NO. i:W.H. 



JAPANESE SCULPINS— JORDAN AND STARRS. 



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4. DARUMA Jordan and Starks. 



Daruiiia ioKuxs and Stakks, new geiiiw [mijitmia). 



Body nither robust, eov^erecl al)ove with rough scales, not iirranged 

 in detinitc bands; extending below lateral line posteriorly; no bony 

 plates along- ])ase of dorsal; no naked area below dorsal nor in front 

 of dorsal: preopercular spine long, bifurcate; teeth on vomer and 

 palatines: gill nieni])ranes broadly united, free from the isthmus: no 

 slit behind last gill. 



This genus ditleis from liuscarius, its nearest relative, in having 

 the ventrals 2-rayed, the scales extending below the lateral line poste- 

 riorly, the upper preopercle spine more widely forked, and in ha\ ing 

 a single flat flap over the posterior part of eye. which is fringed but 

 not divided. 



{DartiiiKi, a nauie applied to squat figures of Buddha, and thence to 

 certain thick-headed fishes of Ja])aii.) 



4. DARUMA SAGAMIA Jord m and Starks, new species. 



Head 'I'i in length without caudal: depth l)^: dorsal VIII-12: anal 

 i»; lateral line 30; eye 3i in head; interorbital S; snout 07; maxillary 



Kic,. I. — ])A1U'.MA SAIiA.MIA. 



2|; length of ventral Ig: pectoral li; caudal 1+: height of caudal 

 peduncle 3^. 



Body robust, dee})est under spinous dorsal. Snout steep. .Mouth 

 low. Ma.villary reaching to below anterior margin of pu])il: its 

 anterior end just below the level of eye. Fine villiform teeth in nar- 

 row bands on jaws, vomer, and })alatines. Lower jaw included. Vj\(^s 

 large, projecting a little above ui)per i)rotile of head. Interorl)itjil 

 space very narrow. Nasal spines .small l)ut shaij). I })j)er preoper- 

 cular spine not n^iching to edge of- opercle: its tip dixidcd into two 

 opines, the largest hooked upward. On lowiM- ^h\)x^' of preopercle are 

 3 small rathei- shar[) spines, the loW(\st i)ointiug forward. Top of 



