NO. 13.^1 . SCORP^NOID FISHES O F .L I PA X—.TO RDA X A XD STA RKS. 137 



lar, postoeular, tympanic, parietal, and nuchal spines present. A 

 suiall doii])l(^ spino just ])(>hiii<l upper posterior niaro-inof eye; a ridge 

 ending- in a .spine just l)ehin(l it and above opercle ridge; a similar one 

 behind it; and a third in tlie same series at beginning of lateral line, 

 followed l)y nuich smaller plates on anterior end of lateral line. 

 Opercle with two spines at the ends of diverging ridges, the lower * 

 ridge much the larger. Suborbital ridge of spines starts with a small 

 spine at u])per part of preorbital and ends with a double spine at pre- 

 opercle, ])elow Avhich are two small preopercle spines. Treorbital 

 with an anterior rounded lobe, a blunt spine just behind it directed 

 forward, and a similar one at posterior end |)()inting backwai-d. Gill- 

 rakers very short, 11 of them on anterioi- limb of arch, counting three 

 or four rudimentary ones. 



Pectorals ending above tips of ventrals or reaching slightlv past 

 them, never reaching neaily to above front of anal. Spinous dorsal 

 much lower than soft dorsal; the fourth ray 3 in head, the eleventh 

 6i, the tw(dfth 4. Second anal spine slightly longer, or sometimes of 

 equal length, w ith the more slender third spine; its length 3^ in head. 

 Caudal rounded. 



Color in spirits, no uniform color pattern, backward sides everywhere 

 marbled with dark browm or blackish; belly and lower parts white; 

 the dark irregular markings on fins darker at the edges, making sharp 

 contrast with the lighter markings; a light area on middle of upper 

 part of pectoral; pectoral lighter around posterior edge: a lighter 

 band across middle of caudal rays; radiating lines sometimes present 

 around eye; axil variously marked, colorless or dusky. 



This species is generally common in rocky places in southern Japan. 

 We have specimens from 8 to 11 inches long from Wakanoura and 

 Nagasaki. It is recorded from Honolulu and from various localities 

 in the East Indies and Polynesia, but some references may ))elong to 

 other species. 



{ciry'hoKu^^ fringed with locks of hair.) 



33. SCORPiENOPSIS KAGOSHIMANA ( Steindachner and Dbderlein). 



Scorpitna kagoshiinaud STEiNDAcnxER and I)(ii)EKi-Ei\, Fische Jai>ans, III, 1884, 

 p. 28; and in Fische Japans, IV, 1887, pi. in; Ka>ro8hiina. 



Head 3 times in total length; depth 3^; Dorsal XII, 10; anal III, 5. 

 Lateral line 22; scales 44 or 45. 



Head 1^ times longer than broad. Diameter of eye 11 in snout, 5^ 

 in head, and H in interorbital width. Maxillary reaching to under 

 middle of eye. The ci'anijil ridges and spines are broken uj) into many 

 small spines. Interorbital with a rather deep channel. Pit at occiput 

 broader than long. Under the anterior part of the eye is a deep pit. 

 No teeth on palatines. Second anal spiiu^ somewhat longer, though 

 not strouii'cr than the third. 



