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rays; its length contained 1 Ys i^^ head. Ventral inserted be- 

 hind pectoral ; 2 -/s i" head. Caudal lunate ; sub-truncate ; 

 1 74 in head. 



Color dusky green, apparently clouded with darker. 



Type, a stuffed specimen 140 centimeters long, in the Im- 

 perial Museum, Tokyo. Locality, Misaki, in Sagami. Known 

 to fishermen as Abvrabözu, which means " fat-priest." It is also 

 called Aburainagi or " Fat Bass." According to Kuma Aoki, an 

 intelligent fisherman of Misaki, it is occasionally taken in the 

 Kuro Siwo, it is not rare, and reaches a weight of 200 lbs. 



The genus Ebisus (named for the Japanese fisher-god Ebisu) 

 is allied to Siereolepis and Megwperca, differing from both in the 

 unarmed head, larger teeth and in the lower, weaker dorsal spines. 



7. Reinhardtius matsuurae Jokdan and Snyder, new species. 

 (PI. XVI, figs. 7, 8). 



Head 4 'U "^ length ; depth 3 V2 ; D. 96 ; A. 69. Scales 

 117. 



Body dextral. Interorbital width 3 in maxillary ; a little 

 less than longitudinal diameter of lower eye ; cleft of mouth same 

 on both sides. Lateral line single ; not sharply curved anywhere ; 

 running obliquely downward to a point a little above middle of 

 body and posterior to base of pectoral a distance equal to 2 times 

 length of maxillary, then straight backwards to end of caudal 

 fin, similar on blind side. Dorsal fin inserted just behind eye. 

 Anal inserted below 26th dorsal ray. Dorsal and anal extending 

 an equal distance posteriorly. Length of caudle peduncle 2 72 in 

 head. Minute scales on interradial membranes of both dorsal and 

 anal. Length of pectoral equal to maxillary. Color plain brown. 



A stuffed specimen about 1 7^ ft. long, no. 456, Imperial 



