304 JOEDAN & SNYDER : NINE NEW SPECIES OF 



A similar dried specimen 6 ft. long from Hakodate is in 

 the Fisheries Museum of that city. 



4. Tetrapturus mitsukurii Jordan and Snyder, new species. 

 (PL XVI, fig. 5).- 



D. XXXVII-6. 



Depth of body slightly less than height of dorsal iiu. 

 Lower jaw from front of eye 74 more than postorbital part of 

 head. Height of 1st dorsal equal to length of pectoral, the 

 fin liigher than in T. mazara. Pectorals 1 "/s i^. head from 

 tip of lower jaw ; ventrals 1 7i2' Caudal lobe as long as head 

 from tip of lower jaw. 



Color steel blue with narrow whitish cross-bars on back ; 

 dorsal violet, faintly spotted. 



Described from a specimen 6 ft. long without spear, examined 

 in a fish-well at Misaki. Known to the fishermen as Makajiki 

 or True Spear-fish. 



The species is generally common in Japan, but on account 

 of its enormous size could not be preserved by us. It was seen 

 at Misaki, Tokyo, Yokohama, Sendai and Otaru. The specimens 

 from Matsushima Bay showed the following characters : 



D. XXXVIII-6 ; A. 14-7. Body slender, compressed ; its 

 depth 4 in body exclusive of head. Lower jaw from front of eye 

 a little more than post-orbital part of head. First dorsal low, 

 equal to depth of body. Pectoral half longer than postorbital 

 part of head or 1 Yj in head from tip of lower jaw. Ventral 

 slightly longer than post-orbital part of head. Caudal lobe twice 

 postorbital part of head. 



Color steel blue ; back above lateral line with about 15 



* Kepiuchn'tion of the i)iK)tiigraiili refeneil to below. — K.M. 



