NO. 1213. A LIST OF JAPANESE FISHES— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 361 



LAGOCEPHALUS STICTONOTUS (Temminck and Schlegel). 



Tokyo (Otaki). 



LAGOCEPHALUS PARDALIS ( Temminck and Schlegel) . 



Tokyo (Otaki). 



Family DIODONTID.E. 



CHILOMYCTERUS CALIFORNIENSIS (Eigenmann). 

 {Diodon tigrinus Temminck and Schlegel, not of Cuvier. ) 



Tokyo (Otaki). 



The specimen identified as above agrees yery closely with one taken 

 from the Galapagos Islands by Snodgrass and Heller, as also with the 

 original description of Dr. Eigenmann's type from San Pedros, 

 California. 



Family SCORP^NID^. 



SEBASTODES INERMIS (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



{Sebastes venirico»us Schlegel). 

 Tokyo (Otaki). Hakodate (Alljafrosx). 



SEBASTODES JOYNERI (Giinther). 



Tokyo (Otaki). 



SEBASTODES OBLONGUS (Gunther). 



Tokyo (Otaki: Alhatross). 



SEBASTODES TACZANOWSKI (Steindachner). 



Iturup (Alhatross). 



SEBASTODES HAKODATIS Jordan and Snyder, new species. 

 (Plate XIV.) 



Type.—^o. J:9394, U.S.N.M. 



Locality. — -Hakodate, -Japan. Collector, Albatross. 



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

 depth, 5f; depth of caudal peduncle, 3| in head; eye, 4|; snout, 4; 

 maxillary, 2f ; interorbital space, 4^; height of longest dorsal spine, 

 2|; longest ray, 2f ; anal spine, 3|; ray, 2|; length of pectorals, 4 in 

 length; ventrals, 5; caudal, 4^; number dorsal spines, 13; rays, 12; 

 anal spines, 3; rays, 7; pectoral rays, 10-8; scales in lateral line, 54; 

 pores, 46. 



Ej^e moderate in size; nearer tip of snout than to posterior edge of 

 opercle, a distance equal to its diameter. Snout eipial in length to 

 diameter of eye. Lower jaw projecting; symphysial knob scarcely 

 noticeable. Maxillary extending to a vertical through posterior edge 

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



