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



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MeasnrenienU of Si'haModcx hakodatis. 



Length of body in millimeters. . . 



Length of head In body 



Depth of body 



Distance from snout to dorsal . . . 



Distance from snout to anal 



Depth of caudal peduncle 



Length 'of caudal peduncle 



Length of snout 



Lengtli of maxillary 



Diameter of eye 



Width of interorbital space 



Length of base of spinous dorsal 



Length of base of soft dorsal 



Length of first dorsal spine 



Lengtli of fourtli dorsal spine 



Length of thirteentlulnrsal spine 



Length of third dorsal ray 



Length of base of anal 



Length of first anal spine 



Length of second anal .spine 



Length of third anal spine 



Length of second anal ray 



Length of longest pectoral ray .. 

 Length of longest ventral ray . . . 



Length of caudal 



Number of dorsal rays 



Number of anal rays 



Number of pectoral rays 



Number of pores iu lateral line. . 



66 

 .37 

 .33 

 .35 

 .74 

 .10 

 .17 

 .09 

 .17 

 .10 

 .07 

 .39 

 .22 

 .08 

 .17 

 .10 

 .17 

 .15 

 .07 

 .15 

 .15 

 .20 

 .27 

 .22 

 .23 



12 

 7 



18 



45 



66 

 .37 

 .37 

 .34 

 .76 

 .10 

 .16 

 .09 

 .17 

 .105 

 .065 

 .39 

 .19 

 .08 

 .16 

 .12 

 .17 

 .15 

 .08 

 .15 

 .15 

 .18 

 .28 

 .19 

 .24 



12 

 7 



18 



45 



SEBASTODES SCYTHROPUS Jordan and Snyder, new species. 

 (Plate XV.) 



Type.— No. 49406, U.S.N.M. 



Localitij. — Misaki, near Tokyo, Japan, Collector, K. Otaki. 



Description. — Head, measured to end of opercular flap, 2f in lengtli; 

 depth, 2i; depth of caudal peduncle, 3i in head; eye, 2|; snout, 5; 

 maxillary, 2i; interorbital space, 4i; heig-ht of longest dorsal spine, 2^; 

 longest ray, 2|; anal spine, 2f, ray, 2^, pectoral, ^\ in length; ven- 

 trals, 4i; caudal, 4f ; number of dorsal spines, 13; rays, 13; anal spines, 

 3; rays, 6; pectoral rays, 'S-\r'^\ scales in lateral line, 31; pores, 28. 



Eye very large; round; high in head; nearer tip of snout than to 

 posterior edge of opercle, a distance equal to interorbital width. Inter- 

 orbital area convex; with a median longitudinal groove, deepest ante- 

 riorly, growing shallower and wnder posteriorly; the groove bounded 

 laterally by a pair of low% rounded ridges. Mouth, oblique; maxillary 

 extending to a vertical through a point a little posterior to center of 

 pupil; lower jaw with a slender, symphyseal knob which projects in a 

 line with upper contour of head. Teeth on jaws, ^'omer and palatines; 

 symphvseal patch of teeth of lower jaw elevated, titting into a median 

 toothless notch of the upper jaw; palatine bands narrow. Gill-rakers 

 long and .slender; 10+24 on first arch. Head strongly armed; preocu- 

 lar, postocular, and occipital spines large and sharp; preceded l)y promi- 

 nent ridges; tympanic spine, acute; smaller than postocular; nasal 

 spines well developed; preorbital with 2 strong spines directed down- 

 ward; above these an indistinct lobe; preopercle wnth 5 large spines; 

 the upper 3, of which the second is longest, project backward; the 



