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Bod}'^ not much compressed. Mandible not extremely elongate, its 

 leno'th from posterior angle of mouth equal to distance from same 

 point to hase of ])ectoral. Upper jaw a little longer than wide. Gill 

 rak(M-s slend(>r, the longest half the diameter of eye, 8+21 in number. 



Top of head and tip of upper jaw scaled to tip, the scales more 

 imt)ricat{Hl than in /L kxrut/Mus. Sides of mandible with scales; 74 

 scales in a median row on back between dorsal fin and occiput. 



Dorsal and anal opposite to each other and of about the same length; 

 base of dorsal (Mjual to distance from tip of upper jaw to posterior of 

 eye. Ventrals inserted midway between anterior margin of eye and 

 tips of median caudal rays. Length of pectoral equals postorbital 

 part of head and half eye. Lower caudal lobe the longer, as long as 

 base of dorsal. The middle ra^'s not quite twice the diameter of e5"e. 



Color in spirits: Brownish above, silvery below lateral stripe; scale 

 pouches outlined with dark-brown dots on back. Sides of head sil- 

 ver^'; mandible black; top of head and upper jaw dusky or black; 

 lateral stripe distinct, widest under front of dorsal, outlined above b}^ 

 a dusky stripe. Dorsal and caudal dusky, other fins colorless. 



Her(^ described from a specimen 25 cm. in entire length from 

 Aomori. 



The young of this species agree very well with Dr. GilFs description 

 of JL (Hxtlpitalis (which was taken from a specimen 4 inches in length) 

 except that his specimen is alleged to have fewer anal rays and 2 or 3 

 fewer dorsal rays. Owing to the small size of his type, a mistake of 

 this sort might easily be made. No species other than II. sajori has 

 been recognized along the coast of Hondo. Specimens were col- 

 lected in salt water at Nagasaki, Matsushima, Aomori, Same, Tokyo, 

 Misaki, Wakanoura, Kobe, and Hakata. It is one of the commonest 

 fishes of Japan, much used for food. 



{sayori., the vernacular name.) 



6. HYPORHAMPHUS KURUMEUS Jordan and Starks, new species. 



Head from tip of upper jaw 5 in length; depth 10 to 11. Dorsal 15 

 or iti; anal 17 or 18; scales 70. 



Body not much compressed, the depth appearing greatest just behind 

 opercles. Lower jaw from tip of upper half length of head; upper 

 jaw slightl}' longer than wide. Teeth in upper jaw in a straight band 

 at extreme sides, becoming broader anteriorly; those in lower jaw in 

 a ])and narrowcM- than the l)and at front of upper jaw and becoming- 

 narrower anteriorly. Eye equal to interorbital space, and contained 

 twice in postorbital part of head. Gill rakers slender, scarcely as long 

 as pupil, 7+19 in number. 



Scales on top of head extending to snout. They are scarcely imbri- 

 cated, circular, and with concentric striations, which form complete 

 circles; similar scales on sides of mandible; from 47 to 50 scales in a 

 median series on back between occiput and front of dorsal. 



