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Apistes alatus, C. et V, iv. p. 392; Temm. et Schl. F. Jap. p. 49. Trigla 

 tvorra-minou, Russell, 159; Icon. Reeves, 169; Hardw. Acanth. 136. 



I Lave seen no Chinese examples of this fish, but Mr. Reeves's figure, notwithstanding the 

 omission of the suborbitar and preopercular spines, agrees so well with Russell's, that I have 

 no hesitation in referring them both to the same species. The Chinese drawing shows a 

 silvery head, a pale orange-brown body, black pectorals, a large black patch on the spinous 

 dorsal with gray mottlings on the rest of the fin ; five dark bars on the soft dorsal, as many 

 on the caudal, and two incomplete ones on the anal. Ventrals pinkish, spotless. 



Hab. Seas of China and Japan, and the Indian ocean. 



Apistes trachinoides, C. et V. xii. p. 401. t. 92. Bad. D. 3|-12|4 ; A. 3|4 ; 

 C. 12; P. 9et4; V. l[4. 



A Chinese specimen, collected by the Rev. George Vachell, exists in the museum of 

 the Cambridge Philosophical Society, and the collection of Sir Edward Belcher contains an- 

 other example, which is most probably also from the China seas. They agree with the de- 

 scription and figure in the ' Histoire des Poissons,' except that there are four unbranched rays 

 in the pectoral, and that the dark dorsal bands are prolonged across the body. 



Hab. Javan and Chinese seas. 



Apistes rubripinnis, Temm. et Schl. F. Jap. p. 49. pi. 22. f. 2. 



Hab. Coasts of Japan. 



Apistes longispinis, C. et V. iv. p. 408. Apiste a longue epi?ie, Quoy et 

 Gaimard, Voy. de l'Astrol. pi. 11. f. 4. Bad. D. 14|8 ; A. 3|5; C. 7f; 

 P. 11 ; V. 1|4. (Spec. Mus. Brit.) 



The British Museum possesses Chinese specimens presented by John Reeves, Esq., and 

 Indian ones received from General Hardwicke. 



Hab. Indian ocean, the Moluccas and sea of China. 



Minous woora, C. et V. xii. p. 421. Trigla woora minoo, Russell, 159, A. 

 Bad. D. 10|11 ; A. 1|9; C. 11 ; P. 11 ; V. l|5. (China spec.) 



Dried examples abound in the Chinese boxes of insects, and there is one in the museum 

 of the Cambridge Philosophical Institution preserved in spirits, which was brought from Can- 

 ton by the Rev. George Vachell. I have not established their specific identity with the 

 Indian fish from the want of specimens from the latter country. 



Hab. The Mauritius, the Indian and China seas. 



Fam. Triglidje. 



Pterois volitans, Gmel. (Scorpcena), C. et V. iv. p. 352. pi. 88. Scorpcena 

 volitans, Benn. Ceylon, pi. 1. Scorpene make, Lacep. iii. p. 278, et ii. 

 p. 290; Icon. Reeves, j3. 1 ; Hardw. Acanth. 120; Reeves, 261 ; Hardw. 

 Acanth. 121. Chinese name, Kew yu, or Mow yu and King yu (Birch, 

 Reeves). 



Mr. Reeves's figure j3 1 was not done from the recent fish like his other drawings, but 

 copied from a painting by Mr. Millet, in which the supra-orbitar cirrhi had been omitted. 

 The cirrhi under the eye were added when the fish figured in drawing 261 was procured. 



Hab. Seychelles, Mauritius, Indian ocean and Archipelago, Javan sea and coasts of China: 

 also Japan according to Lacepede. It is said to ascend into brackish or fresh water, and to 

 be reared in ponds at Batavia. 



Pterois lunulata, Temm. et Schl. Fauna Jap. p. 45. pi. 19 ; Icon. Reeves, 

 165 ; Hardw. Acanth. 123. Chinese name, Lung seu yu, " Dragon's 

 beard-fish " (Birch, Reeves); Lung su u (Bridgem. Chrest. 178). " Japa- 

 nese name, Jamonakami" (Fauna Jap.). 

 A specimen now in the museum at Haslar was obtained on the Canton coast by Sir Edward 



Belcher. 



Hab. Coasts of Japan and China. 



