NO. 1239. APODAL FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 



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5i in head; eye moderate 1^ in snout; front of eye about equidistant 

 ))et\veen tip of snout and angle of mouth; teeth stout, short and rather 

 sharp, subequal, in one irregular row aboye, the lower apparent!}' 

 uniserial; pectoral roundish, 4|^ in head; dorsal inserted over middle of 

 pectoral; distance from insertion of dorsal forward to g-iH opening (S in 

 head; the lin rather high, not elevated at the tail, the lin there lower 

 than anteriorly; tail bluntish; pores in lateral line very small; head 

 with longitudinal wrinkles. 



OPHICHTHl'S ASAKUS.K. 



Color uniform olive brown, the belly paler, no dark streaks or 

 points on head; dorsal and anal tins pale, the edge whitish. 



One specimen -I'l^ inches long, type No. 6478, Leland Stanford Junior 

 Universitv Museum, obtained from the Asakusa Aquarium in Tokyo, 

 taken outside the Ba}^ of Tokj^o, near Misaki. The pale edge of the 

 dorsal and anal are characteristic of the species. It is closely related 

 to the species called urolophus by Schlegel, but in that species the 

 dorsal is inserted well behind the pectoral at a distance behind the gill 

 opening 2^ in head according to SchlegeTs tigure. Our specimen 

 moreover shows no sign of the elevation of the dorsal and anal on the 

 tail, which suggested the name firoloplnix. 



34. OPHICHTHUS TSUCHIDiE Jordan and Snyder, new species. 



Head 2f in trunk; head and trunk 1^ in tail. Body robust, the 

 depth at gill opening 2^ in head. Mouth rather large, its cleft 2^ in 



FUi. rj. — OPHICHTHUS TSrCHID,*;. 



head, the front of eye midway between tip of snout and angle of 

 mouth; maxillary extending well beyond e3^e. Snout short, blunt, 

 depressed above, 5| in head; eve large, \\ in snout. Teeth all sharp, 

 subequal, those in upper jaw in two distinct series, those below 



