NO. 1358. 



JAPANESE SCULPINS—JORT)AX AXD SIWUKS. 



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inclined a little upward, the next downward and a trifle backward, 

 the next downward and a little forward, the lowest hooked ncailv 

 straioiit forward. Top and sides of head and haek alK)ve lateral plates 

 with a tine, shag-reen-like covering-. Maxillaries, mandible, inter- 

 ope rcle, ))ranchi<)steoal rcg'ion, and a space in front of })ectorals, naked. 

 Breast with about a rouuh cross folds. Lateral plates tiiiely tooth(»d 

 posteriorly. Sides below lateral plates with o))li(iue folds, which are 

 roughened on thcMr posterior edofs. 



IVctoral with lU rays; the fifth ray fioni tlic to}) the lono-est; its tip 

 reaches to above the base of the fifth anal ray. Anal beginning and 

 ending- a little ludiind the soft dorsal. The third dorsal spine the 

 longest, equal to the length of snout and half eye. Longest soft doi'sjd 

 raj^s a trifle longer than orl)it. Dorsals separated by a space equal to 

 a third of eye. Dorsal spine scarcely serrulate. Ventral with a s|)ine 



Fk;. ;».— I'niDNisTius .iordani. 



and ;^) soft rays; the inner i-ay the longest, reaching- to niidwsiv l)e(ween' 

 vent and front of anal. The caudal of our specimcMi is hi-oken. 



C'olor gray on back, whit(> on lower parts: the indistinct Ix'ginnings 

 of 4 or 5 cross bands on l)ack: sides l)elow lateral line, with s(>\ tM-al 

 in-egular. large, dark spots; some indistinct daric hands across u])i)er 

 part of pectoral; ventrals and anal white. 



Ilei'e described from a cotype, a speciuKMi 7<i mm. in length (Xo. 

 77(14. Leland Stanford Junior riuversity), collected by l\>ter Schmidt 

 at \'ladivost(jk. and sent by him to tho wi-iters. with p(M-mission t(» 

 include the species in the pi-eseiit paper. It was also takiMi in Aiiixa 

 Hay. Sagkalin. 



This species is between FJiiinn'ii f<>vlic<(iii and I'rinnisi'nix nmci/l us. 

 difl'ering from the fornuM- in the al)senceof eidarged tuliercle> on hai-k 

 at base of dorsal lin, from the latter in having cross folds on l)rea>t in 

 front of base of ventrals; the head and body not so rt)Ugh; no multilid 



