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(Les Barbiers.) 



Serranus oculatus, C. et V. ii. p. 266. pi. 32 ; Temm. et Schl. P. J. Sieb. 

 p. 5. 

 Hab. Japanese and Caribbean seas. 



Caprodon, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 64. pi. 30. 



This fish is placed with doubt as to its true position among the Scianidce by the authors of 

 the ' Fauna Japonica,' but though it is stated to have only five gill-rays, I cannot help think- 

 ing that its true affinities are with the Barbers, and its dentition is indeed exactly similar to 

 that of the Tang or Taa, a South Australian Serranus. 



Hab. Japanese seas. 



Centropristes hirundinaceus, C. et V. vii. p. 450; Temm. et Schl. F.J. 

 Sieb. p. 14. pi. 5. f. 1. 

 Hab. Sea of Japan. 



Aulococephalus, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 15. pi. 5. f. 2. 



The British Museum possesses two examples of this fish from the Mauritius. 

 Hab. The coasts of the Mauritius and the Japanese sea. 



Glaucosoma burgeri, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 62. pi. 27 ; Richard- 

 son, Ichth. of Voy. of Erebus and Terror, p. 27. 



The discovery in the Australian seas of a second species of this genus has rendered a spe- 

 cific appellation necessary for the Japanese one, and we have named it in honour of Burger, 

 whose description and drawing are the authorities for the species. 



Hab. Sea of Japan. 



Fam. Theraponinte. 



Hapalogenys nitens, Richardson, Ichth. of Voy. of Sulph. p. 84. pi. 43. 

 f. 1 & 2; Icon. Reeves, 92; Hardw. Acanth. 164, 165. Chinese name, 

 Yinpeld (Reeves); Yanpi lap (Bridgem. Chrest. 101). 



The specimen from which Mr. Reeves's drawing was made was deposited by that gentle- 

 man in the British Museum. 

 Hab. China sea. Canton. 



Hapalogenys analis, Richardson, Ichth. of Voy. of Sulph. p. 85. pi. 43. 

 f. 3 ; Icon. Reeves, 91 ; Hardw. Acanth. 167. Pristipomemucrone, Eydoux 

 et Souleyet. t. . f. 1. Chinese name, Shih tseu (Birch); Shi kea ha 

 (Reeves); Shik kip lap (Bridgem. Chrest. 97). 



Mr. Reeves's specimen of this fish also is in the British Museum. 

 Hab. Sea of China. Canton. 



Hapalogenys maculatus, Richardson. Icon. Reeves, a. 49; Hardw. 

 Acanth. 42. Chinese name, Kin sih (Reeves) ; Kinfung, " Gold-wind" 

 (Birch). Bad. D. 11|15; A. 3|9; C. 17|; P. 16; V. 1|5. 



In general form and in the distribution of its coloured bands and spots, this species bears 

 a singular resemblance to Diagramma cinctum, as has been already noticed {supra, p. 22G). 

 Body thickest a little below the arched lateral line, and thinning off above to the acute nape 

 and dorsal line. The belly is obtuse, and the top of the cranium widens gradually until it 

 becomes flat between the fore parts of the orbits. Chin and edge of the lower jaw covered by 

 a soft papillose lip ; upper lip less coarsely papillose. Four small pores on the chin and two 

 on each limb of the lower jaw, whose articulation is under the fore part of the orbit. Jaw- 

 teeth villiform, the outer row short-conical and acute. Roof of the mouth toothless, lined 

 with plaited, villous membranes, the villi being densely crowded behind the crescentic velum. 



Maxillary truncated with a small point at the fore corner. Preoperculum strongly and 



