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AKT. S. S. TANAKA 



DESCRIPTIONS OF OXE NEW 



Height of caudal })C(luncIe 

 Length of longest spine of lirst dorsal ... 

 Length of longest ray of second dorsal 

 Length of higliest ray of anal ... 

 Length of pectoral 

 Length of ventral... 

 Length of caudal ... 



Number of spines and rays of doisal ... 

 Number of rays of anal ... 

 Number of rays of pectoral 

 Number of spine and rays of ventral ... 

 Number of scales in longitudinal series... 

 Number of scales in transverse series 

 couuted downward and Itackward ... 



12 



12 



11 



11 



9. Sicydium japonicum, n. sp. 



Head 4l-4:'l, height of body about 4^ in total length as 

 measured to root of middle caudal rays. Eye 6-5, interorbital 

 2^-2, snout2i-2, height of caudal peduncle If-H, pectoral 11, 

 ventral 2-1^ in head. 



Body subcylindrical, only slightly compressed ; caudal pe- 

 duncle high, very much compressed. Head rather small, broad, 

 slightly depressed. Eye small, in middle of length of head ; its 

 upper margin on dorsal profile. Interorbital broad, being 2^ times 

 diameter of eye in breadth, slightly concave. Snout rather abrupt 

 in profile, its tip pointed when viewed from side, broadly rounded 

 when viewed from above. Mouth horizontal, beneath over- 

 hanging snout ; lips wide, fleshy. Maxilhiry comj^letely concealed 

 beneath preorbital and lips, extending to vertical passing through 



■•^ This luauber ul' the lin spines seems to be abnormil. 



