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long- branches at short intervals extending- toward the dorsal tin; tlie 

 second line branches downward from the lirst above base of pectoral, 

 and extends along- median part of bod}' to base of caudal, without long 

 branches; the third line unites with the one on the opposite side of the 

 body just behind the isthmus, extends backward, branching behind 

 base of pectoral; the upper branch passes backward to near base of 

 caudal fin, sending down several small lines toward the anal fin; the 

 lower branch, which is connected with the upper one anteriorly' l)y 3 

 or 4 cross lines, extends along l)elly to base of anal fin; each line has 

 numerous, very short branches, which end in large pores. 



Dorsal fin inserted a little behind base of pectoral, united posteriorly 

 with the caudal; spines slender, slightly stronger posteriorly, the 

 middle ones 2| in head; membrane of fin thin, not incised. Anal 

 inserted below seventeenth spine of dorsal, not connected with the 

 caudal, middle rays 3^ in head; membrane thin, incised ])etween the 

 rays. Caudal rounded, 1^ in head. Pectoral rather acutel}- rounded, 

 li in head. Ventrals a little longer than diameter of eye. 



Fig. 24.— Ernogrammi's epali.ax. 



Color in spirits brown; no lines or spots on head or body; fins all 

 darker than the body, the dorsal with indistinct dark clouds, the anal 

 narrowly edged with white posteriorly, the pectoral with 4 or 5 indis- 

 tinct light vertical bands. 



Described from a specimen 275 mm. long, from Otaru, loaned to us 

 by Professor Nozawa, of the Fisheries Bureau at Sapporo. 



{inaWdB^ crosswise.) 



22. OZORTHE Jordan and Evermann. 



O^or/Z/c JoRi).\N and Evermann, Fish. N. and M. Amer., Ill, 1S98, p. 2441 {hexa- 

 grammus=didyogrammns Kner, not of Schlegel). 

 This genus has the general character of Ernograinmtis, but besides 

 the 3 chief lateral lines on each side there are two or more incomplete 

 ones, and the lines are connected b}^ numerous branches extending at 

 right angles to them. 

 Ochotsk Sea. 

 (o'Cog, branch; opdy^ right angle.) 



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