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1881 (Swatow, China). — Steindachner and Doderlein, Denkschr. Akad. 

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 No. 4, p. 29, 1887 (Nagasaki). — Steindachner, Ann. Hofmus. Wien, vol. 

 11, p. 208, 1896 (Japan). — Ishikawa and Matsuura, Prelim. Cat. Fishes 

 Mus. Tokyo, p. 46, 1897. — Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 

 23, p. 369 (Tokyo), p. 758 (Yokohama; Tokyo), 1900; vol. 24, p. 487, 1902 

 (Hakodate, Matsushima, Tokyo, Misaki, Niigata, Tsuruga, Wakanoura, 

 Hiroshima, Onomichi, Kawatana, Hakata, Nagasaki). — Smith and Pope, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 31, p. 478, 1906 (Kochi).— Franz, Abh. Bayer. 

 Akad. Wiss., math.-phys. Kl., vol. 4, suppl. vol. 1, p. 83, 1910 (Yokohama; 

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 p. 260, 1914 (Osaka; Shimonoseki). — Fowler and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., vol. 62, art. 2, p. 69, 1922 (Takao). — Jordan and Htjbbs, Mem. 

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Depth 5K to 5%; head Z% to 3%, width 2 to 2%. Snout 2% to 2^ in 

 head; eye 4K to 5, 1% to 2% in snout, 1% to IK in interorbital; maxil- 

 lary reaches lYz to 1% in snout; length 4% to 4% in head; teeth vilH- 

 form, in bands in jaws and on vomer; interorbital 4 to 4%, nearly 

 level; preopercle edge slightly roughened. Gill rakers 4+ 10, lanceo- 

 late, Yi in gill filaments, which 1% in eye. 



Scales 68 to 70 in lateral line to caudal base and 9 to 13 more on 

 latter; 3 or 4 above, 10 below, 21 to 26 predorsal forward to last 

 fourth in antero-nasal part of snout; 2 rows on cheek below eye to 

 preopercle ridge; fins all with more or less fine scales, most numerous 

 on caudal basally. Scales with 5 or 6 basal radiating striae; 49 to 70 

 apical denticles, with 3 or 4 transverse series of basal elements; 

 circuli fine. 



D. XI-I, 22, I, second spine 1% to V/io in head, first branched ray 

 1% to 2K; A. Ill, 22, I or III, 23, i, first branched ray 2% to 3Mo; 

 caudal Iji to 1%, very slightly emarginate; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 3^2 to 3%; pectoral l^(o to 2; ventral l%o to 2. 



Brown, little darker on back and upper surface of head above. 

 Lower sides and under surface whitish. Iris brown, with yellow ring 

 around pupil. Fins all transparent or pale brownish, dorsals dusted 

 with some darker dots terminally on membranes. Caudal brownish. 

 Other fins pale. 



Moluccas, Japan (Nasasaki to Hakodate). Jordan and Snyder 

 say it " closely resembles S. sihama, difl'ering mainly from it in having 

 the scales on the head ctenoid, and in having larger scales above the 

 lateral line, there being but three series between lateral line and 



