NO. 1240. CARDINAL FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 895 



/. Distinct stripes on side, at least 4 in number, the upper and lower 

 of the four converging over and behind the caudal spot; top of 



head with 4 or more stripes schlegeU. 7. 



ff. Distinct stripes on sides, 3 in number, the upper and lower not 

 converging behind caudal spot; dark stripes ]>lain on the cheeks. 



da'derlrini. 8. 

 ee. Sides of lx)dy without stripes except anteriorly or along back. 



q. Stripe on head above eye extending l^ackward to front of soft dor- 

 sal, widening a little at the najie; a median stripe above it to the 



dorsal; another below, across eye and opercle xcmilineatus. 9. 



gg. Stripe on head above eye, not reaching nape; a jet black nuchal 

 spot; a stripe from snout across eye to opercle; body unmarked 



save for the caudal spot nofafui^. 10. 



II. Apogon. First dorsal with 6 spines; caudal lunate. 



h. Side with a broad jet black stripe from snout through eye to base 

 of caudal; a narrower stripe above it; dorsal and anal each 

 with a dark streak near base; body rather elongate; general 

 color red kiensis. 11. 



3. APOGON NIGER Dbderlein. 



Apogon nigripinnis Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, 1846, p. 3, Nagasaki, not of 

 Cuvier and Valenciennes. — Steixdachxer, Fische Japans, II, 1883, p. 1, 

 Shikoku, as Apogon niger Doderlein ]\IS. 



Head 2i in leng-th; depth 2i; depth of caudal peduncle 2i in head; 

 eye 3^; interorbital space 3f ; snout 3i; maxillaiy 2; D. VIl-I, 9; A. 

 II, 8* scales in lateral series 25; in transverse series 9. 



Fig. 12.— Apogon niger. 



BoQ}' very aeep; compressed; its outlines reg-ular. Interorbital 

 space convex; rim of orbit not projecting above contour of head; 

 diameter of eye equal to length of snout. Mouth ver}- oblique; max- 

 illary extending to a vertical between pupil and posterior edge of 



