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membrane of the spinous dorsal extends almost to the extremities of 

 the first and second spines; soft dorsal of about uniform height, with 

 the last ray the longest; origin of the anal ])ehind the second dorsal 

 ray, the tin high posteriorly, the last ray produced till much longer 

 than the last dorsal ray, and extending ])eyond it; pectoral broad, 

 three-fourths the length of the first dorsal spine; ventral shorter than 

 the first dorsal spine; caudsd with the middle rays the longest, and 

 graduated above and below, so that the fin is pointed and 2i in the 

 body; caudal peduncle compressed, and about equal to the eye. 



Color in alcohol, dark brown above, with many dark reticulations, 

 mottlings, and 5 narrow dark-brown crossbars; below white, along 

 the base of the anal spotted with brown, and the sides with blackish; 

 several dark bars and light-])rown lines on the sides of the head; spi- 

 nous dorsal gray, with several black ocelli at the base, and marked 

 with darker gray lines and spots; soft dorsal gray, the rays spotted 

 with dark gray brown; anal grayish white, its margin blackish, and 

 the fin mottled behind with grayish; pectoral rays spotted with brown- 

 ish; ventrals gray, with a broad grayish-black band near the margin, 

 which is narrowly whitish, the fin with narrow whitish cross lines, and 

 the inner rays more or less speckled with grayish; caudal gray, the 

 middle rays with rather large blackish spots, and above and below 

 with small whitish spots. This description from H males taken at 

 Misaki, the longest 3i inches. 



Type No. 7188, Leland Stanford Junior University Museum; 

 cotype is in the U. S. National Museum. 



Of this species, the most strikingly colored of the group, we have 

 several specimens from the rock pools of ]\lisaki. 



[KaXkiffTi]^ very ])eautiful.) 



10. CALLIONYMUS HUGUENII Bleeker. 



Canionymus huguenii Bleeker, Act. Soc. 8c. Indo. Neerl., \', 1858, Japan, V, p. 7, 

 pi. II, %. 1; Nagasaki.— GiJNTHER, Cat. Fish, III, 18G1, p. 145 (copied). 



Head 3i in length; depth Ti; D. IV-10; A. 10; P. IT; V. I, .5. Body 

 elongate, depressed, and its greatest lireadth about 4i in its length. 

 Head with its breadth U and its depth 2^ to 2i in its length; eyes 

 close together, 3 in the head; snout less than its width at base; preo- 

 percular spine with 3 teeth. Gill opening superior. Origin of the 

 spmous dor.sal behind the gill opening, the spines .slender, filamentous, 

 the first the longest, and much longer than the head; soft dorsal 

 highest posteriorly; anal highest posteriorly and the last ray the 

 longest; pectoral about 5 in the body; ventral about 5^ in the body; 

 caudal strongly pointed, 3i to 3i in the total length. 



Body above rosy-green, below whitish; head, back, and sides above 

 variagated with deep olive blotches and pearly ocelli; sides of the 

 head with pale-blue ocelli, the rings violet; fins pale rosy-green, the 



