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Chrysophrys cardinalis, Lacep. (Sparus), iv.p. 141 ; C. et V. vi. p. 130 ; 

 Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 69. pi. 33; Icon. Reeves, 199; Hardw. 

 Acanth. 46. Chinese name, Kin sze la*, "Gold-skein la fish" (Birch); 

 Rum sze lap (Reeves) ; Kum su lap (Bridgem. Chrest. 212). Bad. D. 

 12|10 ; A. 3|9; C. 17 ; P. 14 ; V. 1|5. (Spec. Brit. Mus.) 



Mr. Reeves has deposited a Canton specimen 7 inches long in the British Museum, and 

 there are several in the Chinese collection at Hyde Park. A small, slightly pungent opercular 

 point. Nuchal scales scarcely to be distinguished from the others. Three pits on each limb of 

 the lower jaw. Preorbitar equal in height and breadth. 



Hab. Chinese and Japanese seas. 



Chrysophrys ? Icon. Reeves, 95; Hardw. Acanth. 59. Chinese 



name, Kam tze na, "Gold-threaded robe" (Reeves); Kam sze nap (Bridgem. 

 Chrest. 100). Bad. D. 12|11 ; A. 3|8 ; P. 13, &c. (Reeves's figure.) 

 This figure looks very much like a second representation of cardinalis, the only differences 

 I can perceive being its rather larger head, the third anal spine rather shorter than the second 

 one, and the serratures of the supra-scapular more strongly marked ; it has moreover yellow 

 not roseate pectorals, pale angular marks on the spinous dorsal, and wants the superciliary 

 green streak represented in the drawing of cardinalis. 

 Hab. China. Canton. 



Chrysophrys auripes, Richardson. Icon. Reeves, 128; Hardw. Acanth. 

 58. Chinese name Kin tze Id, " Gold thread la fish " (Birch, Reeves). 

 Bad. D. 11|11 ; A. 3|8 ; C. 17|; P. 15 ; V. 1|5. (Spec. Br. Mus.) 



A Canton specimen of this fish, presented to the British Museum by Mr. Reeves, has three 

 longish, subulate, somewhat incurved teeth on each intermaxillary, and five rows of small upper 

 molars,- the interior rows being short, and the last three teeth of the third row bigger than the 

 rest, but not exceeding swan-shot; there is the usual crowd of small teeth behind the incisors, 

 and four rows of the lower molars. Preorbitar twice as long as it is high. Preopercular 

 disc faintly striated. Operculum ending in a small flat truncated point, with the bone sloped 

 away above and below, where the edge is more concave than above. A row of crenated and 

 striated, but not very conspicuous nuchal scales. The dorsal spines swell out on alternate sides, 

 and the second anal spine is longer and stronger than the third one, which equals the soft 

 rays. The height of the body is contained two times and a half in the total length, and the 

 profile rises with little convexity and no undulation from the upper lip to the dorsal. The fal- 

 cate pectoral, which is rather too short in the figure, reaches to the anal. The colour is brightly 

 silvery, with ash-gray shadings on the base of the scales. The dorsal and upper half of the 

 caudal are also gray with darker shadings on their borders. The lower half of the caudal and 

 the other fins are saffron-yellow. Length of figure 1\ inches. 



Hab. Chinese seas. Canton. 



Chrysophrys xanthopoda, Richardson. Icon. Reeves, 85 ; Hardw. 



Acanth. 61. Chinese name, Hwang yih (Birch) ; Hwang yih, " Yellow 



fin" (Reeves); Wong yi (Bridgem. Chrest. 221). Bad. D. ]1|I1; 



A. 3|9; P. 15, &c. (Spec. Br. Mus.) 



Mr. Reeves has deposited a specimen of this fish also in the British Museum. In form 

 it is very similar to the last, except that the profile bulges a little at the orbit. The 

 colours also are nearly the same, the back showing merely a deeper tint of yellowish-gray with 

 some green on the nape and parts of the head ; the yellow of the lower fins also is more 

 vivid. The specimen has only two short conical canines on each intermaxillary and five rows 

 of molars, the largest, which are those of the middle row, not exceeding partridge-shot. The 

 canines are very short in the lower jaw, and there are only three rows of molars to be clearly 

 made out. Preorbitar as in auripes, and with a thin papyraceous edge. Preoperculum 

 striated on the disc, and minutely but regularly serrated along the upper limb. Flat point of 

 the operculum rather more prominent than in auripes, and much like the corresponding 

 point in a Scolopsides. Middle anal spine long and strong as in auripes, and the pectoral 

 long. Length of the figure 8^ inches. 



Both the preceding species have the colours of the Chitchlllce of Russell, plate 91 



* This character, as written on the drawing here and in the following places, is pro- 

 nounced cha (Morrison, Diet. i. part 2, No. 32), but Bridgem. Chrest. substitutes lit. 

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