NO. 1293. JAPANESE BLENNOID FISHES -JORDAN AND SNYDER. 487 



menil>riincs of dorsal and anal without scales; caudal ])luMtly roundod, 

 its lenotb, 1^ in head; pectoral rounded, the membrane inc-iscd between 

 the rays, 1^ in head; ventrals, 3 in head. 



Dorsal part of body with 10 or 11 narrow, vertical bars, correspond- 

 ing- in position with an equal number of large, dark blotches on the 

 dorsal tin; ventral part of body with 10 broad, vertical bars, corre- 

 sponding- with as many larg-e black spots on the anal; the ventral bars 

 sei^irated by white spots which alternate in position with a row of 

 similar spots near middle of body, these in turn separating dark bars, 

 the downward pr<)j(M-tions of the dusky color of the dorsal parts; head 

 barred and moltliMJ with brownish black, a distinct, dark bar extend- 

 ing downward from eye; cirri with small cross-bars; caudal with a 

 large median black blotch, the base and edge white; pectoral clouded 

 with dusky, edged with white; ventrals dusk}^, edged with white. 



Described from a specimen 82 mm. long. Type, No. 7073, Stan- 

 ford University Zoological Museum, from Hakodate. Many other 

 exaiiiples from the same locality show some variation in ])rightness of 

 color, the pattern being the same. Some of these cotypes are num- 

 bered 50302 in the United States National Museum. 



Five specimens show a variation of from 60 to &2 dorsal spines and 

 45 to 46 anal rays. 



{Ofo/iimr, a princess of Japanese iishes.) 



i6. BRYOSTEMMA SAITONE Jordan and Snyder, new species. 



Head 5^ in length; depth 5f ; depth of caudal peduncle 3i in head; 

 eye 3|; interorbital space 10; snout 4^; D. 51 (?); A. 1, 36. 



Eyes large, placed far forward; snout short, the suborl^ital space 

 narrow; lower jiiw slightly longer than the upper; maxillary extend- 

 ing to a point below pupil; teeth small, close set, in two rows ante- 

 riorly, the teeth alternating in position, the tips aligned so as to form 

 a single cutting edge; no teeth on vomer or palatines; pseudobranchiie 

 present; gillrakers short, pointed; gill-membranes forming a fold 

 across the isthmus; head naked; body covered with minute, cycloid 

 scales. Lateral line represented by a short series of pores above ante- 

 rior part of pectoral tin; a row of large mucous tubes below eve, pass- 

 ing backward above cheek to upper edge of gill opening; anterior 

 nostril with a long tube; interorbital space, occipital part of head, and 

 nape with long, branched tentacles, the length of the highest, which is 

 above orbit, slightly greater than the diameter of eye. Dorsal inserted 

 above gill opening, composed of rather strong, cur\ed spines, the 

 longest 2i in head; both dorsal and anal probably connected with cau- 

 dal; ventrals jugular, 3 in head. 



The only specimen which we have of this species is in such a poor 

 state of preservation that accurate staten)ents concerning the lateral 

 line, the extent of the scaly covering, the tentacles of the head, the 



