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curved at lower edge than at any other point. Nasal spines well 

 developed and sharp. Upper preopercuiar spine long and slender, 

 its tip reaching to or a little past edge of opercle; armed above with 4 

 shai'p antler-like processes. Lower edge of preopercle with 3 mod- 

 erate! v large sharp spines; the upper one the largest; the lowest one 

 hooked forward. Lateral plates rather long and narrow; sharply 

 toothed on posterior edge; the longest ones near middle of body, 

 where they are about equal to height of caudal peduncle; the line of 

 plates beginning on nape at each side of second dorsal spine, running 

 obliquely to sides a little behind tip of pectoral, and thence straight 

 to caudal. 



Origin of spinous dorsal anterior to tip of opercle flap a distance 

 equal to half the diameter of eye. Dorsals completely but slightly 

 separated. Tips of last soft dorsal rays each well past those of anal, 



Fig. 2. — SCHMIDTIA MISAKIA. 



but fail to reach base of caudal l)y a distance equal to three-fifths 

 diameter of eye. Origin of anal under third ray of soft dorsal. Pec- 

 toral with 17 simple rays; its lip reaches to opposite front of anal. 

 Ventral with a concealed spine and 2 soft rays; the inner ray the 

 longer; I'eaching two-thirds of distance from its base to origin of anal. 

 Caudal slightly rounded. 



Color, light uniform Inown above, white below; a few roundish 

 diffused spots, irregular in size and position, along sides below lateral 

 plates; a similar spot at base of upper pectoral rays; a dark bar with 

 blended edges runs from middle of eye downward and slightly ])ack- 

 ward; another runs from anterior end of eye to side of snout; pec- 

 toral slightly dusky toward tips of rays; spinous dorsal dusky, some- 

 times with a dark spot posteriorly ; soft dorsal obliquely crossed with 

 light and dark bars; other fins colorless. 



Two specimens dredged by the U. 8. Fish Commission steamer 

 Albatross (Station 3698), in 153 fathoms, in Sagami Bay, off' Mana- 

 zuru Point. They are QS and 77 mm. in length. The larger one is 

 the type and is numl)ered 50913 in the United States National 

 Museum; the other is No. 7506, Ichthyological Collection, Stanford 

 University. 



