NOTES ON SOME JAPANESE FISHES. 



2ô 



those oil the anterior part of body witli a few white spots at the 

 centre. Markings on dorsal like those on sides of body ; the fin 

 not white-margined. Anal also like the body in coloration, but 

 whether its margin is white or not, can not be determined owing 

 to the defective state of preservation. 



The species resembles ^niasia lichenosa Jordan & Snyder, 

 but differs from it in the markings of body and in dentition, 

 the teeth on lower jaw being uniserial instead of biserial. 



The type is the only specimen known. It was obtained by 

 Mr. K. Nakanishiki at Wakanoura, Province of Kii. 



It bears the number 956 in the museum of the Zoolosical 



Institute. 



MEASUREMENTS OF THE SPECIES. 



Total length 



Head (measured from tip of snout to gill opening). 



Height of body (behind gill opening) 



Snout 



Eye 



Interorbital Avidth 



Distance from tip of snout to corner of mouth 



Distance from posterior rim of eye to corner of mouth. 

 Distance from tip of snout to vent 



41.0 

 4.8 

 3.5 

 1.2 

 0.6 

 0.9 

 2.9 

 1.35 

 19.5 



Gyninothorax gilbert i, n. sp. 



PI. I., fig. 1. 



Head 7t in total length to posterior tip of body ; height 

 of body 10 ; snout 4è in head ; eye 10 ; interorbital 6J ; 

 maxillary If. 



Body compressed, moderate in height ; tail a little longer 

 than head and trunk to vent. Eye lateral, moderate in size, 



