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45. INIMICUS JAPONICUS ( Cuvier and Valenciennes). 

 OKOZK, ONIOKOZK ( DEVIL POISON-FISH). 



I'rloi- japonicum Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Poiss., IV., 1829, p. 437; Japan. 

 Coll. Langsdorf. — Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., 1843, p. 44, pi. xviii, 

 fig. 2; Nagasaki. — Richardson, Ichth. China, 1846, p. 212; Canton. — GtJN- 

 THER, Cat. Fish, II, 1860, p. 151; Canton, Japan. — STEXNDACHNEiiand Doder- 

 LEiN, Fische Japans, III, 1884, p. 197; Tokyo. — Steixdaciiner, Reise Aurora, 

 1897, p. 208; Kobe.— Nystkom, Kong. Vet. Ak., 1887, p. 19; Naga.saki. — 

 Ishikawa, Prel. Cat., 1897, i>. 49, etc.; locality unknown. — Jordan and 

 Snyder, Check List, 1901, p. 100; Yokohama. 



Felor tigrhmm Richardson, Ichth. China, 1846, p. 212; Canton. 



Head 3 in length without caudtil; depth, 8i, Dor.sal XVII, 7; anal 

 II, II. Lateral line tentacles 15. Eye 7 in head; maxillary 2f. 



()r1)ital rim and premaxillary proce.s.ses more produced than in L 

 auraut/acns^ the snout narrower, the distance across maxillaries just 

 ])ehind angle of mouth is half of length of head. The teeth similar. 

 The arrangement of cranial spines and, ridges the same, l)ut they are 

 much higher and sharper, the transverse ridge across posterior part of 

 intcrorbital space is developed as a very high, sharp crest; a conspic- 

 uous sharp ridge runs from a tubercle in front of orbital rim inward 

 in a cur\'e along intcrorbital space nearly to transverse crest. (In /. 

 (imudifieus this ridge is scarcely developed.) The interorbital space, 

 tlie transverse depression, and the preorbital pits are deeper. The 

 dermal fringes are arranged the same and are the same number and 

 size. 



Pectoral reaching to or a litth^ past front of anal and having 10 rays. 

 Ventrals adnate for their whole length, the membrane extending past 

 the tip of the last ray nearlv to the front of the anal. Anal spines 

 short, their tips not projecting through the skin. Front of dorsal dis- 

 tant from tip of snout a space contained ii times in entire h'ngth 

 without caudal. Caudal rounded. 



Color in life dark brown, with cross hands of l)lack or deep red. The 

 specimen above described, in spirits, has ahcrnate light brown and 

 0})aque pinkish red areas on back and sides, outlined with darker color; 

 head almost entirely red down to branchiostegals, with irregular light 

 brown spots outlined with dark brown; these mottling interorbital 

 space and preorbital pits; a pair of them at occipital region, one on 

 end of maxillary, a couple on operch\ and one on suborl^ital; cheek 

 and snout nearly solid red; tip of mandible with a large red spot; 

 anterior dermal fringes red; under part of head otherwise white or 

 brownish, freckled with dark brown; the red of head extends back to 

 third dorsal spine, involving the front of dorsal; behind which is an 

 irregular brownish crossbar, involving dorsal to sixth spine and reach- 

 ing to opposite anterior third of pectoral; next behind is a large red 

 area containing some small light brown .spots, extending on dorsal to 



