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Family KYPHOSID^. 



GIRELLA PUNCTATA Gray. 



(Girclla melanicJitln/-^ (Rifhardson)). 



Tokyo (Otaki). 



Family SCI^FNID^E. 



CORVULA SCHLEGELI (Bleeker). 



Tokyo (Otaki). 

 PSEUDOTOLITHUS MITSUKURII Jordan and Snyder, new species. 



(Plate XIII.) 



Type.—^o. 49407, U.S.N.M. 



Locality. — Bay of Tokyo, Japan. Collector, Alhafn^s. 



Descriptio7i.- — Head, 3f in length; depth, 3|; depth of caudal pedun- 

 cle, 2f in head; eye, 5; snout, 3i; maxillaiy, 2f ; interorbital space, 3^; 

 height of longest dorsal spine, If; longest ray, 2i; anal spine, 2i; ra}^, 

 If; length of pectorals, li; ventrals, 1^; caudal, 1^; number of dorsal 

 spines, 11; rays, 28; anal spines, 2; rays, 7; pectoral rays, 16; scales 

 in lateral line, 50; between lateral line and spinous dorsal, 9. 



Dorsal outline not greatly arched; the curve from snout to caudal 

 peduncle even; curve of ventral contour similar to that of dorsal. 

 Snout ))luntly rounded; lips thin, the upper with a slight incision on 

 each side of snout; distance between the slits ecjual to two times the 

 diameter of orbit; symphysis of lower jaw with 4 pores, the outer 2 

 of which are about as far apart as the incisions of upper lip. Lower 

 jaw slightly included; mouth oblique; edge of premaxillar}-^ curved; 

 maxillary reaching a vertical from posterior edge of pupil. Teeth of 

 upper jaw in 2 series; the outer ones small; sharp; not close together; 

 the inner ones minute; in 2 or 3 rows; teeth of lower jaw ver}" small; 

 in a single row, except at symphysis, where there is a narrow patch; 

 an inside row is indicated by a few scattered, very minute teeth. 

 Diameter of eye less than length of snout; contained a little less than 

 two times in interorbital width. Gill-rakers, 7 + 13; slender; length 

 of longest, two times the diameter of eye. Edge of preopercle with a 

 few short, slender, sharp spines; those on the angle about as large as 

 teeth of upper jaw; not projecting downward. Lateral line arched; 

 followijig dorsal contour to a point above anal spines, from which it 

 runs straight along middle of caudal peduncle. Scales ctenoid; those 

 on anterior and lower part of head and on fins smooth; a row along 

 base of soft dorsal: none on spinous dorsal; a single row extending on 

 caudal along lateral line to end of fin; pectorals and anal naked; a few 

 scales on ventrals. Dorsal fins connected; first dorsal spine just pro- 

 jecting above scales; third and fourth spines highest; others rapidl}^ 



