JAPANESE BLENNOID FISHES— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 487 



hoiul; anterior spiiies sU'iider, .soft, g-rowino- stiff and })imoviit near 

 middle of tins; posterior spines strong, curved, tlie basal half com- 

 pressed; membrane of fin flesh}^, not incised between the spines. 

 Spines of anal small, the tips pungent, rays highest near anterior end 

 of fin, 2| in head; mem])rane thick, slightly inc ised i)etween the ravs. 

 Caudal rounded, 1^ in head. Pectoral roundc \h in head. 



Color in spirits brownish, with a dark round spot on dorsal above 

 middle or a little posterior to middle of pectoral. In life the color of 

 the body is olive brown, the spot bright greenish blue. 



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Fig. 22.— Abry< 



Described from a specimen about lOo millimeters long from Moro- 

 ran. Smaller specimens from the same locality are lighter in color, 

 the spots l)eing inky ])lack; they have a narrow dark band extending 

 dowMiward and forward from eye, another downward and backward 

 disappearing on cheek, a crescentic band on occiput connecting the 

 eyes. 



T3'pe No. TOTS, Leland Stanford Junior University. Cotype No. 

 50294. U.S.N.M. 



We have many specimens from Mororan and Otaru, where it occurs 

 in the eel grass. 



{Azurna^ the poetical name for eastern flapan.) 



20. PHOLIDAPUS Bean and Bean. 

 Pholidapns Be.\x and Be.\n, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1896, p. 389 {grebnitsh'i). 

 Body moderately elongate, compres.sed, covered with very small, 

 smooth scales. Mouth small, horizontal; bands of small teeth on jaws 

 and vomer, none on palatines. Head naked; gill membranes broadly 

 connected, free from the isthmus; dorsal very long, composed entirely 

 of flexible spines; anal of soft rays; caudal short, rounded, separate; 

 no ventral fins; no lateral line: pyloric cteca present. This genus is 



