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AßT. 7. — S. TANAKA I 



beneath opercular flap and is neary continuous with the blotch 

 of pectoral base. Further, there are a line passing forwards from 

 eye along suborbital part to tip of snout ; two whitish lines on 

 cheek fusing together on opercle ; some brownish spots on interor- 

 bital sjoace. Dorsal whitish, with somewhat oblique lines of brownish 

 color running downwards and backwards in a somewhat rivulate 

 manner over all parts of the fin ; a small black spot between first 

 and second spine of dorsal ; a much smaller black spot on first 

 spine of the same fin ; a black white-edged ocellus between first 

 and fourth rays of dorsal on the upper part of the rays ; oblique 

 brownish lines form by fusion a more or less regular circle 

 around the white edge of ocellus. Caudal, anal and ventral 

 whitish ; outer ray of ventral somewhat dusky. 



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

 Nafa, Riukiu Islands, in August 1906, and is now in possession 

 of Mr. J. Hashimoto. 



MEASUREMENTS OF THE SPECIES. 



Total length to caudal base 



Height of body 



Head (measured from tip of snout to end of opercular flap). 



Snout 



Eye 



Interorbital 



First spine of dorsal 



Last spine of dorsal 



Third spine of anal 



Longest ray of anal 



Longest ray of jiectoral 



Spine of ventral 



Outermost ray of ventral 



Height of caudal peduncle 



6.7 

 2.4 

 2.3 

 0.6 

 0.5 

 0.5 



0.35 

 0.7 



0.55 

 0.Ü 

 1.4 



0.65 

 1.2 

 1.2 



