NO. 1240. 



CARl>IX^U. FISHES OF JAPAX-JORDAN AND SNYDER. 911 



Head 31 in length: depth 3t; depth of caudal peduncle 3i in head- 

 eve 3^; interorbital space ^^ snout 3i: niaxilhirv 2: D VIII-I 13- 

 A. III. 13; scales in lateral series 53; in transverse series IT ' ' 



Body rather elongate, the dorsal and ventral contours evenlv' rounded 

 Head elong-ate, pointed. Eye large, the margin not projecting above^ 

 dorsal contour ot head; interor]>ital space flat or slightlv convex 

 Snout sharp, its length about equal to diameter of eye. koutb not 

 very oblicpie; lower jaw slightly projecting; maxillary extending to a 

 pomt about midway between pupil and posterior edge of orbif itt pos- 

 terior edge rounded. Teeth in single rows on jaws, -canine-like, very 

 sharp; those ot lower jaw largest on the sides; the corresponding on^ 

 of the upix>r jaw much smaller; a group of 3 or 4 large teeth on ante: 

 nor part ot upper jaw; very small, sharp teeth on vomer and palatines 

 Tong-ue notched. Gill-rakers on iirst arch 6+15, long and slender' 

 ^os^ arthest from angle of arch veiy small. Pseudobmnchia. laiw' 

 A sha low pocket or fold between suspensorium of lower jaw and pre^ 

 opercle, opening into the branchial cavity. Edge of preopeivle entire- 

 its lower part with a large flap. Branchiostegals T 



Head completely scaled except on lips and branchiostegal rec^ion- 

 scales of interorbital area, snout, maxillary, and lower jaw minute.' 

 Body with rather small, smooth scales, which are easilv displaced. Soft 

 dorsal, anal, and basal parts of pectorals, ventrals: and caudal with 

 minute scales. 



Spinoiis dorsal rather low; the fln when depressed not nearlv reach- 

 ing insertion of soft dor.sal. Second dorsal and anal with thick fleshv 

 membranes; po^erior edges of tins concave; flrst spine of anal very 

 • mall. Cauda deeply notched. Pectorals pointed; their length about 

 U in head. Ventrals 2 in head. 



Color steel blue or grayish; belly more or less vellowish; a faint 

 dusky spot on upper part of opercle; inside of mouth pale 

 9(. . !n.?.* '!k^'''"' .generally common, in water of considera},le depth, 

 20 to 4< .(.fathoms. It is an excellent food-flsh of soft flesh and is com- 

 mon in tl^mark^ts as mUsn. Our many specimens are from Same, 

 Mimtto, Matsu^ima, Awa. Tokyo, Misaki, Enoshima, Tatevama 

 n akanoura, Kobe, and Nagasaki. 

 (Aois-, bull; co>l: eye; from the large eye.) 



8. ACROPOMA Schlegel. 

 Arropnma Schlec.ei, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., 1S4H, p. .si {ja,,o,r,r,nn). 

 Body oblong covered with moderate-sized deciduous, c-iliated scales 

 Mou h large, the lower jaw longest; villiform teeth in both jaws and 

 on the vomer and palatines, besides verv small teeth in each ia^v 

 preoperde entire; opercle produced in a very long thin membraneou.s 

 flap, with a denticulate edge. Vent inserted far forwar<l nearer the 



