is labelled Lates punctatus, but I do not know whether it has been published 

 by that name or not. Specimens exist in the British Museum, India- House and Haslar mu- 

 seums, and in the Chinese collection at Hyde Park. 



Hab. Seas of Japan and China. Hong Kong, Canton, Peiho, Chusan, &c. 



Fam. Berycid^ (Low Fishes of Madeira). 



Monocentris japonicus, Flouttuyn (G aster osteus), Mem. de Harlem, xx. 

 p. 329 ; C. et V. iv. p. 461 ; Bl. Schn. pi. 24 ; Temm. et Schl. F. J. p. 50. 

 pi. 22. f. 1. Sciama japonica, Thunberg, Mem. de 1'Acad. des Sciences 

 de Swede, xi. p. 102. pi. 3. Lepisacanthe, Lacep. iii. p. 321. 

 Hab. Sea of Japan. 



Myripristes japonicus, C. et V. iii. p. 173. pi. 58 ; Temm. et Scld. F. J. 

 p. 22. 

 Hab. Sea of Japan. 



