NO. 1213. A LIST OF JAPANESE FISHES— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 357 



decreasing- in height to the ninth; the latter, together with the tenth 

 and eleventh, much shorter than the ra3^s which follow; rays, all except 

 the last 3, of about equal height. First anal spine minute; second 

 stout; short. Pectorals and ventrals pointed; the last rayof the latter 

 with a filament which projects be^^ond edge of fin a distance ('([ual to 

 one-half the diameter of eye. Color in alcohol, silvery; dark(>i' al)ovc 

 than below; a continuous, dark line, equal in width to about one-half 

 the diameter of pupil on each row of scales; those on the dorsal ante- 

 rior part of body run o])liquely; those on the posterior and lateral 

 parts horizontally, the transition from oblique to horizontal being 

 gradual; ventrally the lines become indistinct and disappear; a small 

 dark spot on upper posterior part of base of pi!ctoral; dorsal, anal, 

 and caudal fins dusky. 



But one specimen was collected, measurements of which are here 

 given: Length of body, 171 mm.; length of head, expressed in hun- 

 dredths of bod}^, 28; depth of body, 30; distance from snout to dorsal, 

 34; distance from snout to anal, 71; depth of caudal peduncle, 10; 

 length of snout, 7; length of maxillary, 12; diameter of eye, 0; width 

 of interorbital space, 8; length of base of spinous dorsal, 20; length 

 of base of soft dorsal, 43; length of second dorsal spine, 12; third 

 dorsal spine, 15; length of longest dorsal ray, 12^; length of base of 

 anal, 8i; length of first spine, 2; second spine, 12; length of first ray, 

 16; length of longest pectoral ra}^, 20; ventral, 21; caudal, 22. 



The species is named in honor of Dr. Kakichi Mitsukuri, of the 

 Imperial University of Tokyo. 



Family M^NID^. 



EMMELICHTHYS SCHLEGELII Richardson. 



Tokyo (Otaki). 



Family OPLEGNATHID^Fl 



OPLEGNATHUS FASCIATUS ( Temminck and Schlegel). 



Tokyo (Otaki): Hakodate (Alhatro.^s). 



OPLEGNATHUS PUNCTATUS Temminck and Schlegel. 



Yokohama {Alhatross). 



Family PENTACEROTID^E. 



ANOPLUS BANJOS Richardson. 



(Banjos tj/pns Bleeker. ) 

 Tokyo (Otaki). 



