NO. 1909. JAPANESE SHORE FISHES— SNYDER. 449 



ALECTRIAS BENJAMINI Jordan and Snyder. 



Pools at Mororaii, lliikodate, and Aikawa. 



NEOZOARCES STEINDACHNERI Jordan and Snyder, 



Ifakodate and Same pools. 



ZOARCHIAS VENEFICUS Jordan and Snyder. 



Hakodate pools. 



DICTYOSOMA BURGERI Van der Hoeven. 



Hakodate, Same, Aikawa, and Akune pools. This was the most 

 common tide pool fish at Aikawa while only 5 specimens were found 

 at Same. 



OPISTHOCENTRUS OCELLATUS (Tlleslus). 



Mororan, Hakodate, Same, and Aikawa pools. 



OPISTHOCENTRUS ZONOPE Jordan and Snyder. 



Mororan pools. 



ABRYOIS AZUM.^ Jordan and Snyder. 



Pools of ^Mororan. The species has not j^et been seen elsewhere. 

 The 3'oung of an inch or so in length have a bright, silvery- stripe 

 extending from lower edge of eye through base of pectoral to inser- 

 tion of anal. The tail has a light border and the spot on the dorsal 

 is indistinct. The head varies from 6.6 in the length in large examples 

 to 5 in the smaller ones. 



ERNOGRAMMUS HEXAGRAMMUS (Temmtnck and Schlegel). 



Pools at Hakodate, Same, and Aikawa, Young examples have the 

 dorsal fin considerably' elevated posteriori}'. 



ERNOGRAMMUS EPALLAX Jordan and Snyder, 



A single specimen of this species was secured in a deep pool at 

 Hakodate. It agrees with the original description of the species, 

 the dorsal and anal having the same number of spines. The head 

 below the eye is marked with a number of very distinct, white spots. 

 The ventral part of the body has similar spots wliich are much less 

 distinct in outline. The specimen measures 170 millimeters in length. 



OZORTHE DICTYOGRAMMA (Herzensteln). 



Hakodate and Same ])ools. 



DINOGUNNELLUS GRIGORJEWI (Herzenstein). 



Mororan; in the tide pools. 



LUMPENUS ANGUILLARIS (Pallas), 



Mororan and HakocUite. Two poorly preserved specimens of tiiis 

 species were found, one in the stomach of an example of Hemipterus 

 viHosus from Mororan, the other on the beach at Hakodate. 



Family MmODYTID.E. 



AMMODYTES PERSONATUS Girard. 



Mororan and Ilakoilate markets; Same, collected with the seine. 

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