NO. 1213. A LIST OF JAPANESE FISHES— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 375 



length; anal, 9; length of pectoral, 5i; ventral, 7; caudal, 6; number of 

 dor.sal spines, 12; niys, 16; anal ra3^s, 18; pectoral, l-t; pores in lateral 

 line, 32. Snout short, l)lunt, its outline rising- abruptly to border of 

 eye. Mouth slightly oblique; jaws subequal; maxillary extending 

 to a vertical through center of pupil; upper lip very wide and thin; a 

 thin fold on each side of lower jaw; the folds not connected at the 

 symphysis. Teeth in a single row on each jaw; curved; incisor-like; 

 closely apposed to each other; their cutting edges rounded; 2 strong, 

 curved canines in each jaw; those of the lower jaw^ immediately ])ehind 

 the incisor teeth; a small space between upper canines and incisors. 

 Eye oblong; high in head; midway between tip of snout and occiput; 

 upper border of 63^6 with a fringed cirrus, the height of which equals 

 length of snout. Nostril with a flat, branched cirrus. Body naked. 

 Lateral line arched above the pectoral; the pores large anteriorly; 

 becoming indistinct and disappearing on the posterior third of the 

 body. A line of mucous tubes extending from angle of mouth along 

 opercular region to occiput; a set of radiating tubes around lower 

 border of eye. Dorsal extending from occiput to basal ravs of caudal; 

 a notch between spinous and soft parts; rays a little higher than spines. 

 Anal preceded by 2 free spines; each with a large, rounded, fleshy 

 pad; posteriorly, the i\\ys gradually become a little higher; membrane 

 of each ray attached a little lower anteriorly than posteriorly, giving 

 the edge of fin a serrated appearance. Caudal paddle shaped; free from 

 both dorsal and anal. Ventrals slender. Pectorals rounded. Color, 

 in spirits, olive brown; dark spots, about the size of pupil, arranged 

 in 3 rows on sides of bodj^; rows of small, dark dots between and 

 below the large ones; the arrangement in rows rather indefinite; mem- 

 brane between first and second spines, with a distinct dark spot about 

 as large as eye; 14 small, dark spots arranged in pairs along base of 

 dorsal; smaller, less distinct spots above these tips of anal raj^s white; 

 a narrow, blackish band below the w^hite tips; lower part of pectoral 

 more dusky than upper. 



Some measurements, expressed in hundredths, of the bod}^ are here 

 given: Length of body, 43 mm,; head, .27; depth of bod}", .24; dis- 

 tance from snout to dorsal, .26; snout to ventrals, .26; snout to anal, 

 .52; depth of caudal peduncle, .09; length of snout, .1(»; diameter of 

 eye, .07; length of orbital cirrus, .09; width of interorbital space, .03; 

 length of base of spinous dorsal, .34; base of soft dorsal, ,38; height 

 of longest dorsal spine, .11; ray, .14; length of base of anal, ,47; 

 length of longest anal ray, .11; length of pectoral, .20; ventral, .16; 

 caudal, .17. 



The species is named in memoiy of our old friend and schoolmate 

 at Cornell, liiokichi Yatabe, formerly professor of l)otany in the Uni- 

 versity of Tokyo, lately drowned in a sad accident in the hay of 

 Kamakura. 



