NO. 1351. SCORPjENOID fishes of japan— JORDAN AND STARKS. 147 



spine. Prcopoiclo with a iono- sharp spine and 4 blunt triangular 

 ones below, these not on preopercular ridge but on wide flat produced 

 edge of preopeivle; the next to the upi)er of the lower ])lunt spines 

 the largest, the lowest but little developed. Opercle with 2 flat slight 

 spines. Preorbital with a long curved spine at its posterior end reach- 

 ing btickward to end of maxillary, and a pair of small spines at its 

 antei'ior end directed forward. Parietal ridges not ending in spines. 

 From the upper posterior border of the eye a low broken ridge runs 

 to tlu; anterior end of the lateral line. Superioi' anterior border of 

 eye denticulate. A long tentacle on each side of lower jaw three- 

 fourths of diameter- of eye from its tip, and a smaller one at its tip. 

 Pseudobranchia^ large; a short slit Ixdiind last gill; gill-rakers long 

 and slender, the longest a little over half the diameter of eye; 16 

 of them on anterior liml) of arch. Lower jaw and lower part of pre- 



Fui. VI. — Apisti's kvoi.ans. 



oi)ercle thickly (•()\'('r(Hl with very small jjores. Head naked, t'.\('e])t 

 a little patch on cheek below su))orbital stay and ])ehind maxillary. 



Body, 1)i-east, and isthnms everywhere eveidy scaled; scales thin 

 and not rough to the touch, ]>ut appearing under the lens coarsely 

 toothed. Lateral line straight, not following contour of back. Fins 

 naked. 



Pectoral I'eaches to within half the diameter of the eye to the l)ase 

 of the caudal rays. Pectoral rays all branched excei)t a couple of the 

 short lower ones; iuunl)er of va\h l(>; the upper one the longest. 

 Detached pectoral ray equal to distance from tip of snout to tip of 

 large preopercular spine. Ventrals reaching past vent but scarcely to 

 front of anal. Fourth dorsal spine 2 in head; frt)m the fourth to the 

 tenth or eleventh spine the spines are subequal; the lirst is 'Ih in head, 

 equal to the last; the next to the last the shortest, 4 in head. The 

 second dorsal ray the longest, 1|^ in head; when tin is depressed none 



