NO. 1351. SCORPMNOID FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDA N AND STA KKS. 109 



rays li>, the lower <S simple. Fifth dorsal spine 2f in head, thirteenth 

 'S\. Third anal spine much longer than second, and hut little slenderer, 

 3 in head; second spine 3i; first sinuo one-half second. 



Inside of g'ill covers and peritoneum dusky; body and tins entirely red. 



The type is a badly ])reserved specimen 88 cm. in length. No 

 scales remain and the length of the soft rays can not Ix^ ascertained. 

 It is numbered 78().5, Tchth3^oIogical Collections Leland Stanford 

 rhuiior University Museum. It is veiy close to St'Jjaiitude-s iracundu.s^ 

 t)ut may be known at once l)y the character of the teeth. 



This deep-red species is known to us from a single example taken 

 in deep water at Misaki by Kumakichi Aoki. 



{Jiaiiiiiu'us^ iiame-red. ) 



13. SEBASTODES SCYTHROPUS Jordan and Snyder. 



SebaModes scythropus Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mug., 1S»01, p. 360, 

 pi. xv; Misaki (No. 49406, 1T.8.N.M. Coll. K. Otaki). 



Head, measured to end of opercnlir Hap, 2| in length; depth, 2^; 

 depth of caudal peduncle, 3i in head; eye, 2f ; snout, 5; maxillaiy, 

 2i; interorbital space, -ii; height of longest dorsal spine, 2|; longest 

 ray, 2|; anal spine, 2f ; ray, 2|; pectoral, 3|- in length; ventrals, 4^; 

 caudal, 4i; D. XIII, 13; A. Ill, 6; pectoral rays, 8 + 8; scales in lateral 

 line, 31; pores, 28. 



P]ye very large; round; high in head; nearer tip of snout than to 

 posterior edge of opercle, a distance equal to interorbital width. Inter- 

 orbital area convex; with a median longitudinal groove, deepest ante- 

 riorly, growing shallower and wider posteriorly; the groove bounded 

 laterally b}' a pair of low, rounded ridges. Mouth, oblique; maxil- 

 lary extending to a vertical through a point a little posterior to center 

 of pupil; lower jaw with a slender, symphyseal knob which projects 

 in a line with upper contour of head. Teeth on vomer and palatines; 

 symphyseal patch of teeth of lower jaw elevated, titting into a median 

 toothless notch of the upi)er jaw; palatine bands narrow, (iill-rakers 

 long and slender; 10 + 24 on first arch. Head strongly armed: preocu- 

 lar, postocular, and occipital spines large and sharp; preceded by promi- 

 nent ridges; tympanic spine acute; smaller than postocular: nasal 

 spines well de\eloped; preorl)ital with 2 strong spines dii-ected down- 

 ward; above these an indistinct lobe; preopercle with .^ large spines; 

 the upper 3, of Avhich the second is longest, projcM-t l>ac'kward; the 

 lower 2 project downward and backward; a sul)opercular and an inter- 

 opercular spine closely approximated; 2 large, flat, acute spines on 

 upper part of opercle; 2 small, humeral spines. Head, conq)letely 

 scaled; lower jaw, maxillary, and preor])ital area with very small scales; 

 dorsal, anal, caudal, and ventral tins with small scales extending almost 

 to tips of spines and rays; pectorals less exttMisively scaled; all the 

 scales except those on fins and branchio4egals ctenoid. First dorsal 



