NO. 1213. A LIST OF JAPANESE FISHES— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 365 



SEBASTODES PACHYCEPHALUS (Temminck and Schlegel j. 



Misaki (Otaki). 



HELICOLENUS MARMORATUS (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Hakodate {Albatross). Tokyo (Otaki). 



HELICOLENUS ALBAFASCIATUS (Lacepede). 



Probably distinct from //. dactylopterus, a common s[)ocios of the 

 Mediterranean, although very closely related. 

 Misaki (Otaki). 



SCORPi^NA FIMBRIATA Dbderlein. 



Tokyo (Otaki). 



SCORP>(ENA ONARIA Jordan and Snyder, new species. 

 (Plate XVI.) 

 {Scorp:i')M neglectd Temminck and Schlegel, not of Heckel.) 



Ty^;^.— Specimen No. 49405, U.S.N.M. 



Locality. — Misaki, Japan. Collector, K. Otaki. 



Descrijytion. — Head, measured to end of opercular Hap, 2^ in length; 

 depth of caudal peduncle, 4i in head; eye, 4; snout, 4; maxillary, 2; 

 interorbital space, Ti; height of longest dorsal spine, 2^; longest ray, 

 2i; anal spine, 2f, ray, 2i; pectorals, 3f in length; ventrals, 4; caudal, 

 3f ; number of dorsal spines, 12; rays, 1); anal spines, 3; rays, 5; pec- 

 toral rays, 17; scales in lateral line, 30; pores, 21. 



Dorsal outline of body angular; its highest point at base of first 

 dorsal spine, from which it slopes anteriorly to tip of snout; posteri- 

 orly to end of dorsal lin; caudal peduncle narrow; head very large. 

 Eye large; high in head; two times as far from end of opercular flap 

 as from tip of snout. Jaws equal; the symphysial knob of lower jaw 

 projecting. Maxillary extending to a vertical through posterior edge 

 of orbit. Bands of teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines; the vomer and 

 palatine ])ands narrow. Gillrakers on first arch 5+9; short, blunt, 

 covered with small, sharp spines. Interorbital space deeply concave; 

 interorbital ridges prominent, close together, ending posteriorly in 

 strong spines. Quadrate pit of occiput distinct. No pit between 

 anterior border of eye and subor])ital stay. Supraocular tentacle as 

 long as diameter of pupil. Head very strongly armed. Nasal spines 

 slender. Ocular rim with four large, flat spines; the one above the 

 pupil l)lunt. Tympanic spine present. Preorbital with a strong spine 

 projecting downward; a bifid spine projecting forward; at the base of 

 these a bifid spine projecting outward; of each bifid spine the upper 

 branch is the longer. Suborbital stay with three strong, flat s])ines. 

 Preopercle with five spines; the upper longest and bifid in line with 

 those of suborbital stay, the lower short and blunt. Opercle with two 



