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disappear more or less on the larj>-er ones, though u.sually traces of a 

 few of them remain. 



Except where otherwise stated, measurements in this description 

 were taken from male specimens 21 cm. in length. Specimens were 

 collected b}' Jordan and Snyder at Tokyo, Misaki, Yokohama, and 

 Wakanoura. It is a rather common market fish, but in market s])eci- 

 mens the first dorsal is removed by the fishermen, who dread its sting. 



{lun ulatus, crescent-shaped. ) 



13. EBOSIA Jordan and Starks. 

 Ebosia Jordan and Starks, new genus (bleekeri). 



This genus is allied to Pierois, differing in the shorter pectoral, 

 which barely reaches the base of the caudal, and in which the rays are 

 united by membrane nearly to their tips. From Dendrochlrm Swain- 

 son, with which genus it agrees in these respects, it differs in the 

 presence of a large saber shaped angulated ridge of bone rising on each 

 side of the nape. The dorsal spines are high and joined by membrane 

 nearly to their tips. The scales are large and rough. The single 

 known species is thus far known only from Japan. 



(Eboshi, an ancient Japanese hehnet or head-dress shaped like the 

 nuchal appendages in this genus, hence the vernacular name of Eboshi- 

 Kasago.) 



38. EBOSIA BLEEKERI (Steindachner and Doderlein). 

 EBOSHIKASAGO (HELMET ROCK-FISH). 



Pterois bleekeri Steindachner and Doderlein, Fische Japans, III, 1884, p. 32, 

 pi. VI, fig. 1, la; Tokyo. — Ishikawa, Prel. Cat., 1897, p. 50; Tokyo. — Jordan 

 and Snyder, Check List, 1901, p. 99; Tokyo. 



Head 2| in body; depth 2f. D, XIII, !). A, HI, 7. P, lO. Eye 

 4 in head, snout 3|. 



Maxillary extending to middle of eye; occipital crest, thin, lunate, 

 varying in height; perhaps smaller in females; upper orbital margin 

 irregularly toothed; tentacles all short over eye on anterior nostril on 

 preorbital and i)reopercle. Interorbital space scaleless. Cheeks, 

 opercle, and sides of posterior part of head with rough persistent 

 scales. Preorbital (in male) rough. Longest dorsal spine, not quite 

 3 in head. Pectorals not reaching caudal; ventrals usually reaching 

 anal. 



Color much as in Pterois lunulata^ the fins 3^ellowish, only the 

 pectorals showing l)road dark cross-])ars. Posterior part of head with 

 :i dark band, which descends vertically to the posterior edge of opercle. 

 Three dark bands radiating from eye. (Steindachner and Doderlein). 



This .species is known to us from a single example found in the market 

 at Tokyo by Mr. Otaki. It is very well figured b}' Steindachner and 

 Doderlein. 



(Named for Pieter van Bleeker). 



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