NO. 1293. JAPANESE BLENNOID FISHES— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 473 



dorsal contains 03 spines, the anal 2 spines and 47 rays, the pectorals 

 15 rays. Head 9i in length; depth 7|; eye 5 in head; maxillary 3|; 

 pectorals 2i; caudal 2i; ventral spine 2i in eye. 

 {SoXixos, long-; yaarr^p^ belly.) 



20. PHOLIS TACZANOWSKII ( Steindachner). 



Centronotus (aczario>rf<kii Steindachner, Ichth. Breitr., IX, 1880, p. 24, pi. iii, 

 fig. 1; Gulf of Strielok, Okhotsk Sea. (Coll. Professor Dybow.ski. ) 



I^hoUs taczanoivskii Jordan and Evermann, Fish N. and M. Amer., Ill, p, 2416; 

 copied. 



Head 8f in length; depth 7f ; depth of caudal peduncle 5i in head; 

 eye ^i; snout 4f ; interorbital space 7; D. LXXXII; A. II, 45. 



Head small; interorbital space narrow, arched; jaws about equal; 

 mouth ol)lique; teeth in narrow bands on anterior parts of jaws, short, 

 hcav3^, the tips bluntly rounded; 3 or 4 small teeth on vomer; gill- 

 rakers 3 + 7, short, slender, pointed; head naked, no filaments; no lat- 

 eral line; scales of body minute, cycloid, deeply embedded; no scales 

 on membrane of dorsal or anal. Dorsal inserted a])Ove l)ase of pec- 

 torals, composed of strong, curved spines, the longest or posterior 

 ones contained about 4^ times in head; membrane of fin thick, not 

 incised between the spines; anal inserted below thirty-seventh dorsal 

 spine, the spines similar in shape and size to those of the dorsal directly 

 above; the rays somewhat shorter than the spines of the dorsal, the 

 membrane thick, not incised between the rays; caudal rounded, 2 in 

 head; pectoral rounded, 2i in head; ventrals minute, the spines strong-. 



Color in alcohol brownish-yellovV. a mere trace of a dark line pass- 

 ing backward from tip of snout through eye, the head light in color 

 below the line. 



This description is of specimens about 120 mm. long. Smaller 

 specimens, about half that length, always have the occular line vevy 

 distinct, sharply dividing the upper, somewhat dusky coloring of the 

 head from the lower, much lighter part. Man}' small individuals are 

 strikingly mottled with dusky, there usually being a series of small 

 vertical ])ars on the dorsal and anal and a row of round light spots 

 along the sides. All degrees of coloration from the extensively mot- 

 tled to the plainly colored may be found among the young, the ocular 

 line always being present. This species is extremely abundant at 

 Hakodate, living in the kelp and among the rocks along the shore. 



(Named for Professor Taczanowsky.) 



21. PHOLIS FASCIATUS ( Bloch and Schneider). 



Centronotus /(tsciatus Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, p. 165, pi. xxxvii 

 fig. 1; Tranquebar (an error). — GIjnther, Cat., Ill, 1861, p. 287. 



Gunnellus grcenlandicus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XI, 1836, 

 p. 442, Greenland; after Bloch and Schneider. — Reinhardt, Dansk. Vidensk. 

 Selsk. Nat. og Math em. Afii., YII, 18.38, p. 122. 



