212 REPORT — 1845. 



Aploactis aspera, Temm. et Schl. in Fauna Jap. Sieb. p. 51. t.22. f.3 et4 ; 

 Richardson, Ichth. of Voy. of Sulphur, p. 72. 



This fish appears to have been first noticed by Tilesius on the Japanese coast. See Pallas, 

 ' Zoogr. Rossica,' p. 129, note to Cottus villosus. 

 Hab. Seas of Japan. 



Aploactis breviceps, Richardson (Synanceia), Ichth. of Voy. of Sulphur, 

 p. 71. 



Mr. Reeves presented one specimen to the British Museum, and the Rev. George Vachell 

 three to the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 

 Hab. Sea of Macao. 



Pelor japonicum, C. et V. iv. p. 437. t. 93 ; Temm. et Schl. F. Japon. Sieb. 

 p. 44. 1. 18. f. 2 ; Icon. Reeves, 140 ; Hardw. Acanth. 119. Chinese name, 

 Meaow yu (Birch); Maou yu (Reeves), "Catfish;" Mauu (Bridgem. 

 Chrest. 181). Japanese name, " Oniogose" (Fauna Jap.). Had. D. 17|6; 

 A. 2|10; C. llf ; P. 10 et 2; V. 1|5. (Spec. Burger). 



Two specimens of this fish exist in the British Museum ; one of them brought from Can- 

 ton by John Reeves, Esq., and the other sent by Burger from Japan to Berlin, whence it was 

 transferred to England. Mr. Reeves's fish differs from the Japan one in having eight soft rays 

 in the dorsal with much smaller white spots on the body and fins. Although the ' Fauna Ja- 

 ponica' contains the following passage, "I'anal a douze rayons et point d'epineux," we have 

 found two pungent anal rays in Burger's specimen which was named at the Berlin Museum. 



Hab. Seas of Japan and China. 



Pelor aurantiacum, Temm. et Schl. Fauna Jap. p. 44. t. 18. f. 1. Ja- 

 panese name, Kiwogose. 

 Hab. Seas of Japan. 



Pelor cuvieri, Gray, Hardw. Illustr. ; Richardson, Ichth. of Voy. of Sulph. 

 p. 72. pi. 39; Icon. Reeves, 164; Hardw. Acanth. 124 & 125. Chinese 

 name, Hwang-yu, " Yellow panther-fish " (Birch) ; Wong paou yu, " Yel- 

 low-spotted fish" (Reeves); Wong pau u (Bridgem. Chrest. 179). 



The British Museum is indebted to John Reeves, Esq. for a specimen of this fish. The 

 low ridge connecting the posterior edges of the orbits is straight, while in Pelor japonicum it 

 bends forwards. 



Hab. Canton. 



Pelor sinense, C. et V. ix. p. 468. 



Hab. Canton. 



Pelor tigrinum, Richardson. Icon. Reeves, (3. 42; Hardw. Acanth. 118. 



Chinese name, Laou hu yu, " Old tiger-fish " (Birch) ; Laou hoo yu, 



" Tiger-fish " (Reeves) ; Lo lu yu (Bridgem. Chrest. 1 77). 



The Cambridge Philosophical Institution possesses a specimen which was procured by the 

 Rev. George Vachell at Canton, and is correctly represented by Mr. Reeves's figure, ex- 

 cept in the dorsal fin. In this the first three dorsal spines are a little separated from the 

 Others, and the coarse membrane of the rest of the fin is notched to half the depth of each spine 

 and forms a thick lobulet to every tip. The soft dorsal is crossed obliquely by a dark brown 

 bar, and there are three approximating brown bars on its base, which also cross the posterior 

 spinous rays obliquely. The caudal has a brown membrane, and its rays are ringed by about 

 six white marks alternating with brown ones. The body is brown with whitish spots more 

 mottled than in the figure, and the intermediate spaces are paler. The form of the head is 

 well rendered, and fringed barbels depend from almost every salient point. Two small ones 

 hang from the chin, and a large one with a basal branchlet from the middle of each limb of 

 the lower jaw. A thin smooth transverse ridge unites the orbits behind; there is a com- 

 pressed knob behind each eye, and three knobs flank the nape on each side and include three 

 rays of the dorsal. The lateral preocular depressions are deep. A short, stout, and not 

 very pungent preopercular spine can be felt through the skin. 



Hab. Canton. 



