ON THE ICHTHYOLOGY OF THE SEAS OF CHINA AND JAPAN. 239 



jarbua, Shaw, Gen. Zool.iv. p. 541 ; Icon. Reeves, /3.44 ; Hardw. Acanth. 



Chinese name, Ting kun yu, "Nail-fish" (Reeves); Ting kung u 



(Bridgem. Chrest. 130). 



Some of the Chinese specimens of this fish in the British Museum possess all the characters 

 ascribed to servus, others seem to be intermediate between this species, theraps and oxy- 

 rhynckus; so that it is difficult to decide on the species to which they ought to be referred. 



Hab. Red sea, Indian ocean, north-west coast of Australia, Javan sea, Torres Straits, the 

 Moluccas and Chinese sea. 



Therapon oxyrhynchus, Temm. et Schleg. F. J. Sieb. p. 16. pi. 6. f. 3 ; 

 Icon. Reeves, 193 ; Hardw. Acanth. 70. Chinese name, Shih keo tsee t 

 "Stony-horned tsee (Birch); Shih koh tsih, "Strong-horned tsih" 

 (Reeves, Bridgem. Chrest. 131). 



The brown lines in Mr. Reeves's figure resemble those of Th. ghebul, Ehrenberg. Several 

 examples exist in the Chinese collection at Hyde Park, and there is one in the museum at 

 Haslar, which was obtained near Canton by Captain Dawkins of the Royal Navy. 



Hab. Coasts of China and Japan. 



Therapon quadrilineatus, Bloch (Holocentrus), 239. f. 2. ; C. et V. iii. 

 p. 134 ; Icon. Reeves, /3. 34 ; Hardw. Acanth. Chinese name, Chang kopo 

 (Reeves) ; Cheung kopo (Bridgem. Chrest. 136). 

 Hab. Chinese sea. 



Latilus argentatus, Cuv. et Val. v. p. 369. et ix. p. 495 ; Temm. et Schl. 



F. J. Sieb. p. 63. pi. 28. f. 2. Coryphene chinoise, Lacep. iii. p. ] 76 et 



209. Coryphmna sima, Bl. Schn. p. 296; Icon. Reeves, 192; Hardw. 



Acanth. Chinese name, Fang tow hwo, " Square-headed hwo" (Birch) ; 



Fang tow wuh, " Square-head wuh" (Reeves) ; Fang towwah (Bridgem. 



Chrest. 215). 



Mr. Reeves's drawing has a pale purplish-red hue, but he has informed me that the recent 

 tints of the fish had faded before it was submitted to the painter. It represents the form of a 

 specimen of Burger's in the British Museum better than the figure in the 'Fauna Japonica,' 

 the caudal in the latter being more rounded. 



Hab. Indian ocean and seas of China and Japan. 



Fam. Cirrhitid^ (Gray). 



Cirrhites aureus, Temm. et Schl. p. 15. pi. 7. f. 2; Icon. Reeves, a. 16 ; 

 Hardw. Acanth. 47. Chinese name, Hioang gaou, "Yellow gaou" 

 (Reeves). 



Mr. Reeves's drawing shows a fatty protuberance on the nape, overhanging the orbit, and 

 a blackish patch on the gill-cover, which do not appear in the plate of the ' Fauna Japonica.' 

 An example of the fish exists in the British Museum which agrees with Mi. Reeves's painting. 



Hab. Chinese and Japanese seas. 



Cheilodactylus zonatus, C. et V. v. p. 365. pi. 129; Temm. et Schl. 

 F. J. Sieb. p. 64. pi. 29. Labre du Japon, Krusenst. Voy. pi. 63. f. 1 ; Icon. 

 Reeves, /3.43 ; Hardw. Acanth. Chinese name, Ke kungyu, " Cock fish" 

 (Reeves, Birch) ; Kai kung u (Bridgem. Chrest. 124). 



The British Museum possesses two of Burger's specimens of this fish, and there are Chinese 

 ones in the collection at Hyde Park, the form of which is better represented by Mr. Reeves's 

 drawing than by the figure in the ' Fauna Japonica.' 



Hab. Seas of China and Japan. 



Fam. M/ENIDjE. 



Gerres equula, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 76. pi. 9. f. 1 ; Icon. Reeves, 

 215 ; Hardw. Acanth. 148. Chinese name, Tswan tstey, " Boring mouth** 

 (Reeves); "Boring lips" (Birch). Fad. D. 9|10; A. 3|7 ; C. 17$; P. 

 16; V. 1|5. (Spec. Camb. Ph. Inst.) 



