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■snout iicToss eye and sides of body to tip of caudal; this stripe widened 

 and most distinct on the opercle; no distinct caudal spot, the stripe 

 unbroken; this stript> half width of eye and bordered above and below 

 by a i^ale streak; a second dark stripe al)ove it, barely a fourth as 

 wide from snout above eye to opposite middle of soft dorsal; no spots 

 or streaks below the ])road stripe; sides of head sihcry; tins pale, 

 except for a black cross stripe on soft dorsal and anal near the base, 

 and the black lateral stripe continued on the caudal. The relative 





Flii. il. — AI'OGON KIESSIS. 



width of the two black stripes and the distinctness of the opercular 

 spot is subject to some variation. The extension of the lateral band 

 to the tip of the caudal will serve to distinguish the species from any 

 other in Japan. 



Tt/jh. — No. 0514, Leland Stanford elunior University ^Museum. 



Smallest of the Japanese Apogonidfe, not exceeding 650 millimeters 

 in length. We have 38 specimens taken at Wakanoura, in the province 

 of Kii, one of the richest collecting grounds foi' lishes yet known in 

 an}" part of the world. 



.]fi'(i!<iin:)neiits of Apogon kiensis. 



Length in millimeters 



Depth, expressed in hnnrlredths of length 



Depth of caudal peduncle 



Length of caudal peduncle 



Length of head 



Diameter of eye 



Length of snout 



Length of maxillary 



.34 

 .14 

 .27 

 .39 

 .12 



3. ARCHAMIA Gill. 



Archninin Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1S63, p. 81 [macropternx). 



This genus is distinguished from Apogon by the long anal, its rays 

 being II, 18 to IT. Dorsal spities. ti. East Indies. 

 (afix^)^. anus; Aiida^ an old name of Aj><></n/i.) 



