zoouXtY of thk far 1":ast 
convexly exce[)t trenchant post-ventral, over which scales not passing. Caudal 
peduncle strongly compressed, least depth half its length or 3i in total head length. 
Head width if its length. Snout conic, width i| its length, live with hind pupil 
edge midway in head length, long as profile of snout, greater than interorbital. 
Mouth large, terminally superior, mandible projecting, front tip le\'el with upper 
edge of eye. Maxillary largely concealed by preorbital, vertically inclined, not 
quite reaching ( ppcsite front nostril, front edge with slight emargination. Nostrils 
togethci, front one at last third in head. Interorbital convex. Preorbital | of eye, 
other suborbitals all narrow. Bones of head smooth. 
Gill-opening forward opposite middle of eye. Gill-rakers /+20, lanceolate, 
equals gill-fiLunents or 2 in eye. Pseudobranchiae long as gill-tilaments. Pharyn- 
geal teeth 2, 4, 5-5, 4, 2, with slight terminal hooks and moderate grindi!ig sur- 
faces. Isthmus narrow. 
Scales small, cycloid, small along middle of back and breast ; 5 or 6 apical; 
radiating striae ; circuli moderate, rather fine apically. 
Dorsal inserted about midwa^^ between hind maxillar}^ edge and caudal base ; 
second simple ray strongly osseous and but little less than first branched ray which 
1 1 in head. Anal begins entirety behind dorsal base ; first branched ray if in head. 
Caudal forked, upper lobe equals head. Pectoral almost reaches ventral, ly^o 
head. Ventral inserted well before dorsal, i\ to anal or if in head. 
Brownish on back, sides and below silvery-white. Fins all pale brownish. One 
example, 195 mm. 
Culter brevicauda (Giinther). 
Head 4 to 4^ ; depth 3^ to j| ; D. II, 7, i ; A. iii. 26, i or 27, i ; 62 to 64 
scales in lateral line to caudal base and 3 or 4 more on latter ; 12 or 13 scales 
above lateral line, 7 or 8 below; 40 to 42 predorsal j^cales ; snout 3| to 4^ in head 
from upper jaw tip; eye 4I to 4f; maxillary 3f to 3I ; interorbital 3I to 4; head 
width 2^ to 2|. Snout conic, long as wide. Maxillary equals or slightly longer 
than snout. Interorbital conic. Scales with 7 to 10 weak apical radiating striae; 
35 to 70 apical circuli. Dorsal inserted about midway between middle or front of 
e3'e and caudal base; first branched ray i^ in total head length; first branched 
anal ra}' 2; least depth of caudal peduncle equals its length 01 2| to 2f in head; 
pectoral li; ventral if to i|. Brownish above, sides and below with .silvery 
reflections. Two examples, 177 to 185 mm 
SKRRANIDAE. 
Siniperca chuatsi (Basilcwsky). 
Mandarin Fish. 
Head 2] to 2|; depth 2f to 2* ; D. XII, 14; .A. III. 9; snout 4 in head 
measured from upper jaw tip; eye 5^ to 6-| ; maxillary 2| ; interorbital 6i to 8; 
head width if to 2. Least depth of caudal peduncle equals its length or 3J to 3f 
in total head length ; fifth dorsal spine 2f to 2f ; eighth dorsal ray 25 to 2|- ; second 
