NO. 1909. JAPANESE SHORE FISHES— SNYDER. 425 



SPHEROIDES NIPHOBLES Jordan and Snyder. 



Aikawa; Alisaki, Mitajiri, Kagoshima, and Tanegashima; both 

 markets and pools. 



The posterior part of the lateral line is bordered both above and 

 below by a row of minute mucous pores that are rendered con- 

 spicuous because of their white openings. The caudal fm is mostly 

 light in color, an occasional specimen having a slight touch of dusky 

 near the border. In some young specimens the lateral blotches are 

 continued across the back, forming a fairly well-defuied saddle. 



SPHEROIDES CHRYSOPS (HUgendort). 



^lisaki. 



CANXmOASTER RTVULATUS (Tcmminck and Schlegel). 



!Misaki market and pools. 



CANXmOASTER JACXAXOR (Jenkins). 



^lisaki pools. Three specimens, measuring 37 millimeters in length, 

 do not differ from Laysan Island examples. This species has not 

 heretofore been taken except in the region of Hawaii. 



Family DIODONTID/E. 



DIODON HOLACANXHUS Linnaeus. 



^Misaki. A specimen 260 millimeters long has comparatively short 

 frontal spmes and very long post-pectoral ones. It is spotted above 

 and white beneath. 



Family SCORPAENID^. 



SEBASXOLOBUS MACROCHIR (GUnther). 



Shimizu market. 



SEBASXODES XACZANOWSKII Steindachner. 



Hakodate and Mororan markets. The species may be recognized 

 among others from Japan by the white-tipped caudal. One speci- 

 men has 14 dorsal spines. 



SEBASXODES IXINUS Joidan and Starks. 



Hakodate market. 



SEBASXODES SXEINDACHNERI (Hilgendori). 



Otaru market. 



SEBASXODES INERMIS (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Otaru market; ^lisaki and Aikawa pools; Shiogama, seined. 



Jordan and Starks are followed in the identification of -S'. inermis 

 and S. tokionis. The first of these is deeper than the other, the depth 

 being considerably greater than the length of head, and it has a 

 smaller eye. These differences are especially strildng when exam- 

 ples of the same size are compared. Either species might be identi- 

 fied with S. inermis as described by Cuvier and Valenciennes.' 



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