NO. 1351. SCORP.ENOID FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDA N AND STARKS. 133 



This .species may he known from Scorpsena onaria, which it most 

 ivs(Mnl)l('s, by the shorter liead, sinallcr eye, smallei- mouth, and lower 

 cranial spines. In S. jimhridhi the oix'i'cular (la}) is distant fi'om the 

 outline of back al)ov(> it onc^ diameter of eye; in .S'. oiuirld it is distant 

 half the diaiueter of eye. 



This species is known to us from several sjx'cimcns taken at W'aka- 

 Moura, Kobe, and Misaki. or found in the Tokyo market. 



{ p'//ih/'J'i/>is, frino-ed.) 



29. SCORP^NA MIOSTOMA Giinther. 



Scorjvniii iiilnstoiiKt (Htnthku, Short' lislies of llie (Jliiillt'iijjcr, 18S0, p. (vi; Yoko- 

 hama. 



Dorsal XII, 10; anal III, 5. Lateral line 45. Palatine^ teeth; the 

 vomerine teeth form a simple open V-shaped l)aiid. The height of the 

 bod}' is less than the length of the head, which is contained twice and 

 one-thii-d in the total length (without caudal). Head nearly entirely 

 scaleless. Upper jaw slighth' overlapping the lower. Orbital ten- 

 tacles broad, fringed, shorter than the eye, which equals the length of 

 the snout. Interorbital space deeply concave, with a pair of slight 

 ridges within its concavity. Vertex with a quadrate depression, which 

 is rather broader than long, and surrounded by spines. The maxillary' 

 does not extend backward to below the middle of the eye. All the 

 cutaneous appendages on the head, bod}', and tins are well developed. 

 The fourth and tifth dorsal spines are longest, two- fifths of the length 

 of the head, and e({ual to the second of the anal fin, which, howevcM-, is 

 stronger. Eight of the pectoral rays are branched. Body and fins 

 marbled with the usual colors of this genus, but without any peculiar 

 markings. The axil of the pectoral is scarcel}' spotted, and the lower 

 pai'tof the head is white. Length of specimen, 5^ inches. Market of 

 Yokohama (Giinther). 



This species is not represented in our collection. According to the 

 description given bv Giinther, it ma}' be known from the other Japa- 

 nese species of /Seorpasna by the maxillary not reaching to below the 

 middle of the eye. 



[/.lejog^ reduced; gtoi-ux mouth.) 



30. SCORP.(ENA ONARIA Jordan and Snyder. 



ONARI (TABU). 



Srorpvnm ricglrrtd, Scni-EGEi, Fauna Jaiionica, Poiss., 1S4S, ]>. 4:^, i>l. i.xxvn, li^. 4; 



Nagasaki (not Scorpivmi neglectn of Hcckel, 1840). 

 Scorpxna finihriatu Nysthom, Kong. Vet. Hamll., 1SS7. i«. IS; Nagasaki (not of 



Steindachner). 

 ScorjKtiia oiuiritt .Ioudan and Snydioi!, Proc. I'. S. Nat. Mns.. lHOn, ]>. :'>ti">: witli 



plate; Tokyo. 



