NO. 1358. 



JAPANESE SCULPINS— JORDAN AND STARKS. 



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5. RICUZENIUS PINETORUM Jordan and Starks, new species. 



Head 2f in lenoth without caudal; depth 41; dorsal IX-lo; anal 

 12; lateral lino 85; eye 4 in head; interorbital 7^; snout 4; maxillary 

 2i; fourth dorsal spine 4|; longest dorsal ray 2i; longest anal rays 

 8; pectoral li; ventral I, 2. 



Hody compressed, the })ack sliohtly elevated. Superor>)ital rim 

 projecting. Mouth large, low; anterior end of maxillary on a level 

 ■with lower margin of eye; maxillaiy reaching posteriorly to below 

 posterior margin of pupil. Jaws ecfual. Small villiform teeth in 

 narrow bands on jaws, ^'omer, and palatines. Kj'es large, separated 

 by a moderately narrow deeph' concave interorbital space. Posterior 

 l)rocesses of premaxillary strongly projecting. Nasal spines small, 

 but sharp. Edge of preopercle with 4 small sharp spines; the upper 

 one the largest, and slightly hooked upward; the next below directed 

 backward and slightlv downward; the two loAver ones directed down- 



FlG. 5.— RlCUZENTUS PINETORUM. 



ward. Head and body everywhere covered with rather large rough 

 scales; maxillary scaly. A series of enlarged plates along lateral line. 



First dorsal sj)ine opposite upper angle of gill slit; the spinous dor- 

 sal rather low; not coimected with soft dorsal; the tirst spine slightly 

 the highest, a little lower than the longest soft rays. Tips of last soft 

 dorsal rays ending on the same vertical with those of anal, but not 

 reaching to caudal. Pectoral reaching a little past front of anal. 

 Ventral 2-raye(l; the inner ray the longer; not reaching to vent." 



Color, bi'ownish and motthnl above, with irregidar cross liars; one 

 under middle of spinous doi'sal; one under each end of soft doi'sal; 

 one across camlal pt'duncle at base of I'ays; the anterior ones are the 

 widest and run downward and forward, growing narrower l)elow; a 



"The caudal of our specimen is broken and can not, therefore, be described. 



