NO. 1348. JAPANESE HEXAGRAMMTD FISHES— JORDAN AND STAUKS. 1005 



Color in spirits: head and body brown, marbled with irrej^ular spots 

 of dark l)rown not of the same shap(>, on different examples, l>ut placed 

 with some uniformity; the dark areas darker at edj^es; a dark bar 

 between eyes followed by a light area; a dark spot at nape, nnited 

 with one at front of dorsal, at its lower edge inclosing a light spot in 

 front of dorsal; a dark spot above pectoral and 1)ehind operclc Hap; a 

 dark spot under anterior third of dorsal running up on dorsal; one 

 under posterior fourth of spinous dorsal, much l)r()ken up and running 

 irret^ularl}^ across body, sometimes running into the one under anterior 

 third of dorsal inclosing a spot of light color above, a spot under front 

 of dorsal and one under middle, both usually joined below with a larger 

 spot, which is continued down nearly to anal tin; another spot under 

 posterior end of soft dorsal extending up on the tin and margined 

 behind with light; a broken l)ar across caudal peduncle; caudal crctssed 

 with alternate bars of dark and light, the former the broader and about 

 5 in number; sometimes many of the scales on lower part of sides havi' 

 white spots on their center; dark l)ars radiating from eye, one to each 

 end of maxillary, a couple downward and l)ackward across cheek, the 

 upper one being al)ove suborbital stay, one straight l)ackward. and 

 one to nape; lower part of head sometimes with -i or o light spots as 

 large as pupil; an-al oldiquely crossed by alternate light and dark bars, 

 very conspicuous in the young; these variable in number; the dark 

 bars from 5 to 8; ventrals dusky; a dark spot at base of pectoral; the 

 tin crossed bv inconspicuous irregular bars. 



Specimens were taken in abundance at Tokyo. Aomori. and I ako- 



date It is generally common throughout middle Japan, especially in 



bavs of rocky bottom. It is a common species in the markets, although 



much less abundant than the -fat greenling," Hexagrammo, ntakn. 



2. HEXAGRAMMOS (Steller) Tilesius. 



Z)od.oa^mmmos Stellkh, in Kras.-heuinnikof, Reise in Kamchatka, 1750, p. 175 



{nonhhxomial) . 

 ma-asrmTnmos, Steller, manuscript. oor; ^„,„.,.^ 



7fo4m»n.o.sTiLESi.s, Act. Acad. Petrop., H, 1809, p. .«5 i^a^^) 

 Lahrax (Steller MS.) Pallas, Mem. Acad. Petersl>., II, 1810, p. 88. (/«.<7 



X.. J(sl:t MS.) PALLA. Zoographia Rosso-A.iat., HI. 1811, p. 27. (...r- 



ciliosus). . ^ * • i. TTT 1S11 11 ''7!' {aiiiirr- 



C/™ (Steller MS.) Pallas, Zoographia Rosso- A.iat. , lib IMK i-- - / 



cihosus). ^ (mperdUosiu^). 



Chiropsis GiRARD, U. S. Pac. R. R. Surv., X is , , l ,.„„„„„,). 

 OctogrammusB...K.u, Versl. Ak. Amat ^-8.4 p. 1^ I ^ ,„„,^. 



Acantholebius Gi^i., Proc. Ac. Nat Sci. ^^^^'J^' ^__„arentlv i.uTea.^^^ 

 with the soft dorsal injured, the number of spines apparent • 



Body oblong, somewhat comj^essech .^^^^^^^^ ^,Z 

 protile. Mouth rather small horizontal; yi^^ s ^^ ith band,. 



