NO. 1240. CARDINAL FISHER JA PAX-J QRDAN AND SNYDER. 909 



Color everywhere black, including- the mouth cavity. (Steindacluier 

 and Doderlein.) 



Deep water outside of Tokyo Bay (near Misaki); ,.ne specimen 22 

 nun. long m the nmseum of Vienna; not seen by us. 



6. TELESCOPIAS Jordan and Snyder, new genus. 

 Telemjpi'is Jordan- and 8nydek, new genus {(jilberti). 

 Body oblong, covered with small, thin, cvcloid scales; jaws with 

 small scales; soft fins mostly covered with small scales- eyes verv 

 large; mouth very large, with strong- teeth; teeth in jaws pHncipallV 

 in one series, canme-like, those in front of upper jaw and in sides Jf 

 lower jaw largest; vomerine teeth villiform; palatine teeth small 

 canines; preopercle with a produced membranous ano-le- first dorsal 

 with eight spines; soft dorsal and anal long; concave on the maro-hV 

 caudal lunate. Japan, in the Black Stream or Kuro Shiwo. ^ ' 



Size larg-er than in other genera of Ajjogonida'. It diflers from 

 Jlelrmostoma mauily in the stronger dentition, the uniserial teeth of 

 the jaws, and m the smaller scales. 



{t£X£(jko7to5^ far-seeing, from the large eyes.) 



15. TELESCOPIAS GILBERTI Jordan and Snyder, new species. 

 KUR0MUT8U: BLACK SCOMBROPS. 

 (Plate XLIV.) 

 Head ^ in leng-th; depth 4i; depth of caudal pedun.-le 3i in head- 

 eye 3i; interorbital space 5i; snout 3i; maxillary 2i; D. VIIl-I, 13;' 

 A. II, 13. Scales in lateral series about 63; in transverse series 21 



Body elongate, the back not elevated; caudal pediuicle somewhat 

 cylindrical at its narrowest part. Head almost as deep as bodv 

 Interorbital space flat; its width about equal to three-quarters of the 

 diameter of eye. Eye large; its diameter equal to length of snout- 

 preorbital very narrow. Snout pointed. Lower jaw projecting-' 

 maxillary extending to a perpendicular, passing a little behind center 

 ot pupil; Its posterior edge rounded. Upper jaw with an outer row of 

 sharp canines; widely spaced; larger and stronger at anterior end of 

 ]jiw, where there is a group of several on each side; posterior part 

 ot ]aw with an inner, short row of minute teeth; lower jaw with a 

 single row of sharp teeth similar to those above; largest on sides of 

 ]aw; vomer with a small patch of villiform teeth; palatines with a 

 series of small, sharp teeth. Tongue notched anteriorly; with small 

 patches of blunt teeth. First gill-arch with 10 long,' slender gill- 

 rakers. 1 on the upper part, 9 on the lower. Pseudobranchii^ large. 

 A shallow pocket or fold between the preopercle and suspensorium of 

 jaw opening into gill-chamber. Edge of preopercle without serrations- 

 a large striated flap at its angle. Branchiostegals T. 



