266 report— 1845. 



from the shoulder over the gill-opening. The fins are dull honey-yellow. Neither this 

 figure nor that of the preceding species show any barbels or cirrhi. Length of figure 2% inches. 



Hub. , Macao. 



Salarias fasciatus, Bl. pi. 162. f. 1 (Blennius). C. et V. xi. p. 324-. 



The native place of this fish is unknown, there being some uncertainty as to whether it 

 came from India or Japan. Few particulars respecting its structure are recorded. 



Petroscirtes bankieri, Richardson, Ichth. of Voy. of Sulph. p. 136. pi. 64. 

 f. 8-10. Genus, Petroscirtes, Riippell; Blennechis, C. et V. 



Surgeon R. A. Bankier presented a specimen which he obtained at Hong Kong to Haslar 

 Hospital. 



Hab. Hong Kong. 



Stich^eus hexagrammus, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 136. pi. 73. f. 1. 

 « Bad. B. 6 ; D. 40| ; A. 29 simplices; C. 12 ; P. 14; V. 3." (Fauna Jap.) 

 Genus Stichceus, Remhardt, Oversigt over det Kongelige, &c. 1835-6. 

 p. 9. 



Hab. Japan. Bay of Simabara. 



Gunnellus nebulosus, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. pi. 73. f. 2. (Letter- 

 press not yet published.) Bad. D. 80|; A. 39; C. 21 ; P. 15 ; V. 1|1. 

 (Spec. 9% inch, long in Br. Mus.) 

 Hab. Japan. Bay of Mogi. 



Gunnellus crassispina, Temm. et Schl. F.J. Sieb. p. 139. "Bad. D. 

 78 ; A. 2|10; V. 1|1." (Faun. Jap. I. c.) 



Hab. Japan. 



Dictysoma, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 139. pi. 73. f. 3. Spec. 4 \ inch, 



long in Br. Mus. " Bad. B. 6 ; D. 58|9 ; A. 2|43 ; CIO; P. 10." (Fauna 

 Jap.) 



Hab. Japan. Bay of Simabara. 



Tribus Scombrisina. 

 Fam. Zeidje. 

 Zeus japonicus, Tilesius, Voy. Krusenst. pi. 61 (Doree ou Poisson a miroir 

 du Japon). C. et V. x. p. 24 ; Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 123. Icon, 

 piscium a Pictore Sinense pict. Bib. Banks. Japan Fishes, Bib. Banks. 

 Zeus australis, Richardson, Ichth. of Voy. of Erebus and Terror, p. 36. 

 pi. 25. f. 1. 



In the work last quoted I gave a figure of a Dory obtained by Sir James C. Ross at Port 

 Jackson, drawn from a specimen that was in very bad condition. The account of the Japanese 

 Dory, contained in the ' Fauna Japonica,' mentions no character that I do not find in the 

 Australian one. 



Hab. Seas of Japan, China, and Australia. 



Zeus nebulosus, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 11. pi. 66, 



Hab. Sea of Japan. 



Sphyr^enidje. 

 Sphyr^ena obtusata, C. et V. ii. p. 350 ; Temm. et Schl. F. J. p. 33. 

 pi. 13. f. 2. 

 Hab. Southern coasts of Australia, Javan sea, sea of Japan, Indian ocean, and the Mauritius. 



Sphyrjena chinensis, Laeepede, v. p. 334. pi. 10. f. 2 ; Icon. Reeves, 62; 

 Hardw. 86. Chinese name, Chuh tsc'tn, "Bamboo stick"; Choh tsin 

 (Bridgem. Chrest. 224). Bad. B. 7 ; D. 5|-1|8 ; A. 2|8 ; P. 20; V. 1|5. 

 A specimen in the museum of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, brought from China by 



