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4+15; those of the upper limb and all but five on the lower reduced 

 to mere rounded elevations; the others short and Hat. 



Preopercle with three strony' spines projecting' throug"h the skin, 

 the lower one pointing downward, the u})per pointing backward and 

 downward. Opercle with an elevated ridge at its upper part, termi- 

 nating in a strong" spine. 



■ Opercles, preopercles, and a narrow area on each side of occipital 

 part of head with oblong, cycloid scales; other parts of head naked. 

 Bodv covered everywhere with scales siuulai- to those of head. Lat- 

 eral line ending a distance from ))ase of caudal alxnit eijual to length 

 of head. 



Dorsal and anal tins continuous with the caudal; the membranes 

 fleshy. Dorsal inserted a distance behind tip of snout equal to one and 

 one-fourth times the length of head. Caudal narrow; pointed, Pec;- 

 torals pointed. Ventrals inserted close together near anterior edge of 

 humeral symphysis; the tins reduced to bifid filaments, cleft to within 

 the diauK^terof pupil from the base; imier filament the longer. 



Coloi' dusky; overlaid with silver. Posterior hahes of dorsal and 

 anal dusky, the color near the ends becoming dark chestnut; the edges 

 lighter. Caudal same color as the neighboring parts of dorsal and 

 anal. 



This species is known from Schlegel's accoiuit of a specimen in bad 

 condition, and from a specimen taken near Tokio, described by Stein- 

 dachner and Doderlein. 



Mea>jurement>< of IIoplohnAiila (irmota. 



Length of bcxly in millimeters 374 



Depth of bodvoxpressed in hundredths of length | 19 



Len.i,nh of hcail 1 22 



Width of intnorbital space 5h 



Length of siuiut ti 



Length of maxillary , 11 



Diametrrof orbit 4 



Distance from .snout to dorsal fin 27^ 



Height of rays near middle of fin 7 



Distance from sm lut to anal fin i 42 



Height of rays near middle of fin 



Lentith of caudal fin 



Depth of base of caudal ._.... 



Length (if pectoral fin ~. ... 



Distance from sniiut (o ventral fin 

 Length of ventral 



7i 



8 



Ij 

 15i 

 11 

 131 



Family GADID.E. 



77. LOTELLA PHYCIS Schlegel. 



Yokohama. 



Common in rather deep. water otf the east coast of both Hondo and 

 Kiusiu. 



78. PHYSICULUS JAPONICUS Hilgendorf. 



{J'In/KirxhiK (l((liri(/ki Steiiidachiier, not of Enroi)ean writers.) 



Yokohama. 



In deep water, not xcry coniinon, 



