NOTES ON SOME JAPANESE FISHES. 



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I have dedicated the species to Prof. C. H. Gilbert iu 

 recognition ot* his numerous valuable works on ichthyology. 



MEASUREMENTS OF THE SPECIES. 



Total length 



Length from tip of snout to vent 



Head 



Height of body 



Snout 



Eye 



Interorbital 



Maxillary 



58.0 



25.5 



7.5 



5.8 



1.8 



0.75 



1.15 



4.0 



Alejyocephalus owstom, n. sp. 



PI. I., fig. 6. 



Head 3| in total length to caudal base ; height of body 4è 

 snout 85 in head ; eye 4 ; interorbital 67. D. 18 ; A. 16 ; V. 8 

 P. 10 ; number of scales in a longitudinal series about 42 

 number of scales in a transverse series about 19 ; branchi- 

 ostegals 7. 



Body compressed ; caudal peduncle likewise. Head higher 

 than broad, rather large ; eye rather large, lateral, high, nearer 

 tip of snout than edge of opercle ; interorbital almost flat ; snout 

 slightly concave in profile, pointed ; broadly rounded when viewed 

 from above. Mouth inferior, very near tip of snout ; a row of 

 teeth on both jaws very slender, villiform, deciduous ; a row of 

 similar teeth on palatines ; none on vomer ; tongue also toothless. 

 Maxillary extending beyond anterior rim of eye, but not reaching 



