NO. 1351. SCORP.ENOID FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND STARKS. 99 



I^ower jaw projecting. Tcoth in rather narrow bands, developed in a 

 .slight knob at tij) of lower jaw. Eye a little longer than snout, 3f in 

 head. Intcrorbital space rathei- wide and slightl}' convex, its width 

 scarcelj' less than diameter of eye. Nasal and prcocular spines present, 

 supraocular ridge very slightly developed, sometimes ending in a tiny 

 spine on one or both sides, usually absent. Crown and occiput evenly 

 convex, and without spines or ridges. Preopercular spines divei'ging, 

 the lowest pointing downward, the highest backward. Preorbital with 

 2 rounded lobes, no spines. Gill rakers long and slender, the long- 

 est, half the diameter of the eye. Caudal truncate or very slightly 

 emarginate. 



Scales rough ctenoid. Maxillary and proorbital with tiny embedded 

 scales. Mandible naked. 



Color warm brown above and on sides, paler brown below; obscure 

 shadings of darker brown on upper part of sides; many scales with 

 basal or central area darker; opercles with a dusk}' shade; no dark 

 streaks on head; tins brown, all except the pectorals and caudal becom- 

 ing distinctly black on distal portion; lining of buccal and gill cavities 

 white, but with a narro'v^ dark streak along each side of floor of 

 mouth anteriorl}'; peritoneum brownish black, uniformly and densely 

 pigmented. 



This species, a near ally of the Aleutian Sebastodes dUatus and of the 

 American S. mystinus, is very abundant in northern Japan. Our 

 many specimens are from Otaru, Mororan, Iwanai, Aomori, and Same. 



(Named for Professor Taczanowsky). 



4. SEBASTODES ITINUS Jordan and Starks, new species. 

 YANAGI-NO-jVIAI (MAID OF THE WILLOWS). 



Head 3|^ in length; depth 8i; e3^e -I- in head; snout 4; maxillarv 21^0; 

 intcrorbital i. Dorsal XIV, 13; anal 111, 7; pores of lateral line, 54. 



Mouth rather large, the maxillary reaching a little past posterior 

 margin of pupil. Lower jaw strongly projecting. Symphyseal knol) 

 prominent. Teeth coarse and sharp, in narrow bands on jaws, vomer 

 and palatines. A knob of teeth developed on front of mandible, which 

 shuts outside of maxillary teeth. Intcrorbital e\enly convex, the 

 superorl)ital rim not raised. Nasal spines very small, but sharp. 

 Prcocular s})ines represented by very blind, incon.spieuous lobes; other 

 spines absent. Occipital I'idges scaled ovei- and scarcely discernible. 

 Edg(> of preor})ital slightly scalloped, but without spines. Preopercu- 

 lar spines evenly spaced, th(> next to the uppermost the largest, the 

 two lowest directed downward. Gill rakers very slender, the longest 

 f eye, 26 on outer limb of arch. 



Pectoral rays 11), the lower 1(> unbranched. They reach slightly 

 past tips of ventrals, but scarcely to vent. Dorsals low. tlie longer 

 spines equal to the anterior or longest rays. The longest spine 2^ in 



