NO. 1296. JAPANESE CH^TODONTID.E-JORDAN AND FOWLER. 525 



and extending below the lower margin of the eye; preorbital edge 

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

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

 the eyes, and close together; (J rows of scales on the cheeks, and opcr- 

 cles with scales; articulars with denticles; head roughened and striated 

 above, and on operculum which is rounded and denticulate ])elow. 

 Gill-opening rounded, large, beginning about level with the eye; gill 

 rakers short, mostly less than half the length of the gill-tilaments and in 

 moderate number; a small slit behind the fourth gill-arch. 



First and second dorsal spines very short, the third the longest, 

 e(][ual to the head, then the others graduated to the last, which is 

 larger than the first and second; soft dorsal and soft anal similar, low 

 and highest in front; origin of anal behind that of the soft dorsal, 

 graduated from the first spine, which is longer than the eye; pectorals 

 in the lower third of the body behind the gill-opening and with the 

 longest upper rays three times the length of the inner; ventrals with a 

 strong spine 1^ in the third dorsal spine, and the longest fin rays extend- 

 ing little beyond its tip; caudal truncate, with angular corners, and 1^ 

 in the third dorsal spine. Lateral line arched in front, then descending 

 obliquely to the sides of the caudal peduncle and running straight to 

 the base of the caudal. Color in alcohol pale ))rown, with a dark 

 streak from some distance below the origin of the spinous dorsal to 

 the caudal peduncle and a similar one from near the spinous anal to 

 the base of the caudal peduncle ])elow. Total length 6i inches. Here 

 described from specimens dredged l)y the U. S. Fish Conunission 

 steamer Alhatross at Stations 3717 and 8730, in Totomi Bay. 



In .young specimens the body is as deep as long without the caudal, 

 and in an example 'i\ inches long from the Imperial Museum, taken 

 at Misaki, the depth of the body exceeds its length. 



This species is found in abundance in the deeper parts of the Japa- 

 nese baj^s. Our numerous specimens were dredged l)y the U. S. Fish 

 Commission steamer Albatross in Suruga Bay at Station 3707, at Sta- 

 tion 3730, 34 fathoms, and at Station 3715 in 64 fathoms; in Totomi 

 Bay, Stations 3734 and 3729 (34 fathoms). Another, taken at Misaki, 

 was presented to us liy Professor Mitsukuri. The fish is orange- 

 scarlet in life, somewhat paler anteriorl3\ The species difiers in man}' 

 regards from Antujonla cayros and A. steindachneri, notably in the 

 much smaller number of dorsal and anal rays. Giinther, Steindach- 

 ner, and most recent writers have confounded the two, Anfujonla 

 7'uhes£ens having remained unknown since the time of Schlegel. 



{ruhesce?is, turning red.) 



Family III. PLATACID.E. 



Body compressed, greatly elevated, the anterior profile steep, the 

 caudal peduncle short. Scales small, ctenoid, densely covering the 

 soft parts of the vertical fins; lateral line present, following the curve 



