Descriptions of Nine New Species of Fishes 

 contained in Museums of Japan.^^^ 



By 



David Starr Jordan, Ph. D., LL.Ü. 



Pi csidcht, 

 AND 



John Otterbein Snyder, A.M., 



lastrudor in Zoology, 

 Ldand Stanford Junior University. 



{Communicated by Prof. 31itsuhuri.) 



With Plates XV-XVII. ■ 



111 our recent investigations of the fishes of the Empire of 

 Japan, several new species were observed each represented by 

 specimens contained in museums of Japan, of which no dupli- 

 cates were obtainable. The description of such species constitutes 

 the purpose of the present paper. We would here express our 

 special obligations to Professor Kakichi Mitsukurt of the 

 Imperial University of Tokyo, and to Professor Chiyomatsu 

 IsHiKAWA of the Imperial Museum at Ueno Park, Tokyo, for the 

 privilege of examining and describing these species and for 

 many other favors. 



The species here considered are the following : 



*The plates illustrating this article were prepared under my direction, and for whatever 

 shortcomings they may possess, Dr. Jordan and Mr. Snyder are not responsible. — K. Mi- 



TSUKURI. 



