1293. JAPANESE BLENNOID FISHES— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 479 



vciT lar^e, the deft and the maxillary excessivel_y largo, extending 

 fur beyond eye; teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines; snout with 

 a prominent, unbranched villus anterior to the interorbital space; 

 head naked; body with minute scales, no lateral line. Dorsal and 

 anal confluent with the small, pointed caudal. 



Color, much like that of JV. stemdachne?'l, except that the head 

 1)elow eye is covered with a distinct, dusky network; the belly is 

 similar, the lines being somewhat less distinct; a median row of small, 

 dusky spots extends along the side, larger anteriorly, becoming smaller 

 and disappearing as the caudal is approached. 



The species has not been seen by us. It is probable that the descrip- 

 tion of Steindachner covers two distinct species, the one figured hav- 

 ing a larger head, a much wider mouth and longer maxillary, and 

 differing in color from the other, which is onv JVeosoarces stelndachneri 

 {jndeher, pretty). 



26. NEOZOARCES STEINDACHNERI Jordan and Snyder, new species. 



Head OiV in length; depth 1); ey^e 5 in head; snout 5; interorbital 

 space 7i; D., XXXVIII, il); A. I, 72. 



Head long, pointed; the jaws equal; interorbital space flat or 

 slightly concave; maxillary extending beyond eye, equal in length to 



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Fig. 18.— Neozoaeces steindachneki. 



one-half the distance between tip of snout and posterior edge of oper- 

 cle exclusive of flap. Teeth in narrow bands on jaws, vomer, and 

 palatines. Pseudobranchia? large; gill rakers on first arch -1+12, 

 rather thick, pointed. Anterior part of interorbital space with a 

 rather thick, erect tentacle, about equal in height to diameter of pupil; 

 a low fleshy keel on snout anterior to the tentacle; no other tentacles 

 on head. Nostrils with slender tubes; head naked; body covered with 

 minute circular deeph^ embedded scales; no lateral line. Dorsal in- 

 serted above base of pectoral, confluent with the caudal; spines short, 

 strong, curved, the longest not equal in height to diameter of eye; 

 length of spinous part 23^0 in head and body; rays of dorsal higher 

 than the spines; membrane of fin flesh}^, especially anteriorly, con- 

 ('(Miling the spines and rays, not incised on the border; anal about 

 ('<iual in height to the spinous dorsal, the spine strong; membrane of 

 tin fleshy, becoming more thin posteriorly, not incised between the 

 rays; fin confluent with the caudal; caudal a little shorter than diame- 

 ter of eye, pointed; confluent above and below with dorsal and anal; 

 pectoral If in head, rounded, the edge incised between the rays. 



