GENUS AND TEN NEW SPECIES OF JAPANESE FISHES. 17 



almost straight. Eye lateral, high up, almost midway between 

 tip of snout and upper edge of gill-opening ; interorbital very 

 convex, slightly wider than diameter of eye ; nostrils close to- 

 gether, immediately in front of eye ; anterior nostril with low 

 tube, but the postersor without tube. Snout length about equal 

 to diameter of eye. Mouth almost vertical, lower jaw projecting ; 

 maxillary short, not reaching to vertical through anterior nostril. 

 Teeth slender, sharp, close-set. Preoperculum serrated on edge 

 of upper limb, with a sharp compressed spine at angle below, 

 the spine equal to two-thirds diameter of eye, but not extending 

 to base of pectoral. Gill-openings oblique, running forward 

 below, the membrane united to isthmus; width of the latter 

 slightly longer than half diameter of eye. Spinous dorsal growing 

 gradually higher backward from front ; soft dorsal high, its middle 

 rays the highest, the edge rounded. Anal spines strong, the third 

 one the longest ; soft anal similar in form to soft dorsal, longest 

 rays of the former slightly shorter than same of the latter. 

 Pectoral placed low ; upper edge of its base slighty above base 

 of preopercular spine ; its posterior margin rounded, not reaching 

 to posterior tip of ventral. Ventrals close together, below lower 

 edge of base of pectoral, the first ray somewhat filiform, scarcely 

 extending to origin of anal. Caudal broadly rounded. Scales 

 very small, rough ; head and vertical fins closely scaled. Lateral 

 line high, concurrent with back, extending to base of caudal. 



Coloar in formalin dark brown, the caudal whitish ; vertical 

 fins blackish, darker posteriorly, their posterior parts narrowly 

 edged with whitish ; side of body with 8 longitudinal dark bands 

 equal in width to diameter of pupil, the first band entering into 

 dorsal behind fourth dorsal spine. A broad pale band immedi- 

 ately behind eye, uniting with its fellow of the opposite side at 



