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second and third are equal; the others decrease graduall}^ to the last, 

 which is one-half the length of the second, and is adnate to the body 

 for its whole length. The base of the last anal ra}^ is directly under 

 the base of the last dorsal ra}', l)ut the tips of the last rays reach much 

 farther posteriorly. The third from the last anal ray is considerably 

 the longest; the last ray is equal in length to the second; the first ray, 

 between which and the third from the last the rays are graduated in 

 length, is equal in length to the distance from the tip of the snout to 

 the posterior margin of the pupil. The pectoral has 11 rays; the 

 fourth from the top is the longest; it fails to reach the first anal ray 

 by a distance equal to two-thirds of the diameter of the eye; the lower 

 pectoral rays are unich produced bej'ond the meml)rane. l)ut not dis- 

 connected, as in the genus Ilypsagonus. The surface of the upper part 

 of the pectoral, and especially the upper ray, is rough with small 



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Fig. 2. — Agoxomau's proboscidalis. 



prickles; similar prickles cover the base of the pectoral. Ventral two 

 rjiyed, the inner ray the longer, just reaching to the middle of the 

 vent. Caudal broad and rounded behind; its length is li in head. 



Color. — Body pinkish, fins white; nearly everywhere with sharp 

 irregular brown '"freckles;" those on the body fewer and lighter than 

 on fins, fading out on caudal peduncle; on spinous dorsal they are 

 elongate and are irregularh' placed in series suggesting curved bands; 

 on posterior part of spinous dorsal is a large white oval spot with 

 brown spots around it; the spots more sparse on anal than on other 

 fins; very thickly scattered over pectoral; barbel at tip of snout white. 



Here described from a specimen loaned by the Sapporo museum; 

 collected at Hakodate. It is 10 cm. in length. The species is evi- 

 dently identical with the type of Guichenot. 



{prohoscidalis, having a long snout.) 



