According to Jordan and Evermann (Genera of Fishes, pt, 1, 
1917f P# 65 ) Coluhrina Lacepede^ Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5f 
l803f p* 40 , type Colubrina chinensis Lace^ede, is based on 
an unidentified Chinese painting. Colubrinus Dum^ril, Zool 
Analytique, I 8 O 6 , p. (138) 334# atypic (type Colubrina chin 
ensis Lacepede) is a variant spelling. 
