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secured in the market at Hokaido. The sides have an irregular, 

 light cloud narrowly bordered with white extending from near the 

 base of the pectoral to near the base of second dorsal. A band, 

 similar in color, passes from the posterior half of the soft dorsal 

 across the tail and the anal fin. The breast has white vermicula- 

 tions on a dark brown ground. 



AGONOMALUS JORDANl Schmidt. 



Both males and females were secured among fishes dredged off 

 shore by the Mororan fishermen. The males are small, measurmg 

 from 120 to 130 millimeters in length. The barbel is minute, the 

 color fighter than that of the females, the lateral stripe broader and 

 blacker, and the spots more distinct. Females measure from 130 to 

 170 mifiimeters. The male specimens from Mororan have a row of 

 distinct, black spots along the plates below the lateral stripe, and a 

 second row of spots below the latter, the lower row appearing only 

 beneath the pectoral, and above the middle and posterior parts of 

 the anal. In some examples the lateral band is much broader than 

 in others and the lower row of spots varies somewhat and is occa- 

 sionally absent. In 20 specimens the dorsal has from 7 to 9 spines, 

 the usual number being 8. There are 7 or rarely 8 rays. The anal 

 has 13 or 14 rays. 



OCCA EBURIA Jordan and Starks. . 



Fourteen specimens were taken from a seine drawn by fishermen at 

 Tomakomai, near Mororan. Six of these measure about 155 milli- 

 meters in length, while one is not over 35. The pectorals of the latter 

 are dense black except for a broad terminal band of white, a narrow 

 upper edge, and a spot at lower part of base of fin of same color. 

 The caudal is black, narrowly edged above and below with white. 

 The posterior halves of soft dorsal and anal are black. 



BRACHYOPSIS ROSTRATUS (TUesius). 



Tomakomai and Mororan ; seined near shore. 



PALLASINA BARB ATA (Steindachner). 



Mori, Mororan, and Hakodate. 



DRACISCUS SACm Jordan and Snyder. 

 Podothecus tokuhire Ishikawa. 



Mororan; Hakodate. 



A considerable number of specimens of this remarkable species 

 were found among heaps of small fishes dredged off shore near Moro- 

 ran by the native fishermen. One example about 45 millimeters 

 long was found in a pool at Hakodate. In young indi\aduals the 

 dorsal and anal are not developed to the enormous length common in 

 adults. After an individual reaches the length of about 200 milli- 

 meters the soft dorsal and anal increase rapidly in height (see ap- 

 pended table of measurements), the other fins, except the caudal, 



