82 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OP [1897. 



Head 3, depth 31, eye 4 ; D. XV, 8 ; A. Ill, 6 ; P. 10-1 ; V. I, 5. 



Scales deciduous, about 55 or 60 in the lateral line, each with 

 three teeth. Lateral line high, extending backward from a ridge on 

 the side of the head. Upper rays of pectoral reach about to caudal, 

 one pectoral filament which reaches tip of ventral. Dorsal contin- 

 uous, but with a notch in front of soft portion. Preopercle with a 

 sharp spine above the angle, spines of opercle undeveloped. Pre- 

 orbital with three spines : one directly forward, short and rather 

 blunt ; one extending downward, small and sharp ; one extending 

 backward, large and strong, extending three-fourths of distance to 

 end of maxillary. Between the intermaxillaries is a notch without 

 teeth, the slightly projecting tip of the lower jaw fitting into it. 

 Teeth of vomer in two small oval patches connected anteriorly by a 

 narrow band of very small teeth. Slit behind last gill, small. Two 

 low sharp ridges on top of head behind eye, intraorbital space con- 

 cave, with a narrow groove in the middle. Opercle and suborbital 

 with small radiating ridges. Three barbels on lower jaw. Black 

 blotch of dorsal on ninth to twelfth spines, soft dorsal with dark 

 streaks ; pectoral and anal blackish ; a whitish blotch in front of 

 dorsal (in alcohol). 



Pterois volitans (Linnaeus). 



Gasterosteus volitans Linnaeus, Ed. XII, Syst. Nat-, 491. 



Pterois volita?is, Gunther, II, 122, 1869; Day, Fishes of India, 154. 



Recorded by Sauvage. 



URANOSCOPIDJE. 



TJranoscopus asper Schlegel. 



Uranoscopus asper Schlegel, Fauna Japonica Poiss., 26, pi. 9, fig. 1, 1847; 

 Gunther, Cat., 11,228, I860. 



Recorded by Sauvage. ' 



PLATYCEPHALIDJE. 



Platycephalus spinosus Schlegel. 



Platycephalus spinosus Schlegel, Faun. Jap., Poiss., p. 40, pi. 16, f. 1 and 2, 

 1847 ; Gunther, Cat. Fishes, II, 190, 1860. 



Three specimens, 3£ inches long. 



Head 2f, depth 6£, eye 3} ; scales 38 ; D. I, VIII, 12 ; A. 12. 



Interorbital one-third of eye, concave, a dermal flap on eye. Top 

 of head with many spines symmetrically arranged, the ridges sharply 

 serrate, several small spines on top of snout, three or four in front of 

 eye. Three preopercular spines, the upper largest, about as long as 



