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i8. SEBASTICHTHYS OBLONGUS (Gunther). 



Schdstei^ ohlongm Gunther, Challenger Report Shore Fishes, « 1880, p. M, \A. x x v 1 1 1 ; 



Inland Sea, Japan, Yokohama. — Hilgendorf, S. B. Gesell. naturf. Frennde, 



Berlin, 1880, p. 171, with plate; Tokyo. 

 Sebastodcs ohlongus Jordan and Evermanx, Fish. North and Middle Am., II, 1898, 



p. 1830; after Gunther. 



Head 3f in length; depth 3i. D. XIII, 1£; A. Ill, 5; scales 59 to (>5. 

 Scales rather irregular, much smaller above than below lateral line. 

 Head scaly above as far forward as nostrils; very minute scales on 

 preor])ital. Snout pointed, longer than eye. Interorbital space flat, 

 equal to eye, 6 in head. None of spines on upper side of head pro- 

 jecting, those on prcopercle obtuse. Teeth in broad bands on jaws, 

 vomer, and palatines. Maxillary reaching posterior margin of eye. 

 Dorsal spines strong, fourth to seventh longest, 2i in head; anal 

 spines stronger, much shorter than longest dorsal. Brownish, marbled 

 with darker; lower parts and all hns with brown spots; an oblique 

 brown streak from preorbital toward angle of preopercle. 



Recorded from the Inland Sea of Japan and the market of Yokohama. 

 Not seen by us. All our specimens of this type belong to SehastiehtJiys 

 niitmhirii and it may be that S. oUovgas is merely an extreme exam- 

 ple of the same species. 



This species was not taken by us. Were it not that Dr. Boulenger 

 has verified for us Dr. Giinther's count of scales, which agrees with 

 that shown in his figure, we should believe that Sehastle]dhy.s ohlongus 

 is the same as Sehastichthys mUsukurii. Except for the larger scales 

 of the latter, we know of no difference. 



{ohlongus, oblong.) 



ig. SEBASTICHTHYS MITSUKURII (Cramer). 



Sebastes ohlongus (var.?) Steindachner and Doderlein, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. 



Wien,1884, p.204; Tokyo.— Nystrom, Kong. Vet. Ak., 1887, p. 20; Nagasaki. 

 Sebastodcs milsukurii Cramer, in Jordan and Evermann, Fish. North and Middle 



Am. , 11, 1898, p. 1831 ; Tokyo, based on the description given by Steindachner 



and Doderlein. 



Head 2i in length; depth 8. Eye 5 in head; snout 4|; maxillary 

 2iV; interorbital 5i. Dorsal XIII, 12 to 11 (usually 12); anal III, 7. 

 Pores of lateral line 10 to 12. 



Mouth large, maxillary reaching to behind eye. Jaws subequal or 

 the lower very slightly projecting. Symphyseal knob scarcely devel- 

 oped. Teeth in broad bands on vomer and palatines. Teeth on front 



"Dr. Boulenger has kindly reexamined the types of Sebastodes ohlongus. He finds 

 that they agree with Dr. Giinther's plate in, showing about 60 scales, counting oblique 

 series below the lateral line. Scales 58, 59, 60, in 4 examples. In our specimens 

 of Sebastodes vtilsnkiirii a species otherwise very similar to *S'. ohJongits, the scales, 

 counted in the same way, number from 42 to 46. 



