32 ART. 7. — S. TANAKA : 



Anaftipses ihedai, n. sp. 



PL L, iig. 2. 



Head Ss in total length to base of caudal ; height of body 

 3i ; snout Be in head ; eye 6 ; interorbital 31. D. IX, 12 ; A. 

 Ill, 12 ; P. 12 ; V. I, 5 ; pores in lateral line about 28 ; scales 

 between lateral line and back, counted downwards and forwards, 

 3 ; between lateral line and belly, counted as before, 10. 



Body oblong, compressed ; caudal peduncle rather high, 

 compressed ; dorsal and ventral outlines about equally convex. 

 Head moderate ; eye lateral, high, moderate in size ; its anterior 

 rim a little before middle of length of head ; interorbital strongly 

 convex ; snout short, the profile moderately curved, conical. Mouth 

 small ; jaws equal ; two anterior canines in each jaw prominent, 

 turned forward, compressed, with cutting edge ; no posterior 

 canine. Preopercle entire in margin ; opercular flap moderate. 

 Ventral fin beneath posterior end of base of pectoral, its free 

 margin truncate or slightly emarginate ; the first ray longest, its 

 tip not reaching vent. Dorsal originating opposite tip of oper- 

 cular flap. Height of dorsal and anal moderate, last rays of both 

 fins on the same vertical ; when depressed the tips hardly 

 reaching caudal base. Pectoral moderate, the first ray longest, 

 its tip being on the same vertical with tip of ventral, the free 

 margin broadly rounded. Caudal moderate, its posterior margin 

 very broadly rounded when opened, very slightly emarginate when 

 closed ; both lobes about equal. Scales cycloid, moderate in size ; 

 lateral line complete, abruptly bent beneath soft dorsal ; head 

 entirely naked. Scales on nape and breast much reduced in size ; 

 no scaly sheath both on dorsal and anal, but caudal with scat- 

 tered scales for about the basal third of its length. 



