242 report — 1845. 



(Chrysophrys chrysargyra, C. et V.) ; but in that figure the third anal spine is larger than the 

 second, the soft rays of the fin are more numerous, and the profile is more arched. 

 Hab. China seas. Canton. 



Pagrus unicolor, Quoy et Gaim. {Chrysophrys), Voy. de l'Uranie, p. 299 ; 

 C. et V. vi. p. 162; Icon. Reeves, 160; Hardvv. Acanth. 41. Chinese 

 name, Hung Id, " Red la" (Reeves) ; Hung lap (Bridgem. Chrest. 213). 

 Had. 12|10; A. 3j8; C. 15£; V. 1|5. (Spec. Br. Mus.) 



Specimens brought from Canton by John Reeves, Esq. and the Rev. George Vachell, exist in 

 the British Museum and Cambridge Philosophical Institution. Surgeon R. A. Bankier, R. N., 

 sent one to the Haslar Museum from Hong Kong. Third anal spine longer than second one. 

 Hab. China seas (Canton). "Western Australia (King George's Sound). 



Dentex setigerus, C. et V. vi. p. 253. Spare chinois, Lacep. iv. p. 46 ; 



Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 73. pi. 37. f. 1 ; Icon. Reeves, /3. 58 ; Hardw. 



Acanth. 60. Chinese name, Kin sze yu, " Gold silk fish" (Jap. Fish, ii. 



p. 20); Hung shan, "Variegated red silk" (Birch) ; Hung sam, " Red 



jacket" (Reeves) ; Hong sham (Bridgem. Chrest. 66). 



The British Museum possesses one of Burger's specimens, and also one brought from Canton 

 by John Reeves, Esq. 



Hab. Coasts of China and Japan. 



Dentex griseus, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 72. pi. 36. 



A specimen of Burger's exists in the British Museum. 

 Hab. Japanese sea. 



Letiirinus HiEMATOPTERUs, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 72. pi. 36 ; 

 Richardson, Zool. of Sulph. p. 144. pi. 64. f. 1-3 ; Icon. Reeves, 232 

 Hardw. Acanth. 63. Chinese name, Tseen tsuy Id, " Dog-lipped la' 

 (Birch) ; Tseen tsuy tso (Reeves). 



We have seen a specimen in the British Museum, brought from Canton by John Reeves, 

 Esq., and one sent from Hong Kong by Surgeon R. A. Bankier, R.N. 

 Hab. Seas of Japan and China. Canton. Hong Kong. 



Lethrinus anatarius, Richardson, Zool. of Sulph. Voy. p, 1 45. Icon. 

 Reeves, 245 ; Hardw. Acanth. 55. Chinese name, Go la, " Goose la 

 fish" (Birch) ; Go tso, " Goose tso" (Reeves). 

 Hab. Sea of China. Canton. 



Crenidens punctatus, Gray (Girella), 111. Ind. Zool. Hardw. pi. 98. 

 f. 3, 4. Icon. Reeves, 79 ; Hardw. Acanth. 74. Chinese name, Kwa tze 

 Id, "Melon la fish" (Birch); Kwa tze tso (Reeves). Bad. B. 5? D. 

 14|13 vel 15114; A.3|lladl3; C. 15|; P. 20; V. 1|5. (Spec. Br. Mus.) 



Mr. Reeves deposited two specimens of this fish in the British Museum. Teeth curved, 

 flat and expanding towards their ends, which are tricuspid, standing out in three rows on the 

 margin of the jaw; and a little way behind them a brush-like band of much smaller teeth, 

 which are also tricuspid, and like the others except in size. Preoperculum minutely serrated 

 on the edge and radiately ridged on the disc. Lower part of gill-cover and suboperculum 

 smooth and scaleless. Operculum ending in two thin, flat, widely separated corners. Scales 

 strongly ptenoid, pale, with dark borders, and resembling melon-seed. The prevailing colour 

 of Mr. Reeves's figure is umber-brown, deeper above the lateral line and on the dorsal fin. The 

 other fins are blackish-gray, the pectoral having a yellow edge. The iris bright blue. Cau- 

 dal even. 



Hab. China. Canton. 



Crenidens leoninus, Richardson. Icon. Reeves, 263 ; Hardw. Acanth. 



73. Shih tze tso, "Stone lion tso" (Birch). Bad. D. 14|16; A. 3|12 



vel 13, &c. (Reeves's fig.) 



The general colour of the head and upper parts of,this fish is apple-green, the belly gra- 

 dually becoming faint tile-red. The green colour spreads over the scaly bases of the fins, 

 their membranes are purple with a greenish gloss. 



Hub. Canton. 



