vm. JA PA NESE BLENXOID FISHES— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 481 



palatines; gill-membranes forming broad fold across isthmus; gill- 

 rakers on first arch al)out 3+12, minute, slender, pointed; pseudo- 

 liranchite large; head without filaments or papilltv; nostrils with tubes; 

 head naked; body with miiuite, circular, deeply-embedded scales; no 

 lateral line. 



Dorsal inserted above base of pectoral, the spines strong, curved, 

 pungent, their length somewhat less than diameter of or])it; membrane 

 of fin thick anteriorly, becoming somewhat thinner posteriorly, con- 

 cealing the spines and rays not incised between them; anal inserted 

 ])elow eighteenth spine of dorsal, the spine strong, equal in height to 

 the rays, which are somewhat less than diameter of orbit; membrane 

 of fin not incised; dorsal and anal confluent with the caudal, which is 

 sharply rounded; pectoral rounded, If head; no ventrals. 



Color in spirits, light brownish -yellow, marked with dusky; head 

 clouded and reticulated above, almost immaculate below, the lower 

 horde 1' of the clusk}^ color sharply defined by a band from snout 

 through lower part of eye to opercle; dusky color of body forming 

 a sort of network with a row of circular openings about the size of 



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Fig. 19.— Zoaechias veneficus. 



pupil, extending along middle of side to tail; above the larger open- 

 ings are many smaller ones; prolongations extend upward and down- 

 ward from the network, forming pointed vertical bars on the fins, 21 

 on the dorsal, 18 on the anal; sides of belly with 4 or 5 pointed pro- 

 jections; pectoral with a small dark spot at its base* 



A great many specimens measuring about 70 nun. , were collected at 

 Hakodate. The}^ were scooped up b}- the native children in large 

 l)askets from the algae growing in the shallow water near shore. 

 Specimens were also found at Mororan and at Otaru. 



Type No. 7076, L. S. Jr. Univ. Mus.; cotype No. 50278, U.S.N.M. 



{I'enejicus^ one who bewitches, from the bewildering coloration.) 



17. DICTYOSOMA Schlegel. 

 Dicti/omma ScHhEGKL, Fauna .Japoiiica, Poiss., 1846, p. lo9 {hvrgeri). 



Body elongate, covered with very small, smooth scales; lateral line 

 forming an elaborate network; two series of mucous pores running 

 longitudinally, connected by vertical cross lines. Mouth moderate, 

 the jaws with small teeth; no teeth on vomer or palatines; dorsal fin 

 long, of many spines and a few soft rays, the soft part partly joined to 



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