NO. 1293. JAPANESE BLENNOID FISHES— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 463 



8. AZUMA Jordan and Snyder. 

 Azuma Jordan and Snydek, new genus of Blenniidse {emmnion) . 



This genus is closely allied to Bryostemma^ differing chiefl}- in hav- 

 ing the cheeks and upper parts of head covered with fin(^. scales. Body 

 coA^ercd with small, smooth scales; lateral line represented by a short 

 row of pores above pectoral; top of head, cheeks, and chin with ten- 

 tacles; teeth in two closely apposed rows, arranged alternately, the 

 tips meeting on a line so as to form a single cutting edge; dorsal fin of 

 spines onl3^ Coasts of Japan, descending into deep water. 



{Azuma^ a poetical name for the eastern part of the island of Hondo.) 



13. AZUMA EMMNION Jordan and Snyder, new species. 



Head (3f in length; depth 5; eye 4 in head; interorbital space 9^; 

 snout 4i; D. 61; P. U; A. 1. 45. 



Head small, short, blunt; jaws equal, the lower sometimes project- 

 ing slightly; maxillary extending to a vertical through posterior part 

 of pupil; teeth in two closely apposed rows, arranged alternately, the 



Fig. 11.— Azuma em.mxiox. 



points aligned so as to form a single cutting edge, short, flat, with 

 acutely rounded tips; no teeth on vomer or palatines; tongue thick 

 and blunt; gill membranes united, forming- a broad fold across the 

 isthmus; pseudobranchite large; a numl>er of papilla? resembling gill 

 rakers extending downward from Ijase of pseudobranchite; gill rakers 

 on first arch 6+11, short, thick, pointed. 



Body covered with ver}^ small, elongate, cycloid, deeph' emlicddcd 

 scales; cheeks, opercles, and upper parts of head with minute scales; 

 membranes of dorsal fin, basal parts of anal, and pectoral with scales; 

 lateral line represented by a short row of pores above pectoral fin, the 

 anterior pores each having a short tentacle; head with numerous cirri, 

 broad and fleshy at the base, pointed or branched at the tip. "i pairs 

 on interorbital space, the anterior ones longer than the others, united 

 at their bases, the posterior pair separated by a small pointed cirrus; 

 12 or 14 smaller cirri on occiput; a row of short, branched cirri extend- 

 ing backward along lower jaw and upward on edge of preopercle; 

 8 or 4 similar ones on opercle near upper edge of gill opening; 2 small 

 barbels on throat; anterior nostrils with large, pointed tubes. 



