112 THE SPINED NIPHON. 



by a pale longitudinal band. The upper fins are 

 grayish, the last dorsal fin with a blackish spot 

 on the fore part. The others are of a yellowish 

 white, and the tail is blackish at its two angles, 

 with a central paler line. In length, the single 

 specimen, whence the description was taken, was 

 about eight inches. 



