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blended with dorsal and anal, composed of 7 simple rays; pectoral 

 fins short, pointed, and narrow, less than half length of head. Length 

 of specimen, 45 mm. 



Underparts whitish; a series of brownish elongated blotches about 

 20 in nmnber, extending along side from head to tail; above these a 

 series of smaller blotches of same color, about twice as numerous; 

 a dark-brown stripe, less than width of eye, extending behind eye; a 

 blackish blotch on cheek beneath eye, extending anteriorly and pos- 

 teriorly on the branchiostegal membrane; gill membrane with dark- 

 brown area; fins unmarked. 



'"This interesting species is named for Commander Z. L. Tanner, 

 U. S. N., commander of the United States Fish Commission steamers 

 Alhat7\ms and Fii^h Hatch from 1879 to 1894, the foremost expo- 

 nent of the methods of modern deep-sea exploration, whose intelligent 

 and zealous investigations have led to most valuable contributions to 

 oceanic biology and ph^'sics.'' (Smith.) 



15. NEOZOARCES Steindachner. 

 Neozoarccs Steindaciixeu, Ich. Beitr., IX, 1880, p. 26 {pulchcr). 



Body elongate, compressed, pointed behind the dorsal and anal, 

 united around the tail; dorsal rays very numerous, low, the spinous 

 part lower and longer than the soft part, the spines stiff, slender, and 

 sharp; pectoral well developed; no ventrals; mouth ver}^ ^ong, with 

 numerous blunt, conical teeth in several rows in the jaws; similar 

 teeth on the vomer and palatines; a tentacle on the snout; gill- 

 openings wide, the gill-mcmln-anes joined, free from the isthmus; 

 scales small, imbedded; no lateral line. 



Japan; curious little fishes, brightly colored; not closely allied to 

 any of the other blennies. 



(reog, new; Zoarces, a genus of another famil3^) 



a. Head 4§ in length; maxillary extending far beyond eye; head below witli a dis- 

 tinct dark network jndrlirr, 2b. 



aa. Head 6| in length; maxillary extending little beyond eye; head relatively plain 

 below steindachner i, 26. 



25. NEOZOARCES PULCHER Steindachner. 



Neozoarces pulclier Steindachner, Ichtli. Beitr., IX, 1880, p. 27, pi. vi, fig. 2; 

 Gulf of Strielok. 



Head 4| in length; depth 9^; eye (H; .^nout -^h O. XLI+50; 

 A. I. +75; P. 10. 



Head deep and long, nmch larger than in N. steiyidachnerl; mouth 



