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AET. 7. — S. TANAKA : 



body smooth ; belly rough, perceptibly prickly. Coloration 

 silvery ; head and body with blackish-brown round spots ; the 

 spots on median parts of side of body larger than those on head 

 and margins of body. Anterior profile before nape, including 

 front of snout and tip of mandible, blackish. All the fins without 

 spots; all except pectorals pink-red. 



We sometimes find the species near the shores of Misaki after 

 stormy weather. The type, 13.8 cm. long to caudal base, is 

 preserved in the museum of the Zoological Institute under Mus. 

 No. 960. 



MEÂSUEEMENTS OF THE SPECIES. 



Specimen. 



A. 



B. 



C. 



D. 



Length to base of caudal... 

 Head 



Height of body (at origin 



of ventral) 



Snout 



Eye 



Interorbital 



Longest ray of dorsal 



Length of ray of ventral... 

 Caudal 



17.3 cm. 



2.8 „ 



4.8 „ 



0.6 „ 



1.2 „ 



0.7 „ 



2.8 „ 



8.0 „ 



? 0.7 „ 



13.8 cm. 



2.3 „ 



4.4 „ 

 0.8 „ 

 0.9 „ 

 0.6 „ 

 2.4 „ 

 8.4 „ 

 1.0 „ 



7.5 cm. 



8.3 cm. 

 1.7 



