N0.1348. JAPANESE HEXAGRAMMID FISHES— J OUT) AX AXT> N7'.l /.'A'.s. 1 ()()*) 



and caudal; and on membrano between soft dorsal rays; other lins 

 scaleless. From front of anal to dorsal in a series luimini;- u])\vard 

 and forward there are 07 scales, distributed as foHows: tl s<-al('s from 

 first anal ray to fifth lateral line; 41 to third line; 1'2 to second line; 

 5 to tirst line; and 3 to dorsal. First lateral line runninir from front 

 of spinous dorsal to under middle of soft dorsal; the second from 

 sliohtl}^ in front of spinous dorsal to upper ed^e of caudal; the tliiid 

 from upper end of gill opening- to middle of caudal; the fourth very 

 short, not extending past ventral tips; the fifth l)eginning a short dis- 

 tance behind ventral base and running to lower edge of caudal: it does 

 not join its fellow of the opposite side, nor does it join the me(liim 

 line of the breast; the median line starts a short distance in front of 

 ventrals and running between them reaches nearly to their t\\)s. 



Color in spirits: Brown on sides and ])ack, becoming lighter l)elo\v; 

 no definite markings on body; one or two specimens show tniees of 

 dark blotches on sides; dorsal irregularly mottled with dusky: anal 

 sometimes obliquely crossed with 7 or <S dusky bars; sometimes uni- 

 formly dark slate color, the tips of the rays white; pectoral with faint, 

 dusky bars following the contour of the posterioi- edge of the lin: 

 ventrals dusky. In life sometimes bright i-usty red with jxMirly spots; 

 fins rusty red, the lower dusky purplish, the red often replac.-.l l)y 



dull green. 



This species diflers from He,mgrami„oK otalll chielly in not having 

 the fifth lateral lines connected with each other, nor with the median 



line on breast. 



The type is from Tokyo, and is 225 millimeters m length. One 

 cotype from Nagasaki, and two from Hakodate. 



The type is numbered 7374, Ichthyological Collection.s, Leland 

 Stanford Junior University Museum. Cotypes are m the I . b. Nat. 



Mus. 



(Name from the vernacular, Al>vrah>: fat thmg.) 



4. HEXAGRAMMOS OCTOGRAMMUS (PaHas). 



Labra. octogran.nus Pallas, Zoo^r. Rosso-Asiat III, 1811, P- ^'s:i; Ka-.-hatka, 

 Petropaul8ki and Avatcha Bay. (Coll. Mcrk^ -s- r„.iluska 



Ckirus ordinalus Cope, Proc. Amer. Philo.. So,.. Plula.. Is-., l- -S- I "akuska. 

 (Coll. Prof. Geo. Davidson.) . loc- „ ,m-' 



He.agrammus ord^natus Jokdan and ^f '^^^l^'^;^^; ^1870; .i^e.- Pallas. 



Octogrammuspalkm Bleeker, Versl. Ak. Amst \ J, i«'4, i 



C/iirMSOcto^mmHmsGtJNTHER, Cat. 11,1860, p. y-. 



Head 31 in length without caudal ; depth »i. Dorsal XIX. -M: anul 

 25 teats belol lateral lino 86 to 95. Eve H n, head: n,ax,lla,v ... 

 interorbital (bone only) 7f. 



