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dorsal spine, the second not smaller and out of line with the adjoining 

 ones. Lower row similar, of 28 spines. The spines at side of belly 

 very much sharper and longer than in ^1. prohmc/dalis. 



Spinous dorsal nearly straight in its upper outline; the spines arc 

 all produced more than in ^-1. prohoscidalis, and the first spine is 

 conspicuously longer than the second. First spine 3^ in length to 

 caudal base; f to i longer than depth of body below it; second spine 

 equals length of head; last spine If in head. The soft dorsal more 

 rounded or less triangular in outline than in A. prohosddaHs, the tips 

 of the rays more produced beyond the membrane. The distance 

 between the dorsals is the same, and the membrane connecting the last 

 spine to body is the same. Anal longer, but similar in shape; the 

 third ray from the last is li in head. Pectoral similar in shape, 

 number of ra3^s, and in the relationship of its tip to front of anal to 

 A. prohoi^cldalk; its greatest length exceeds that of head by half the 

 diameter of eye. Ventrals reaching to vent. Caudal rounded; its 

 length 1 to 1 J in head. 



Color. — Back brown; sides lighter; a dark, irregular band along base 

 of anal; with or without dark brown spots just above and below 

 anterior spines of lower lateral series; lateral line running in a narrow, 

 sharp, very dark band; a dark streak following suborbitals, and 

 another around edge of preopercle; barbel at tip of snout dark; on 

 membrane between first and second dorsal spines are three or four 

 dark, conspicuous spots with translucent interspaces; the first brown 

 spot at upper margin of membrane, one or two small dark spots on 

 membrane between last spine and body; the membrane between each 

 spine is narrowly edged with brown )>lended downward; the membrane 

 of soft dorsal margined with much larger spots between the raj^s; the 

 tip of each dorsal spine and ray white, softl}" blended downward; the 

 bod}^ of the dorsals uniform dusky; caudal with a cross band at its 

 middle formed by dark blended spots on the membranes between each 

 ray; a long dark spot on the posterior end of membrane between 

 each ray; the rays tipped with white; pectoral dark above, somewhat 

 mottled toward end; anal and ventrals white, the former dark brown 

 toward its posterior end. 



The species differs from Ago7iomalus jn'ohoseldaUs in having all of 

 the spines on the head sharp and directed l)ackward; the superorbital 

 spine single and placed posteriorly; the first dorsal spine conspicu- 

 ousl}" longer than the second; the upper outline of the fin not so 

 deeply concave; the anal longer; the color very different. Other and 

 less conspicuous differences are indicated above. 



This species is in Dr. Schmidt's collection from the Ochotsk Sea. 

 Dr. Schmidt writes of it: "Das ist wohl die schonste neue Species 

 die ich in meinen Sammlungen gefunden habe." In view of the pos- 

 sible priorit}^ of Dr. Schmidt's paper we suppress the name we had 

 devised for this fish. 



