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Upper protile of hoiul deeply concave from first dorsal spine to 

 posterior end of produced preniaxillarv i)rocesses, the eye much pro- 

 duced al)Ove level of rest of i)rotile. Mandible with a knob at sym- 

 ])liysis. Snout very broad, the distance across maxillaries just behind 

 ang'le of mouth li to 1| in length of head. Teeth on mandible in a 

 broad band in front, very narrow at the sides; on premaxillaries much 

 wider at sides and al)out Q([u;i\ in front to band on front of mandi))le; 

 on vomer in a band as wide as on front of jaws; palatines toothless. 



Top of head with many blunt spines and ridges, nuich lower than in 

 I» Imicus japonicui<. A rather sharp ridge across posterior part of 

 interorbital separating interorbital space from a transverse depression 

 across occipital region, which is somewhat more shallow than inter- 

 orbital space. A couple of spines on occipital region (probably on 

 parietals), a third farther back and slightly out of line with them, and 

 a pair behind posterior margin of eye on a level with lateral line. A 

 spine on middle of preorbital and 2 on its lower edge, the posterior of 

 which is the larger. One on suborbital just below deep depression in 

 front of eye, and a pair below cxq slightly ])efore its middle, one 

 placed above the other. Opercle with 2 small spines and a row of 3 

 or 4 around preopercle. A row of multifid dermal fringes around 

 })reopercle extending around lower side of mandible; the largest of 

 these at side of mandible and at end of maxillary. A couple of small 

 dermal flaps on preorbital and several on lower edge of opercle. A 

 row of dermal flaps along lateral line and above it a row of shorter 

 wart-like ones placed about half as frequently. The dorsal spines 

 decorated with numerous tentacles. 



Pectoral reaching to front of anal or a little past. 10 rays without 

 the 2 detached ones, all branched, the lower 4 appearing simple. 

 Ventrals adnate for their whole lengtb, the membrane extending past 

 the tip of the last nearly to the front of anal. Anal spines entirely 

 covered with skin, theii- points not free; the tips of the posterior rays 

 reach to the base of caudal. Front of dorsal placed from tip of snout 

 a distance contained 4 times in entire length without caudal. Caudal 

 rounded. 



Color in spirits of one specimen is entirely white (bright orange in 

 11 to) with the exception of .5 or (> black spots the size of pupil scattered 

 Irregularly over each side and not placed the same on opposite sides; 

 ;') or 4 similar spots on inner surface of pectoral. This specimen in 

 life was bright yellowish orange. 



Another specimen is slightly dusky on back and has several regu- 

 larly placed irregular dark l)rown blotches; interorbital space and 

 preocular pits uniform dark ])rown; a similar colored area on opercle 

 and preopercle, leaving a light area behind eye and on cheek; another 

 dark brown one on back above lateral line below third to flfth 

 dorsal spines; one just below the last and behind base of pectoral, one 

 at tip of pectoral and one under soft dorsal rays extending on soft 

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