NO. 1305. THE DBAGONETS OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND FOWLER. 945 



between the second and third dorsal rays, lower than the soft dorsal, 

 the last ray very long, produced, and reaching- farther posteriorly 

 than the tip of the last dorsal ray; origin of pectorals nearer the 

 origin of the spinous dorsal than the origin of the soft dorsal by 

 nearly three-fourths the distance between, broad, and forming an angle 

 with the lower rays the shortest; ventrals broad, larger, longer, than 

 the pectorals, the raj'S graduated to the inner which is the longest; 

 caudal very long, strong, graduated above and below to the middle 

 rays which are the longest and nearly equal to li in the body. Caudal 

 peduncle long, broad, compressed, and the depth a little less than the 

 eye. Lateral line with minute pores. 



Color of male in alcohol dark brown above, with numerous rounded 

 blotches and spots of pale brown margined more or less with deeper, 

 and about six pale rather broad cross bars; a narrow dark brown bar 

 across the snout above, several from the eye, and one across the oper- 

 culum to the sides of the head; sides of the head, and trunk, with 

 short narrow irregular pale bluish bars and spots edged witH whitish, 

 on the former often in pairs, the space between and on each side dark 

 brown; the brown blotches of the flanks with one or two small jet 

 black ocelli; lower surface of the body whitish, with a deep brown 

 blotch on the under surface of the head between the branchiostegals; 

 spinous dorsal grayish with blackish brown blotches and lines, a deep 

 black blotch and several white lines posteriorlv; soft dorsal pale, with 

 alternate wavy lines of gra}" and black; anal grayish black, and the 

 outer part of the last ray black; pectorals pale with small dark spots 

 above; ventrals gray, space behind the first three rays deep black and 

 the rest of the fin more or less speckled with ])lackish brown; caudal 

 with six or seven blackish bars, and with man}" fine wavy bars, lower 

 rays pale and plain. The female differs in having the dorsal spines 

 without filaments, the caudal and body shorter, the color plainer 

 without the black lateral ocelli, the anal fin whitish with a narrow 

 black marginal band, and without a l)rown blotch on the underside 

 of the head. Description from Nagasaki specimens, the largest male 

 6y\ inches. 



This species is moderately common in the bay of Nagasaki, where our 

 specimens were taken. Dr. Giinther erroneously regards this species 

 as the female of Call 1 urichthys japon icus. 



( rai'legatus^ variegated) . 



4. CALLIURICHTHYS DORYSSUS Jordan and Fowler, new species. 



Head 3 to 3i in length; depth ~ih to 10^; D. IV-l»; A. 1»; P. 20: V.I, 5. 

 Body elongate, compressed above and with the greatest depth about 

 the anterior dorsal region; trunk broadei" than deep and tai)ering 

 backward. Head compressed above so that its depth is 2i in its 

 breadth; snout moderate, bluntly pointed, compressed, its depth 1| 



