NO. 1351. SCORP^NOID FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND STARKS. 1 78 



2 ill head. The first 3 spines of dorsal separated from succeeding 

 spines; no notch between spines and raA's, and as rays arc all sini])le 

 it is ditiicult to distinguish spines from vnyn. Dorsal base ending- just 

 in front of caudal base. Anal not reaching so far back as dorsal; its 

 insertion midway between tip of mandi))le and posterior third of 

 caudal. 



C'olor slate or brownish, usually lighter below, but not alwa)^s; 

 sides sometimes with fine black spots; fins all black or dark slate color, 

 sometimes showing ])Iack cross lines, particularl}" on pectoral; tips of 

 pectoral rays and dorsal rays and spines light. This description is 

 based on specimens from Nagasaki, the longest 95 mm. in length. 

 The species is apparently rather rare. 



{asper, rough.) 



SUMMARY. 



Family Scorp^enid^e. 

 1. Sebastolobus Gill. 



1. macrochir (Giinther); Miyako, Misaki, Neiuuro, Sagami Bay. 



2. Sebastodes Gill. 



2. r/?micH.s (Hilgendorf) ; Bering Island. 



o. taczanuv'skii (Steindachner) ; Otaru, jNIororan, Iwanai, Aoniori, Same. 



4. itinus Jordan and Starks; Hakodate. 



5. steindachner i (Hilgendorf ); Hakodate. 



6. giiniheri Jordan and Starks; Misaki, Wakanoura, Hakodate. 



7. inernm (Cuvier and Valenciennes); Hakodate, ]\Iatsnshima, Tokyo, Misaki, 



Enoshima, Kobe, Onomichi, Hiroshima, Wakanoura, Nagasaki, Tsushima. 



8. tokionis Jordan and Starks; Misaki, Tokyo, Wakanoura, Tsuruga. 



9. joijneri (Giinther); Aomori, Miyako, Tokyo. 



10. ?)i«/.st{6«n(" (Hilgendorf); Misaki. 



11. irocunrftw Jordan and Starks; Kushiro. 



12. Jianimeua Jordan and Starks; Misaki. 



13. S(;(///j.ro7jri.s Jordan and Snyder; Misaki, Tokyo. 



l-^. fuscescem (Houttnyn); Tokyo, Nagasaki, Otaru, Iwanai, Aomori, Same, 3Ior- 

 oran, Hakodate. 



3. S<:basticlithi/K Gill. 



15. (•((/y^c'.'f (Steindachner and DiJderlein); Hakodate, Sanu'', Miyako near Morioka. 



16. nivosiis (Hilgendorf); Same, Misaki. 



17. trivittatiL'^ (Hilgendorf) ; Aomori, Kushiro. 



18. oblongiis {Guniher); (not seen). 



19. mitsiikarii (Cramer); Hakodate, Aomori, Matsushima, Tokyo, Yokohama, Ono- 



michi, Kol)e, Nagasaki. 



20. pachijcephabix (Schlegel); Wakanoura, Kobe, Hiroshima, Sliimonoseki. 



21. elegans (Steindachner and IXxlerlein); Misaki, Onomichi, Miyajima. 



4. Neosebastes (iuichenot. 



22. entaxis Jordan and Starks; Misaki, Chosu. 



