218 report— 1845. 



Aspidophorus superciliosus, C. et V. iv. p. 215. Coitus et Phalangistes 



japonicus, Pall. Spic. p. 31. pi. 5. Agonus japonicus, Bl. Schn. 105. 



Hab. Sea of Japan, northward to the Kourile Islands. 

 Aspidophorus rostratus, Tilesius (Agonus), Mem. del'Acad. de Petersb. 



iv. pi. 14; C. et V. iv. p. 212. Phalangistes fusij or mis, Tilesius in Pallas' 



Zoogr. Ross. iii. p. 116. 



Hab. Sea of Japan. GulfofAniva. Sagalien. Kourile islands. 



Aspidophorus l/evigatus, Tilesius (Agonus), Mem. de Petersb. iv. p. 436; 



C. et V. iv. p. 214. Syngnathus segaliensis, Tilesius, Mem. de la Soc. 



Imp. de Moscou, ii. p. 216. pi. 14. 



Hab. Jesso. 



Three other Aspidophori inhabit the coasts of Kamtschatka, Sagalien, or the Kourile 

 Islands. 



Cottus intermedius, Temm. et Schl. F. J. p. 38. 



Hab. Jesso. 



The sea of Ochotsk nourishes five other Cotti, viz. C. minutus,jaok, stelleri, mertensii and 

 marmoratus, all noticed in the ' Histoire des Poissons.' 



Peristedion orientals, Temm. et Schl. F. J. p. 37. pi. 14. f.5, 6. 



Hab. Japan. 



Dactylopterus orientalis, C. et V. iv. p. 134. pi. 76 ; Temm. et Schl. 

 F.J. p. 37. 



Hab. Seas of Japan and China. Specimens are frequently to be found in the Chinese 

 insect-boxes. 



Trigla burgeri, Temm. et Schl. F.J. p. 35. pi. 14. f. 1, 2; Icon. Reeves, 



j3. 3; Hardw. Acanth. 106. Chinese name, Hung keo, " Red horn" 



(Reeves, Birch) ; Hung koh (Bridgem. Chrest. 79). 



It forms a part of almost every collection of Chinese fish that we have seen. 



Hab. Coasts of China and Japan. Hong Kong. 

 Trigla papilionacea, Solander, Pisces Australiae, ined. p. 23; Icon, 



Parkinsonii in Bib. Banks, ii. 1. 104. Trigla kumu, Less, et Garnot, Voy. 



de la Coquille, pi. 19 ; C. et V. iv. p. 50 ; Temm. et Schl. F. J. p. 37 ; Icon. 



Reeves, 159 ; Hardw. 107. Chinese name, Lan yih yu, " Green wing or 



fin " (Birch) ; Lam e yu, " Blue-finned fish " (Reeves) ; Lam yih u 



(Bridgem. Chrest. 78). 



We have compared the Chinese and Australian specimens. 



Hab. Seas of Japan, China, New Zealand, Van Diemen's Land, and the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Trigla hemisticta, Temm. et Schl. F. J. p. 36. pi. 14. f. 3, 4. Trigla 



alata, Houttuyn, Mem. de la Soc. de Harlem, xx. p. 336 ?. 



The Haslar Museum possesses an example of this species, which was brought from China by 

 Captain Dawkins, R.N. 



Hab. Seas of China and Japan. 



Trigla spinosa, M'Clelland, Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 396. pi. 22. 

 f.2. 



Mr. M'Clelland's figure has a more sloping profile than that of Tr. papilionacea, and the 

 fin-rays differ in number, otherwise there is nothing in his description to distinguish it from 

 that species. It is not, as he is inclined to think, the Tr. alata of Houttuyn, since it wants 

 the rostral spines. 



Hab. Chusan. 



Fam. PoLYNEMIDiE. 



Polynemus tetradactylus, Shaw, Zool. ; C. V. iii. p. 375. Trigla asiatica, 

 Lin. P. quadrinarius, Solander, Pisces Austr. ; Icon. Parkinsonii in Bib. 

 Banks, serv. 101. Magajellee, Russell, 183. P. teria, Buchanan Hamilt. 

 pp. 224, 381. Icon. Reeves, /3. 29 ; Hardw. 91 ; Acanth. 93 & 94. Chinese 



