Jordan and Everviann. — Fishes of North America. 1831 



g. SEBASTODES MITZUKURII, Cramer new species. 



Head 2J; depth 3^. D. XIII, 12; A. Ill, 7; lateral line 42 (pores). Nasal, postocular, 

 tympanic, and jjarietal spine present, all rudimentary. Orbit equaling interorbital space, 

 5i in bead, 1| in snout. Maxillary reaching beyond posterior rim of orbit. Teeth on jaws 

 in broad bands. Inferior border of preorbiial very slightly lobed. Lower preopercular 

 spines nearly obsolete. Headscalj'; maxillary and mandible naked. Pores on lower jaw 

 but little developed. Fourth to seventh dorsal spines longest; second anal spine longer 

 and stronger than third' pectoral rounded; caudal slightly concave. The following 

 measurements are taken with the head as standard. Width of head 2^; fourth dorsal 

 spine 2\ ; penultimate 5 ; last dorsal spine 4J ; second anal spine 3, third 3| : dorsal rays 2\ ; 

 pectoral \\ j ventrals 1^ ; base of pectoral 4i ; ventrals reaching to vent, pectorals beyond. 

 Body dark brown; 5 dark bauds radiating backward from eye; lower part of head 

 pale with brown spots. Single individual. Tokio. Length 12^ inches. (Steindacbner & 

 Doderlein.) Steindacbner has called this a doubtful variety of iS oblongus, Giinther; but 

 it seems to bo distinct The difficulty of comparison is increased Iby discrepancies 

 between Giinther's description and figure. 



/Sebastei oblongus (Var?), Steindachner &. Doderlein, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wieu, 204, 

 1884, Tokio. 



h. SEBASTODES TACZAXOWSKII (Steindachner). 



Head 3 ; depth a little more than 3 . D. XIII or XIV, 13 or 14 ; A. Ill, 7 ; P. 16 ; lateral line 

 46 (pores). Head as in S. inennis, Cuvier & Valenciennes. Supraocular region and occiput 

 without externally visible spines or ridges. Nasal and preocular spines present, weak. 

 Spinous dorsal low, with evenly curved margin ; sixth dorsal spine highest, equal to dis- 

 tance from posterior margin of orbit to tip of upper ojjercular spine. Basal third of 

 spinous dorsal and more than basal half of soft dorsal and anal scaled. Pectoral 3§ in 

 body. Orbit 3 J ; interorbital space 5 ; snout (to tip of slightly projecting chin) 3J ; great- 

 est width of head 2J in head. Teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines, small, sharp. Trun- 

 cate end of maxillary reaching nearly to posterior rim of orbit. Preopercle with 5 spines, 

 second and third longest, nearly equal, the points directed upward and backward, the 

 lowest very short; angle of preopercle rounded; opercle with 2 sharp spines, tlio upper 

 longer. Anterior dorsal rays highest, little longer than longest spine; caudal nearly 

 truncate, almost entirely scaled; second anal spine longer and stronger than third, 

 slightly curved, a little shorter than caudal; first ventral ray longest, f of head, the 

 spine as long as highest dorsal spine. Brownish violet, gradually paler toward belly ; 

 without or with indistinct patches of darker shades on body and longitudinal bands 

 behind eye; fins blackish; caudal white edged. Length 6 inches. Northern Japan. 

 (Steindachner.) 



Dr. Jordan and Dr. Gilbert have the following notes on a specimen 16 cm. long, from 

 Shana Bay, Iturup Island (one of the Kurils). The specimen agrees well with Stein- 

 dachner's description of the tj'pes, which came from northern Japan : 



Color warm brown above and on sides, paler brown below; obscure shadings of darker 

 brown on upper part of sides; many scales with basal or central area darker; opercles 

 with a dusky shade; no dark streaks on head; fins brown, all except the pectorals and 

 caudal becoming distinctly black on distal portion; lining of buccal and gill cavities 

 white, but with a narrow dark streak along each side of floor of mouth anteriorly ; peri- 

 toneum brownish black, uniformly and densely pigmented. Crown and occiput evenly 

 convex, without spines or ridges. Nasal spines low and strong. A rather wide, low pre- 

 ocular ridge, ending in a strong depressed spine; supraocular ridge nearly obsolete, 

 without spine, its posterior portion evenlv scaled over. Preorbital sinuate anteriorly, 

 without spines; preopercular spines short and strong flattened, the second and third 

 the largest, directed backward, the fifth represented by a slightly projecting lobe; oper- 

 cular spines similar to those on preopercle, the lower the largest. Gill rakers long and 

 slender, lO-f-27, the longest half the orbital diameter. Head 3j in length; depth 2y%. 

 Least depth caudal peduncle 3J in head. Eye 3J in head; interorbital space 4^; snout 4; 

 maxillary 2. D. XII, 1, 14; A, III, 7. Pectorals with 16 rays, of which the lower 7 are 



