NO. 1293. JAPANESE BLENNOID FISHES— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 477 



The species differs from A. alectrolophus in having- a lono-er head, 

 deeper body, fewer dorsal spines, fewer anal rays, a longer nuixillary, 

 and in having the chin and throat peculiarly marked. We have secured 

 many specimens from Hakodate. 



Type, No. 7074, Leland Stanford Junior University Miis. Cotype, 

 No. 50295, U.S.N.M. 



(Named for Dr. Marcus Benjamin, editor of the Proceedings of the 

 United States National Museum.) 



14. EULOPHIAS Smith. 



Enloplii't.-< H. M. Smith, Bull. IT. 8. Fish Coium., 1!»01 (INIarch L^S, 1<>()2), p. 93 



{(aniicri). 



Body very elongate; dorsal tin low, extending entire length ol" hod}' 

 and consisting of numerous rigid spines succeeded b}^ a few simple 

 rays; anal tin long and low, composed of one spine and numerous 

 simple soft rays; caudal tin small but distinct, blended with the dorsal 

 and anal; pectoral tins short and pointed; ventral fins absent; scales 

 absent; no lateral line; gill-membranes broadly united, free from the 

 isthmus; nostrils tubular; ventral opening in advance of middle of 

 body. 



(fi"', well; X(>(f)iag^ one having a bristl}^ back, in allusion to the very 

 long spinous dorsal fin.) 



24. EULOPHIAS TANNERI H. M. Smith. 



Eulophlax Innneri H. M. S.mitii, Bull. U. S. Fish Conun., 1901 (March 28, 1902), 

 p. 94, Suruga Bay, Japan, at U. S. Fish Connnission atasixniiv Albatross 8ta. 

 3715, in about 67 fathoms, May 11, 1900. 



Type.—^o. 49798, U.S.N.M. 



Body elongate, eel-like, cylindrical anteriorly, compressed posteri- 

 oily; tapering gently backward and terminating in a blunt point; 

 greatest depth about 0.05 total body length; head rather long, conical, 

 not larger than body, its length 0.12 bod}' length, terminating posteri- 

 orl}' in a rounded flap; e3"e large, directed slightly upward, rather less 

 than 0.33 length of head; interorbital space contracted, not wider than 

 pupil; snout short, rounded, 0.5 length of eye; mouth rather large, 

 terminal slightly obliciuo, jaws equal, maxillary extending to vertical 

 of anterior edge of pupil; nostrils tubulai", midway from eye to end of 

 snout; gill membranes broadly imited, not attached to isthmus; anal 

 orifice 0.4 distance from snout to end of body; dorsal fin low, continu- 

 ous, beginning slightly in advance of posterior edge of opcrcle and 

 extending to caudal fin, gradually increasing in height from l)efore 

 backward; composed of 121 stiff spines and 13 simple soft rays; anal 

 fin long and low, beginning under thirty-sixth dorsal spine and extend- 

 ing to caudal; consists of 1 spine and about 75 simple rays, the length 

 of the spine being about twice that of the adjoining rays; caudal fin 



