428 BULLETIN 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Gill rakers 2 + 7, short, strong, lanceolate, 2% in gill filaments, which 

 l)^in eye. 



Scales 83 to 88 counted along lateral line to caudal base and 10 

 more on latter; tubular scales 80 or 81 in lateral line to caudal base 

 and 10 to 12 more on latter; 7 scales above lateral line, 12 or 13 below, 

 43 or 44 predorsal forward in last third of antero-nasal region of snout; 

 4 rows on cheek below eye. Scales with 6 basal radiating striae; 

 42 to 47 apical denticles, with 4 to 6 transverse series of basal elements ; 

 circuli fine. 



D. XII-I, 21, I to I, 23, I, second spine 1% to l^Hn head, first ray 

 2% to 2%; A. Ill, 22, i to III, 25, i, first branched ray 2% to S}U; 

 caudal 1% to Iji, obliquely truncate, though upper rays slightly longer; 

 least depth of caudal peduncle 4% to 5)^; pectoral 1%; ventral 1%. 



Dull brow^n on back and above, lower surface paler. Each scale of 

 back with vertical streak made up of darker brown dots as seen under a 

 lens. Iris slate-gray, narrow golden circle around pupil. Upper lip 

 largely brown, like head above, front and lower edge pale or whitish 

 like lower lip. Narrow gray-slate ill-defined axial band from shoulder 

 girdle below lateral line but embracing lateral line on caudal peduncle 

 to caudal base. Fins largely transparent, membranes of spinous 

 dorsal sprinkled with blackish or dusky brown over greater terminal 

 portions. Each ray of soft dorsal with 6 dark or blacldsh ill-defined 

 spots. Caudal and pectoral brownish above, other fins whitish. 



Known from Tokyo Bay. Distinguished by its long slender body, 

 small scales, truncate caudal, and lack of any conspicuous large dark 

 blotches. 



U.S.N. M. No. 22588. Kanagawa. Japanese Government. Length, 188 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. Nos. 49803, 71352. Tokyo market. Albatross collection. Length, 165 

 and 266 mm. 



SILLAGO CILIATA Cuvier 



Sillago ciliata Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, p. 415, 1829 [type locality: South- 

 ern Seas (Peron)]. — Valenciennes, Regne Animal, Cuvier, Hi. ed., Poiss., 

 pi. 13, fig. 2, 1839.— GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, p. 245, 1860 

 (Tasmania, Australia, Port Jackson, Cape York). — Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Philadelphia, 1860, p. 504 (compiled). — Kner, Reise Novara, Fische, 

 p. 127 1865 (Sydney). — Steindachner, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 

 math.-nat. Kl., vol. 53, pt. 1, p. 443, 1866 (Port Jackson). — Castelnau, 

 Proc. Zool. Acclimat. Soc. Victoria, vol. 2, p. 113 1873, (Noumea, New 

 Caledonia); Res. Fishes Australia (Off. Rec. Philadelphia Cent. Exhib. 

 Victoria), p. 16, 1875 (Queensland). — Alleyne and Macleay, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. NewSouth Wales, vol. l,p.279, 1876 (Cape York; Percy Islands).— Klun- 

 ziNGER, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. Kl., vol. 80, pt. 1, p. 369, 

 1879 (Port Dennison; Cleveland Bay). — Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. Godeflfroy, 

 No. 7, p. 44, 1879 (Queensland). — Gunther, Rep. Voy. Challenger, vol. 1, 

 p. 42, 1880 (Somerset, Cape York). — Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South 

 Wales, vol. 5, pt. 4, p. 567, 1881 (North Australia, Torres Straits, Cape 

 York).— Woods, Fishes New South Wales, p. 65, pi. 24, 1882.— Pohl, Cat. 

 Mus. Godeflfroy, No. 9, p. 32, 1884 ("East Indies")-— Ogilby, Cat. Fish. 

 New South Wales, p. 31, 1886.— McCoy, Prodromus Zool. Victoria, pi. 182, 



