NO. 1240. 



CARDINAL FISHES OF JAPAX-JORDA^^^iyD^I>EIL^^90^ 



^ide^badT^i^d^^fteii^till^^ at base of dorsal, making seven on 

 each side, four distinct, three faint; tins all pale, a few dark dots on 

 caudal and dorsals;' traces of a faint dusky cross-line on base ot second 

 dorsal. Length about 1(»0 millimeters. 



Coast of southern Japan, here described from four examples from 

 Nao-asaki It is doubtless Schlegel's Aj>o^jou vovewJy>srHttm (not ot 

 Cuvier and Valenciennes), ]>ased on a drawing by Burger, though the 

 drawing is not very correct. This is the basis of Bleeker's Ai.>go.. 

 .clJroeli. Later Bleeker has identilied this species with his .ii>ogo^>^ 

 \nMcttaenia from the East Indies. But A. eu<h^hita.m. lacks the 

 converging lines around the caudal spot; the eye is much smaller and 

 the body more slender. We think .4. schhgell a valid species. It is 



in-obablv not very abundant. . , i ^u 



(Named for Prof. H. Schlegel, of Leyden. the distinguished author, 

 jointly NVith Prof. V. J. Temmin.-k. of the Fauna Japonica.) 



8. APOGON DCEDERLEINI Jordan and Snyder, new species. 



Head 2* in length; depth 2|: depth of caudal l^^^;|^ ^^n head; 

 eye 3; interorbital space 3; snout 4: maxillary 2: D. \ U-L ^^ A. li, 

 8; scales in lateral series 25: in transverse series U. 



(i. APUUON nCEriERI.EINI. 



Bodv robust; somewhat elongate: the caudal peduncle very long, 

 slendeV: the back little elevated and evenly curved. He^ul rather 

 pointed. Eye very large, its diameter much greater than the length 

 of snout. Interorbital space tlat. with a slight median ele^^tlon•, 

 upper rim of orbit not projecting above contour ot head. Mouth 

 large, moderately oblique; jaws equal, maxillary extending to a ver- 

 tical passing a little before posterior edge of pupil. Teeth vihtorm 

 on jaws, vomer, and palatines. Gill-rakers on lirst arch 5+13, slendei. 



