NOTI^:S ON LITPLE-KNOWN JAI'ANKSK FISUKS WITH 

 DESCKin^ION OF A NEW SPECIES OF ABOMA. 



By David Stakk -Jordan and Hknry W, Fowmok, 



Of the Lddwl Staiijnrd .fnnior (Jnirrrsity. 



In ovorhiiuliii^ the Jupancsc (-(jllcctions of flordan and Snydora few 

 spocinions have Ixren found wliicli had been overlooked in tlie reviews 

 of different faiiiili(>s already |)ii))lished. Notes on these, giving addi- 

 tional features or additional localities, arc here presented. 



Family ANGlIILLIDyE. 



ANGUILLA JAPONICA Schlegel. 

 Two small specimens from the Yodo River in Osaka, 



Family LEPTO( lEPlIALID.F.. 



LEPTOCEPHALUS NYSTROMI Jordan and Snyder. 



A single specimen from Morioka in Oshima, Hokkaido, differs hut 

 little from the type. 



Head li in trunk; head and trunk I.2 in tail; mouth reaching mid- 

 dle of eye; eye about 4| in head; lower jaw included; snout caxcrn- 

 ous, 8ii in head; eye al)Out 1^ in snout; pectoral about 8 in head; 

 dorsal inserted l)efor(> middle of pectoral; gill-opening below ))ectoral, 

 and the space between its upper margin and origin of doi'sal, when 

 viewed laterall}', about 51 in head; tail ending in a point. 



The color has almost entirely faded except the brownish-black 

 margin of the ventral lin posteriorly. Total length 141 inches (;308 

 tuillimcters). 



Family APOOONID.E. 



SYNAGROPS JAPONICA (Doderlein). 



Head 2|; depth 3|; depth of caudal peduncle 8f in head; inteiorbi- 

 tal space 4; snout a little over 4; maxillary ?,. I). IX-I, 1»; A. II, 7; 

 squamation injured. 



Proceedings U. S. National Museum, Vol. XXV-No. 1298. 



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