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e. First and last dorsal spines very slightly produced, even in males, so that 

 the upper margin of the fin is merely lunate; male with a lunate black 

 blotch on upper edge of spinous dorsal, female with a black ocellus; 

 coloration nearly plain olive; no oblique black streaks on anal. 



valenciennesi, 7. 

 ee. First and last spines greatly elevated in the males, the second spine 

 shortest; male with spinous dorsal blackish-brown with white reticu- 

 lated lines; female with the first spine only much produced and with 

 a large black ocellus on dorsal posteriorly; head rather narrow. 



fagrtii, S. 



dd. First dorsal with the first and second spines about equal, connected 1 >y 



membrane almost to their tips, the third longer, ending in a filament, 



the fourth shortest and also filamentous; spinous dorsal in males with 



several black ocelli, females unknown caUiste, 9. 



ddd. First dorsal with the first spine longest. 



f. Spinous dorsal (in female?), uniformly colored; D., IV-10; A., 10. 



hiiguemi, 10. 

 f. Spinous dorsal with white spots and lines, its posterior edge blackish ; 

 dorsal spines graduated, the first longest, the others regularly short- 

 ened; interorbital space broad; the eyes well separated; anal fin 

 with dark wavy cross bars, very sharply defined in the male. 



beniteguri, 11. 

 cc. Dorsal fins connected by membrane; second and fourth spines greatly elon- 

 gate, reaching caudal; spinous dorsal in male mottled and striated. 



rirgis, 12. 



5. CALLIONYMUS ALTIVELIS Schlegel. 



BENITEGURI (RED XET-CATCH OR DRAGOXET). 



Callioniimus altivelis Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., 1845, p. 155, pi. lxxix, 

 fig. 1; Bay of Omura (about 15 miles north of Nagasaki). 



Head about 2| (in fig.) in length; depth about 6i (in fig.); D- IV-S: 

 A. T; P. 19; V. I, 5. Snout a little convex; the upper border of eyes 

 elevated, and the interorbital space very narrow and concave; pre- 

 opercular spine with a single large hook above; gill opening round, 

 and lateral; first dorsal opposite the gill opening, the first spine equal 

 to the caudal, the last one-third the length of the first and without a 

 membrane uniting it with the back; height of the second dorsal nearly- 

 equal to the head, and all its rays branched; anal beginning below the 

 first third of the soft dorsal, much lower than the same, and, with the 

 exception of the last, all the rays are simple or unbranched; pectorals 

 rounded. 



in life brick red; the back marbled with pale brown, below whitish; 

 spinous dorsal marbled with yellow, reddish-brown and greenish, the 

 last color forming a large spot above posteriorly; soft dorsal yellow, 

 with 6 or 7 oblique rose-colored bars; anal pale red, becoming deep 

 liehind; membranes of pectorals, ventrals and caudal blue, the rays 

 pale red, the latter with .5 or 6 large, transverse, yellow bars, and the 

 lower margin tinted with red. Length, 8 inches. Ba}^ of Omura. 

 (Schlegel.) 



