atsly oblique, jaws equa 
/ Yb$ c ti/f *■ 
651 
6 7 * 
Deoth 5 in total:,., 
^ye 4 in head, greater than inter- 
ornxm^l-m 
ie?$Cn"in bands in jaws, outer upper and inneRgfpywer row enlarged, no canines; 
preopercle denticulate* 
°cales 55 in lateral line to jgfjllal base; 75 along above lateral 
line; 3 or 9 above lateral line to s.j||pm8 dorsal. 
D. XI, 27, spines siend^^ffourth longest and less twice body 
depth, soft fin with low bas sJ^K llv sheath; A. IT, 7 or 8; caudal 5V4 in- 
body; pectoral acute, 6®/c^^%ody. 
35SSEK&!?"*- 
Bluish green ipg^e, silvery below. Iris yellow. Fins yellow. 
membranes brownish gv$m§t'- length 270 mm. (Bleeker.) 
China. Pfiifkps not distinct from Johnius plagiostomus, the imperf¬ 
ect description harpermitting identification 
Sciaena dist' Sfeta Tanaka (Dobuts. Zasshi, Tokyo, vol. 23, ‘1916, 
pp. 20-2y) and Zci aena aur ..T.okyo-, -vol. X3 > L91&, 
->A 
both from Japan, I have bee n't 
..e to consult. 
-'A 
Besides the little known species I h^^^arranged the following 
tentative key to include the established species |g| this genus in the Indo- 
Pacific. 
An a 1 y si s of so e c i e:#i 
ah Tubular scales in lateral line 45 jjjlffS. 
*v 
L] b^. Dorsal rays 22 to 2S 
C c^-. Depth of body 3 to 
d A » Dorsal rays J§g|f or 23. 
' ©1* Lower gill rajflrs 7; '‘scales 52 in lateral line 
1 e 7 * Lower gill 
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line 
fers 9; scales 41 to 43 in lateral 
c L 
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J'diacgaathus 
