NO. \m. SCOllP.F.yOTD FrSHES OF J A P. I A— ./O/?/). 1 A^ A NT) STA Ilk'S. 171 



Of this species we have numerous specimens, the longest 85 nmi. 

 in UMit^th. Those were taken at Tokyo, AVakanoui-a. and Matsushima 

 Bay, Station 3771, oft' Doumiki Point in 61 fathoms. 



(Named for Constantine von Pott, captain of the Ai'/'o/-f/.) 



51. ERISPHEX KAGOSHIMENSIS (Ishikawa). 



Tetraroge derm(ir<mthiis< Ishikawa, Prel. Cat., 1897, ji. 50; Kajjosliima, not of 



Bleeker. 

 Tetrarof/c kagoshiineu.vs Ishikawa, Notes on species of fishes new to Japanese 



waters. (MSS., 1902; Kagoshima.) 



"D. IV, IX, 10; A. I. 9; V. I, 3. 



"8kin studded with small prickles. Snout slightly longer than eye, which is 

 equal to interorbital space. Lower jaw projecting; maxillary not (juite reaching 

 orbit; no barbels. Dorsal fin beginning over posterior edge of eye, the four anterior 

 s]>ines partly separated from the others; second and third spines longe.st. About 9 

 groups of larger prickles along the lateral line. Color, in spirits, sepia brown, with 

 faint irregular markings of darker color. Type, a single specimen from Kagoshima 

 84 mm. in length; head 28 mm. in length; snout 10; eye 7.5; first dorsal spine 10, 

 second 11; pectoral 21; ventral 15; greatest depth of body 38." (Ishikawa MS.) 



This specimen, No. 869, in the Imperial Museum of Tokyo, Avas 

 examined by us. It is close to Ji'rlsjj/ie.r derinaaoithux, l)ut apparently 

 distinct from E. pottii. It is distinguished bj^ the partial separation of 

 tlie first four dorsal spines. 



23. APLOACTIS Schlegel. 



J^jZood/.s- ScHLEGEL, Fauua Japoiiica, Poiss., 184:5, ]). 51 (ai^pera). 

 f Aploactimnnt Castelnau, Proc. Zool. 80c. Victoria, II, 1872, p. 64 {schomburgki 

 a species with 5 detached spines). 



Head and bod}^ compressed, studded with small prickles; bones of 

 the head with obtuse prominences; preorbital without spine; mouth 

 moderate, with teeth on vomer; none on palatines. Dorsal fin 

 beginning- anteriorly with 14 spines and 11 to 14 soft rays; the 8 

 anterior spines detached from the others; anal long, without distinct 

 spines; ventral rays 1, 2. Pectorals moderate, without free-ray; 

 caudal rounded. 



Japan and East Indies. 



(«7rA.oo?, simple; aKTig, ray.) 



52. APLOACTIS ASPERA Richardson. 



Aploactia Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., 1843, p. 51, pi. xxii, fig. 3; Nagasaki. 

 Aploactis aspcra Richakdson, Voy. Sulphur, Fishes, 1846, p. 72; China. — Cirx- 



THEK, Cat. Fish, II, 1860, p. 142; Japan. — Steindachnek and Doderlein, 



Fische Japans, IV, 1884, j). 197; Kagoshima. 



Head 3i in length without caudal; depth 3f. Dorsal III. XI, 12; 

 anal 13. Ventral I, 2. Lateral line with 12 pores. Eye -l.V in head; 

 maxillarv 2^. 



