NOTES ON SOME JAPANESE EISITES. .>o 



Color in formalin dark brown ; each scale with bhiisli white 

 spot, the spot very clear-cut and regularly round in form. Spots 

 on throat and lower part of head dumbbell-shaped by confluence ; 

 those on upper parts of head much smaller, but distinct. Dorsal 

 and anal similar witli body in color and markings ; on each fin, 

 the spots form about 3 longitudinal rows, the basal spots being 

 round or somewhat elongate in form, while those in the distal 

 parts of fins are much smaller, but distinct ; both fins bluish near 

 margin, the very margin being narrowly black ; the bluish band 

 of anal slightly broader than that of dorsal ; a large black ocel- 

 lated spot on the last three rays of dorsal. Pectoral somewhat 

 dusky without marking, its base dark brown like the ground color 

 of body, but without markings ; ventral with brown ground 

 color and bluish spots, the distal part and margin of the 

 fin bluish. Caudal and its scaly sheath reddish yellow, 

 without markings. Lips of mouth reddish and blotched with 

 dusky. 



The species is allied to Anampses cceruleopunctatus of the 

 Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, but differs from it in the head 

 having spots instead of vertical lines. The species also differs 

 from Anampses cuvieri of the Hawaiian Islands in the dorsal 

 having spots instead of wavy lines. Moreover, it differs from 

 both the species mentioned in having an ocellated spot near 

 the posterior margin of dorsal. 



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

 Kagoshima, Province of Satsuma, in 1903. It is preserved in 

 the museum of the Zoological Institute, numbered 964. 



The species is named for Mr. S. Ikeda, of the Kagoshima 

 High School, in whose collection I have found it. 



