NO. 1358. 



JAPANESE SCULPINS— JORDAN AND STARK'S. 



257 



12. ENOPHRYS Swainson. 

 Enojiliri/x i<\\.\issi>s, Chiss'ii Fishef<, 11, 18.'>!), p. 271 [r/nriger). 



Body short uud thirk. depressed tiiiteriorly. Head very larg^e, 

 mailed above with I'ugose, hoiiy phites; a series of large, rough, bony 

 plates along lateral line, each with a serrated keel or spine; no scales. 

 Teeth in villiform bands in jaws and on vomer, none on i)alatines; 

 preopercle with a strong, straight spine which reaches beyond front 

 of dorsal; suliorbital sta}' broad, externally bony; gill membranes 

 joined to the isthmus, not forming a fold across it; a slit behind 

 fourth gill. Dorsal tins separate, the anterior short, not notched; 

 anal short. Intestinal canal elongate. Herbivorous, feeding chieti}'^ 

 on alga\ North Pacitic. 



(fK. on; o(f)pvg, e3"ebrow.) 



12. ENOPHRYS CLAVIGER (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Coitus chtrigcr Cuvier and Valexciexnes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 1829, j>. 195; 

 Kamchatka (Coll. M. Collee). — Guxtiier, Cat., II, 167. 



Colitis elegans Gray, in Cuvier and Valencicinies, Hist. Nat. Pois.«., IV, 1S29, 

 p. 195; .same type. 



Enophnis clarhjer Jokdax and Gilbert, Synopsis, 1888, p. 711.— Gilbert, Kept. 

 U. S. Fish Comm., 1893 (1896), p. 426.— Jordan and Gilbert, Rep. Fur 

 Seal Comm., Ill, 1898, p. 458, pi. lv; Robben Island. — Jordan and Ever- 

 MANN, Fish X. and M. Am., II, 1898, ]). 19.S8; Bristol Bay. 



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Pig. 11.— KxdPHRVs ii.avkjkr. 



Head 2r, depth 3f; D. Vni-14; A. 12: V. l(i; lateral line with 

 35 plates. Preorbital with 2 strong spinous projections, which over- 

 la]) the prema.xillary in closed mouth. Fnteroi'bital space deeply chan- 

 neled, the orbital rim raised posteriori}' into a blunt spinous tul)eicle. 

 A small, spinous, occipital tubercle, behind which risers a high, sharp 

 nuchal ridge, which is highest posteriorly and has its upper edge finely 

 toothed. No cirri on top of head. Upper preopenndar si)ine long, 

 simple, reaching beyond head to fourth or tifth plate of lateral line; 



