258 report— 1845. 



ring ; a streak of the same hue runs downwards to the upper lip, and two pass backwards 

 over the temples and upper part of the gill-flap. Length of the specimen 6-£ inches. The 

 drawing is an inch and a half longer. 

 Hab. Sea of China. Canton. 



Ctenolabrus aurigarius, Richardson, Ichth. of Voy. of Sulphur, p. 90. 

 pi. 45. f. 1,2. Icon, Reeves, /3. 24; Hardw. 303. Chinese name, Kin 

 shaou (Birch); Kum shaou, "Golden ration" (Reeves); Kam shau, 

 (Bridgem. Chrest. 67). Bad. D. 9|ll ; A. 8|9; C. 12f ; P. 12; V. 1|5. 

 (Spec. Br. Mus.) 



The British Museum possesses an example of this species preserved in spirits, which was 

 brought from Canton by John Reeves, Esq.; and there is another in the Chinese collection 

 at Hyde Park. 



Hab. China seas. Canton. 



Ctenolabrus rubellio, Richardson, Ichth. Voy. of Sulphur, p. 93. pi. 45. 



Icon. Reeves, 90 ; Hardw. 54. Chinese name, Hung ying ko le, " Red 



parrot carp •' (Birch) ; " Red Parrot carp " (Reeves). Bad. D. 9|10 ; 



A. 3|8; C. 12f ; P. 13; V. 1|5. 



A mounted specimen of this fish from Canton was presented to the British Museum by John 

 Reeves, Esq. In the structure of the gill-pieces, the numbers of the fin-rays and other cha- 

 racters, this and the preceding species, and also Ctenolabrus flagellifer, have much resemblance 

 to Labrus japonicus and Cossyphus schoenleinii, cyanostolus and ommopterus. Their distribu- 

 tion into different genera seems to be artificial. 



Hab. China seas. Canton. 



Cheilio inermis, Forskal (Labrus), Descr. An. p. 34. Labrus fusiformis, 

 Ruppell, Neue Wirlb. p. 7. taf. 1. f. 4. Cheilio forskalii, C. et V. xiii. 

 p. 349 ; Icon. Reeves, 100 ; Hardw. 304. Chinese name, Hae lung, " Sea 

 dragon" (Reeves, Birch); Hoi lung (Bridgem. Chrest. 103). 

 The colours and markings of the Chinese fish agree in the main with individuals taken in 

 the Red sea, but as there is some difference, it may be proper to describe Mr. Reeves's draw- 

 ing. The ground colour is dark duck-green, deepening to blackish-green on the summit of 

 the back, and fading away on the ventral line. The rays of all the fins have the same green 

 colour. Each scale is marked by a clear round white spot, shaded with sky-blue. In the de- 

 scriptions of the Red sea fish these spots are said to be confined to the lower parts of the sides. 

 A pale red-lilac streak runs from the corner of the mouth to the preoperculum. The suboper- 

 culum is edged by a line of the same colour, and several traverse its disc and anastomose with 

 one another. A small China-blue bar, bent en chevron, is placed on the tip of the gill-cover. Eye 

 reddish-orange. The membranes of the dorsal and caudal are hyacinth-red, and the lower 

 half of the former is marked by three rows of white spots. The basal half of the anal is white 

 with oblique bars of hyacinth-red, its outer border is reddish-lilac. The pectorals are olive- 

 green and the ventrals blue. 



Hab. Sea of China (Canton). Red sea. 



Julis exornatus, Richardson. Icon. Reeves, /3. 10 ; Hardw. 



Rod. D. 9|12; A. 3|12; C. 12£ ; vel 1|-14; vel 2|13; P. 14; V. l|5. 



Specimens of this fish were sent from Hong Kong by Surgeon R. A. Bankier, R.N. ; 

 several exist in the British Museum and Cambridge Philosophical Institution, which were 

 brought from Canton by John Reeves, Esq. and the Rev. George Vachell ; and there are also 

 three in the Chinese collection at Hyde Park. Height of body and length of head equal to 

 one another, and to one-fourth of the total length : the thickness contained twice and one- 

 half in the height. Caudal rounded. About twenty-six scales in the lateral line, which is 

 bent suddenly down near the end of the dorsal by a short oblique elbow. Each scale of the 

 line is marked obscurely by three short tubes, diverging from the point of a very short stem. 

 Scales truncated at the base, elliptical at the posterior or free end, with about twenty to 

 twenty-six fine furrows on each end diverging in a fan-like manner from near the centre, a 

 triangular space on each side showing only the parallel lines of structure. Teeth rather 

 bluntish ; a sharp curved canine standing forwards from each side of upper jaw near the angle 

 of the mouth. Jaws with considerable protractility. 



In Mr. Reeves's drawing the ground colour of the body is pistachio-green, the breast and 

 belly being paler. About eight or nine irregular bars, formed by the dark borders of the 



