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ART. 7. — S. TANAKA I 



anal rays yellowish. Pores of the uppermost lateral line joined 

 by slender, bluish, short lines. Caudal yellowish and dusky ; rays 

 yellowish ; tip of caudal filament dark. Pectorals slightly dusky. 

 Ventrals whitish, somewhat dusky, bluish at tip. Iris of eye 

 slightly dusky. 



There were four specimens in Owston's collection ; of these 

 three were examined by me. 



MEASUREMENTS OF THE SPECIES. 



Specimen. 



Locality 



Date 



Total length without caudal ... 



Head 



Height of body 



Height of head behind eye 



Snout 



Eye 



Interorbital 



Head and trunk 



Ventral 



Pectoral 



Length from caudal base to tip 



of filament 



Number of dorsal fin-rays 



Number of anal fin-rays 



Number of pectoral fin-rays ... 



Number of ventral fin-rays 



Number of caudal fin-rays 



A. 



B. 



C. 



Izu Sea 



Feb., 1903. 



48.0 cm. 



2.7 



1.2 



1.2 



0.8 



0.7 



0.4 



6.0 



1.8 



1.5 



4.0 



138 



122 



13 



o 

 O 



10 



Suruga Bay 



Dec, 1905. 



38.0 cm. 



2.4 „ 



0.8 „ 



1.0 „ 



0.7 „ 



0.6 „ 



0.5 „ 



5.2 „ 



1.3 „ 

 1.3 „ 



1.8 „ 



130 „ 



117 „ 



13 „ 



3 „ 



10 .. 



Suruga Bay 

 Jan., 1906. 

 28.5 cm. 

 1.75 

 0.75 



0.8 



0.4 



0.5 



0.4 



4.0 



0.9 



1.1 



0.8 cm. 



(filament broken off). 



125 cm. 



118 „ 



13 „ 



V 



10 .. 



Trachypterus inisakiensis, n. sp. 

 PI. IV., fig. 2. 



Head 5 to 61 in total length to base of caudal ; height of 



