NO. 1296. JAPANESE CHMTODONTIDM— JORDAN AND FOWLER. 523 



edge denticulate; mouth small, vertical, and with small teeth in each 

 jaw; nostrils high, directly in front and level with the upper part of 

 the e3'e, and close together; 5 rows of scales on the cheeks, and opercles 

 with scales; each articular with 2 small denticles; head roughened and 

 striated above and on the preoperculum, which is rounded and den- 

 ticulate below. Gill-opening rounded, large, l)eginning about level 

 with the middle of the e3'e; gill rakers about half as long as the gill- 

 tilaments and in moderate number; a small slit behind the fourth 

 gill-arch. 



First and second dorsal spines ver}' short, the third the largest, 

 equal to the eye and snout, then the others are graduated to the last, 

 which is longer than the first and second; soft dorsal and soft anal 

 similar, low and highest in front; origin of spinous anal below that of 

 the spinous dorsal, graduated from the first spine, which is equal to 

 the e^'e; pectorals in the lower third of the bod}^, behind the gill- 

 opening and with the upper longest rays three times the length of the 

 inner; ventrals with a strong spine equal to the third dorsal spine, 

 though the longest fin rays are still longer; caudal truncate with 

 angular corners and a little longer than the third dorsal spine. 

 Lateral line arched in front, then descending obliquely to the sides of 

 the caudal peduncle and running straight to the l)ase of the caudal. 

 C'olor in alcohol pale brown, witli traces of a dark streak from the 

 beginning of the lateral line on the sides of the body backwards; mem- 

 branes of ventral fins marked with brownish. Total length, {)\\ inches. 

 Here described from a specimen from Kailua, island of Hawaii. Color 

 in life salmon-pink, nape, back of head, and down A'entrals deeper red, 

 ])ehind the bar from dorsal to ventral a paler shade; iris red; fins pale 

 crimson, the caudal paler, with darker red tip. 



This species is rather common in deep water about the Hawaiian 

 Islands, specimens having been taken by Jordan and Evermann at 

 Hilo, Kailua, and Honolulu. It has been once recorded from Japan 

 and very well figured b}^ Dr. Steindachner, who identified it with Anti- 

 gonia ccqiros of the West Indies and Madeira. The two species are 

 closely related, but apparently distinct. A)it!<joni(( ruheKcens is a very 

 difterent fish from A. capros, as is also the Australian Anfigonla 

 'III ill lev!. 



(Named for Dr. Franz Steindachner.) 



5. ANTIGONIA RUBESCENS (Giinther) . 

 BENIHATATATE (RED FLAG RAISER). 



Hypsinotus {?) Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, 1847, p. 84, pi. xlii, fig. 2; Nagasaki. 

 Hypsinotus rubescens Gdnther, Cat. Fish., II, 1860, p. 63, copied. — Gunthek, 



Shore Fishes of the Challenger, IW), p. 44; Manado, Ki Islands, Japan 



(confused with A. sleinduchneri). 

 Hypsinotus henhatntate Bleekek, Poiss. Connues du Jai>on, 1S79, p. it (name 



only). 



